What years did Matt Festa play?

Matt Festa played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.

Was Matt Festa a pitcher?

Yes. Matt Festa pitched in the major leagues, recording 15 wins and 251 strikeouts.

What teams has Matt Festa played for?

Matt Festa has played for 4 teams: the Seattle Mariners (2018–2019, 2022–2023), the New York Mets (2024), the Texas Rangers (2024), and the Cleveland Guardians (2025–2026).

What are Matt Festa's career stats?

In 237 games, Matt Festa has gone 15-10 with a 4.26 ERA, 251 strikeouts, 238.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves.

What position does Matt Festa play?

Matt Festa plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Matt Festa and how much does he weigh?

Matt Festa is listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.

What number does Matt Festa wear?

Matt Festa wears number 52, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Matt Festa's career ERA?

Matt Festa finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 15-10 with 251 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Matt Festa have?

Matt Festa recorded 251 career strikeouts.

Matt Festa

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2018-2026)

Matt Festa is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2018 for 4 teams, including the Seattle Mariners, a span of 9 seasons. Across 237 career appearances, he has gone 15-10 with a 4.26 ERA and 251 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 534.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

Active Player

W–L 15–10

ERA 4.26

WHIP 1.25

SO 251

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 534.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 3/11/1993 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 2018-07-14
Jersey: #52

Full name: Matthew Joseph Festa

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Career Pitching Statistics

Matt Festa — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
15	10	237	1	0	0	3	238.2	211	113	29	88	251	4.26	534.1

Career ERA 4.26 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Matt Festa Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	SEA	AL	0	0	8	1	0	8.1	13	2	2	4	2.16	—	0.0
2019	SEA	AL	0	2	20	0	0	22.1	20	14	12	21	5.64	4.51 (-25%)	-904.2
2022	SEA	AL	2	0	53	0	2	54.0	43	25	18	64	4.17	3.97 (-5%)	-394.5
2023	SEA	AL	0	0	8	0	0	9.0	4	4	12	13	4.00	4.33 (+8%)	0.0
2024	NYN	NL	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	4	4	1	1	36.00	—	0.0
2024	TEX	AL	6	0	18	0	0	22.2	17	11	7	23	4.37	4.08 (-7%)	418.5
2025	CLE	AL	5	4	63	0	0	54.2	44	25	15	56	4.12	4.16 (+1%)	1414.3
2026	CLE	AL	2	3	66	0	1	66.2	66	28	21	69	3.78	4.18 (+10%)	-
Career · 8 seasons			15	10	237	1	3	238.2	211	113	88	251	4.26	—	534

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Matt Festa — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
171	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Matt Festa — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2018	SEA	AL	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SEA	AL	20	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SEA	AL	53	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SEA	AL	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	NYN	NL	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	TEX	AL	18	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	CLE	AL	63	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			171	—	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Matt Festa — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Matt Festa — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2025	ALWC1	CLE	1	.000
2022	ALDS2	SEA	1	.000
2022	ALWC2	SEA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Matt Festa — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	3	2.25

Playoff Pitching by Year

Matt Festa — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	ALWC1	CLE	1	0.2	0	0	1	1	0.00
2022	ALDS2	SEA	1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2022	ALWC2	SEA	1	1.1	1	1	0	0	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Festa — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	84	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	87	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Matt Festa — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	84	84.2	72	39	41	90	4.15
Away	87	87.1	73	46	26	92	4.74

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Matt Festa — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-28	CLE	TEX	—	1.2	0	1	0	0	2	0
2025-09-26	CLE	TEX	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
2025-09-25	CLE	DET	—	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0
2025-09-21	CLE	MIN	L	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1
2025-09-19	CLE	MIN	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0
2025-09-17	CLE	DET	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2025-09-16	CLE	DET	—	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0
2025-09-14	CLE	CHW	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2025-09-11	CLE	KCR	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-10	CLE	KCR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Festa — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	171	1	13	20	0	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Festa — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP
2018	SEA	P	8	1	1	1	0
2019	SEA	P	20	0	1	3	0
2022	SEA	P	53	0	5	5	1
2023	SEA	P	8	0	1	0	0
2024	NYN	P	1	0	0	0	0
2024	TEX	P	18	0	2	3	0
2025	CLE	P	63	0	3	8	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Matt Festa — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	171

Matt Festa: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is July 14, 2018; Matt Festa is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. Club by club, the record runs the Seattle Mariners (2018 to 2023), the New York Mets (2024), the Texas Rangers (2024), and the Cleveland Guardians (2025). Festa played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on March 11, 1993, in Brooklyn, NY, USA and a listed size of 6'1" and 195 pounds. Festa's full given name, per the bio, is Matthew Joseph Festa.

Festa has gone 15-10 with a 4.26 ERA in 237 games, 1 of them starts. The same table counts 251 strikeouts. Festa's 4.26 ERA was close to the 4.20 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 6 wins of 2024. 2026 produced Festa's most strikeouts, 69. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.78 in 2026, when the league's was 4.18. Festa's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 534.1.

Pitching in the playoffs, Festa went 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 3 games. Those appearances came in 2022 and 2025.

The position breakdown shows 171 games, all at pitcher. On the mound, the fielding record shows 0 errors alongside 13 putouts and 20 assists.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Festa

What years did Matt Festa play?: Matt Festa played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.
Was Matt Festa a pitcher?: Yes. Matt Festa pitched in the major leagues, recording 15 wins and 251 strikeouts.
What teams has Matt Festa played for?: Matt Festa has played for 4 teams: the Seattle Mariners (2018–2019, 2022–2023), the New York Mets (2024), the Texas Rangers (2024), and the Cleveland Guardians (2025–2026).
What are Matt Festa's career stats?: In 237 games, Matt Festa has gone 15-10 with a 4.26 ERA, 251 strikeouts, 238.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
What position does Matt Festa play?: Matt Festa plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Matt Festa and how much does he weigh?: Matt Festa is listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.
What number does Matt Festa wear?: Matt Festa wears number 52, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Matt Festa's career ERA?: Matt Festa finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 15-10 with 251 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Matt Festa have?: Matt Festa recorded 251 career strikeouts.