Matt Morris

Full Name: Matthew Christian Morris	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/210	First Game: April 4, 1997
Birthdate: August 9, 1974	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Middletown, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on August 9, 1974 in Middletown, New York, Matt Morris (Matthew Christian Morris) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 9 year career. Morris broke into the bigs on April 4, 1997 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.19 ERA in 217 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Matt Morris's best season was 2001, when he posted a 3.16 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 185 batters.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	STL	N	33	33	12	9	3.19	149	88	77	3	0	0	217	208	12	69	2	5	7
1998	STL	N	17	17	7	5	2.53	79	37	32	2	1	0	113.2	101	8	42	6	3	3
2000	STL	N	31	0	3	3	3.57	34	22	21	0	0	4	53	53	3	17	1	0	2
2001	STL	N	34	34	22	8	3.16	185	86	76	2	1	0	216.1	218	13	54	3	5	13
2002	STL	N	32	32	17	9	3.42	171	86	80	1	1	0	210.1	210	16	64	3	3	6
2003	STL	N	27	27	11	8	3.76	120	76	72	5	3	0	172.1	164	20	39	1	3	4
2004	STL	N	32	32	15	10	4.72	131	116	106	3	2	0	202	205	35	56	3	3	6
2005	STL	N	31	31	14	10	4.11	117	101	88	2	0	0	192.2	209	22	37	3	1	8
2006	SF	N	33	33	10	15	4.98	117	123	115	2	0	0	207.2	218	22	63	9	1	14
2007	SF	N	21	21	7	7	4.35	73	79	66	3	0	0	136.2	162	12	39	3	1	5
2007	PIT	N	11	11	3	4	6.10	29	44	42	0	0	0	62	78	6	22	1	3	4
2007	TOT	N	32	32	10	11	4.89	102	123	108	3	0	0	198.2	240	18	61	4	4	9
Total			302	271	121	88	3.91	1205	858	775	23	8	4	1783.2	1826	169	502	35	28	72

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	STL	N	P	33	33	217	5	28	5	1	4	11	7	1	.868
1998	STL	N	P	17	17	113.2	4	17	1	5	0	7	3	1	.955
2000	STL	N	P	31	0	53	3	4	0	1	0	4	3	0	1.000
2001	STL	N	P	34	34	216.1	8	32	2	0	0	11	5	2	.952
2002	STL	N	P	32	32	210.1	11	22	0	0	1	18	4	0	1.000
2003	STL	N	P	27	27	172.1	15	17	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
2004	STL	N	P	32	32	202	17	29	1	2	0	11	3	1	.979
2005	STL	N	P	31	31	192.2	6	27	1	2	0	5	1	0	.971
2006	SF	N	P	33	33	207.2	20	28	3	4	1	13	3	3	.941
2007	SF	N	P	21	21	136.2	10	10	1	2	2	7	2	0	.952
2007	PIT	N	P	11	11	62	6	16	0	1	0	8	0	0	1.000
2007	TOT	N	P	32	32	198.2	16	26	1	3	2	15	2	0	.977
Total			P	302	271	1783.2	105	230	14	18	8	98	34	8	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1997	STL	N	34	73	4	15	0	6	.205	.256	.233	2	5	36	2	0
1998	STL	N	17	29	1	2	0	3	.069	.206	.103	1	5	16	7	0
2000	STL	N	32	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	1	3	0
2001	STL	N	34	72	5	10	0	5	.139	.162	.167	2	2	33	11	0
2002	STL	N	32	71	4	12	0	3	.169	.203	.211	3	3	23	5	0
2003	STL	N	27	52	5	10	1	3	.192	.222	.288	2	2	16	12	1
2004	STL	N	32	62	4	10	0	6	.161	.209	.177	1	4	26	8	0
2005	STL	N	31	57	4	5	0	2	.088	.148	.088	0	4	23	8	0
2006	SF	N	33	60	2	12	0	6	.200	.213	.267	4	1	21	14	0
2007	SF	N	21	38	3	7	0	1	.184	.205	.211	1	1	10	6	0
2007	PIT	N	11	19	3	6	1	2	.316	.316	.526	1	0	7	5	0
2007	TOT	N	32	57	6	13	1	3	.228	.241	.316	2	1	17	11	0
Total			304	536	35	90	2	37	.168	.207	.211	17	27	212	81	1

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Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1992).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed July 7, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 7, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 13, 2005).