Rick Matula
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Born on November 22, 1953 in Wharton, Texas, Rick Matula (Richard Carlton Matula) played for the Atlanta Braves for his entire 3 year career. Matula broke into the bigs on April 8, 1979 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 4.15 ERA in 171.1 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| 28
| 28
| 8
| 10
| 4.15
| 67
| 90
| 79
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 171.1
| 193
| 14
| 64
| 9
| 3
| 3
|
| 1980
| ATL
| N
| 33
| 30
| 11
| 13
| 4.58
| 62
| 100
| 90
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 176.2
| 195
| 17
| 60
| 9
| 3
| 0
|
| 1981
| ATL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.43
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 66
| 58
| 19
| 23
| 4.41
| 129
| 195
| 174
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 355
| 396
| 32
| 126
| 18
| 6
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| P
| 28
| 28
| 171.1
| 15
| 23
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 7
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| ATL
| N
| P
| 33
| 30
| 176.2
| 20
| 28
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 10
| 1
| .980
|
| 1981
| ATL
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 66
| 58
| 355
| 36
| 52
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 41
| 17
| 2
| .989
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| 28
| 53
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .094
| .111
| .094
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1980
| ATL
| N
| 33
| 57
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .105
| .136
| .105
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| ATL
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 66
| 111
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| .099
| .123
| .099
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (March 29, 1982).
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