Prior to arriving with the orioles, baseball america named wieters their 2008 minor. During the 1981 season a midseason strike by the major league baseball players association forced a. Matt wieters bio, stats, salary, wife and other facts you. He made his major league debut in may 2009 for the baltimore orioles. The matt wieters allstar stats seen below include his allstar yearbyyear hitting stats, allstar fielding stats, and allstar pitching stats where applicable. Season, team, type, g, avg, obp, slg, ops, ab, r, h, 2b, 3b, hr, rbi, bb, k, sb. Louis cardinals for the 2021 baseball season on cbs sports. Baltimore orioles signed matt wieters as a free agent. Wieters toe was able to run the bases and the outfield saturday at busch stadium, anne rogers of reports his activity level was. I think especially for catchers, more than any other position, you have to get into games, wieters said after the cardinals lost to. Matt wieters fantasy projections daily, week, season. Matt wieters had signed with the cardinals just five days earlier, but he wasted no time beginning this latest chapter of his career monday afternoon by catching five innings, smacking a double and drawing a walk in three plate appearances. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. Matt wieters baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and.
Wieters finished his junior season ranked tied for sixth in the yellow jacket record books with 54 career doubles with 198 runs batted in along with 16 saves in his three years on the flats. Big target wieters begins bid to be molinas backup st. The division series was permanently created after the 1993 season when major league baseball restructured each league into three divisions, but their first regular playing was in 1995 due to the cancellation of the 1994 playoffs. Wieters is a fourtime mlb allstar and has won two gold glove awards.
Given that, i think matt wieters facts should start doing some revisions. Matt wieters division series stats by baseball almanac. Jul 07, 2019 wieters had two hits in fridays 94 win in which every cardinals starting position player hit safely and six of them scored a run or drove one run as the club amassed 14 hits and 27 total bases. Travis sawchik at fangraphs proposes that matt wieters is not drawing much free agent interest because he is a tall catcher, and tall catchers frame pitches poorly wieters hasnt been an aboveaverage framer since 2011, according to statcorner. With molina still ailing, wieters steps up for cardinals. He plays as a catcher for the washington nationals. The matt wieters trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where matt wieters has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it. Matt wieters fantasy projections daily, week, season razzball.
The history of the wild card game, the original wild card game press release, comprehensive wild card game results, and wild card game trivia are on baseball almanac. Matt wieters speaking fee and booking agent contact. Drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 1st round 5th of the 2007 mlb june amateur draft from georgia institute of technology atlanta, ga high school. These projections by steamer are a much better indicator of a hitters platoon splits than inseason stats since it involves multiple years of data and has been. Matt wieters is a professional baseball catcher for the baltimore orioles, who is also a fourtime mlb allstar and has won two gold gloves. Baseball prospectus framing metrics are more kind but they still rate wieters as a belowaverage receiver every season since 2012. Get the latest career stats for matt wieters of the st. Drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 1st round 5th of the 2007 mlb june amateur draft. Matt wieters projected to 150 games vs rhp and lhp with 12 team mixed fantasy value. Johnny bench award finalist renamed buster posey award in 2019 2008. Matt wieters wild card game stats by baseball almanac. Who will play catcher for the washington nationals next.
Making his first start in 11 days, matt wieters delivered the decisive blow in the 11th inning to lift the cards to a 53 victory over the padres. Upon matt wieters birth, baseball reference set his hof likeliness to no. Matt wieters 20 game by game batting logs on baseball almanac. Hell test running on the field, as well as other baseball activities, wednesday at coors field and will evaluate from there. Matt wieters was born on wednesday, may 21, 1986, in charleston, south carolina. Allstar special planning and flexibility matt wieters baltimore. As a 22yearold at doublea bowie, the georgia tech product slashed. Matt wieters cardinals annual salary and 2020 game logs. This helps identify a players platoon value for fantasy baseball based on pitcher handedness. Wieters played for the orioles through the 2016 season before becoming a free agent. Louis cardinals catcher matt wieters, left, talks to starting pitcher adam wainwright during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the detroit tigers monday, march 4. Matt wieters is one of the few baseball players capable of hitting on both sides.
Get the latest situational stats for matt wieters of the st. President of baseball operations john mozeliak hinted at a deal being finalized soon on saturday at. Mar 02, 2019 second of all, matt wieters is tremendously interesting on the merits of his stats. Matt wieters trades and transactions by baseball almanac. Wieters finished his junior season ranked tied for sixth in the yellow jacket record books with 54 career doubles with 198 runs batted in along with. He made his major league debut in may 2009 for the baltimore orioles he was a star for georgia tech and was picked fifth overall in the 2007 amateur draft by the orioles wieters is the son of richard wieters, who reached. Wieters entered mondays loss to the cubs as a replacement for yadier. Louis cardinals lost to the kansas city royals 123.
As a free agent, the team is waiting with a backup deal for him. Do you have a favorite quote from or about this particular major league baseball player that you would like to see here. Matt wieters, the baseball america minor league player of the year in 2008, attracted attention before he had played in the majors because of. Matt wieters complete splits including homeroad, leftyrighty, clutch situations, vs. Matt wieters situational stats 2021 fantasy baseball. Wieters gets an unexpected call to be starting catcher. This page lists every known baseball award won by matt wieters in chronological order. Stats hosted solution player stats matt wieters mlb. Matt wieters went 1for2 with a tworun single, a walk and a run during a win over the brewers in the second game of a doubleheader friday. Matt wieters is a new kind of backup catcher for the. With molina still ailing, wieters steps up for cardinals st. Ranking baseball s best players, from 50 to 26 day 2 of our annual countdown features some of baseball s bigname starting pitchers. The matt wieters wild card game stats seen below include his wild card game yearbyyear hitting stats, wild card game.
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Matt wieters is a professional baseball catcher born in goose creek, south carolina, united states of america. Louis cardinals catcher matt wieters 32 watches the game from the dugout during the fourth inning of a baseball game at busch stadium in st. Vote to determine espns greatest alltime college baseball. Absolutely, positively, and without question the greatest book of baseball facts, figures, and astonishing lists ever compiled. Drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 1st round 5th of the 2007 mlb june amateur draft high school. San diego the cardinals werent dancing on the rooftop upon snapping their longest losing streak of the season, but their backup catcher nearly put a baseball there to make it happen. Sep 26, 2020 wieters went 1for2 with a tworun single, a walk and a run during a win over the brewers in the second game of a doubleheader friday wieters made the final contribution to the cardinals nine. Matt wieters game by game stats and performance espn. Matt wieters wild card game stats by baseball almanac the major league baseball wild card game is a onegame, winner take all, postseason event that was added to the major league baseball in 2012. The last box to check for the cardinals catchers return is running the first stride out of the batters box and off the bases are the most difficult with the strain that he suffered at the beginning of september while running the bases. Wieters played college baseball for georgia tech and was drafted by the baltimore orioles with the fifth overall selection in the 2007 mlb draft. Hitting, throwing and getting in the catchers stance isnt a problem on the calf. According to, wieters was the 11 thworst pitch framer in baseball this season.
Matt wieters, the baseball america minor league player of the year in 2008, attracted attention before he had played in the majors because of his status as a top prospect. He was a star for georgia tech and was picked fifth overall in the 2007 amateur draft by the orioles. Matt wieters went 1 for 4 with a home run monday night. Matt wieters 2009 game by game batting logs baseball almanac. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive matt wieters baseball stats.
Minor league player of the year award baseball america 2011. He was born matthew richard wieters on may 21, 1986. The history of the wild card game, the original wild card game press release, comprehensive wild card game results, and wild card game trivia are on. Drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 1st round 5th of the 2007 mlb june amateur draft from georgia institute of technology atlanta, ga.
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Matthew richard wieters is an american professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He had only played in 26 games that season, but was playing some of the best baseball of his career. Other stats prospects 4 awards 14 salaries batting logs batting splits extended stats transactions leaderboards 40 the matt wieters page is available to be sponsored. Get the latest news, stats, videos, highlights and more about catcher matt wieters on espn. Wieters was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on may 29, 2009, with the baltimore orioles. Oct 16, 2017 according to fangraphs, wieters was ninth among 11 qualified catchers in defensive runs saved. Wieters set the cardinals record for a plate appearance in that span, topping 17 pitches seen by rick ankiel in 2008. Selected by baltimore orioles in the 1st round 5th pick overall of the freeagent draft june 7, 2007 signed august 15, 2007.
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