What years did Matt Harrison play?

Matt Harrison played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2015.

Was Matt Harrison a pitcher?

Yes. Matt Harrison pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 408 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Matt Harrison hit?

Matt Harrison hit 0 career home runs.

What was Matt Harrison's career batting average?

Matt Harrison batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 18 at bats.

What was Matt Harrison's career ERA?

Matt Harrison finished with a 4.21 career ERA, going 50-35 with 408 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Matt Harrison have?

Matt Harrison recorded 408 career strikeouts.

Matt Harrison

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2015)

Matt Harrison was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2015 for the Texas Rangers, a span of 8 seasons. Across 135 career appearances, he went 50-35 with a 4.21 ERA and 408 strikeouts. Matt Harrison was an All-Star.

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 12, 2026

W–L 50–35

ERA 4.21

WHIP 1.40

SO 408

Pitcher PIV -4782.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 240 lb
Born: 9/16/1985 in Durham, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-07-08
Last Game: 2015-07-27
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Matthew Reid Harrison

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Career Pitching Statistics

Matt Harrison — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
50	35	135	103	7	4	2	668.1	704	313	72	234	408	4.21	-4782.0

Career ERA 4.21 vs. league average 4.03 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Matt Harrison Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	TEX	AL	9	3	15	15	1	1	0	83.2	100	51	31	42	5.49	4.32 (-27%)	-1782.2
2009	TEX	AL	4	5	11	11	2	1	0	63.1	81	43	23	34	6.11	4.32 (-41%)	-1160.9
2010	TEX	AL	3	2	37	6	0	0	2	78.1	80	41	39	46	4.71	4.08 (-15%)	-2065.2
2011	TEX	AL	14	9	31	30	0	0	0	185.2	180	70	57	126	3.39	3.94 (+14%)	2057.3
2012	TEX	AL	18	11	32	32	4	2	0	213.1	210	78	59	133	3.29	4.01 (+18%)	-93.8
2013	TEX	AL	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	10.2	14	10	7	12	8.44	3.87 (-118%)	-357.0
2014	TEX	AL	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	17.1	20	8	12	10	4.15	3.74 (-11%)	-536.4
2015	TEX	AL	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	16.0	19	12	6	5	6.75	3.96 (-70%)	-843.8
Career · 8 seasons			50	35	135	103	7	4	2	668.1	704	313	234	408	4.21	—	-4,782

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 Harrison — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
136	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.000	.053	.000	.053	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .053 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 83.7% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .404 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .053 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 92.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Matt Harrison — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TEX	AL	11	1	1	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TEX	AL	37	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TEX	AL	31	9	0	0	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TEX	AL	33	5	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	4	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TEX	AL	3	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			136	18	1	1	12	.000	—	—	—	—	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 Harrison — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Matt Harrison — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2011	ALCS	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALDS2	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2011	WS	TEX	2	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Matt Harrison — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	5	4	0	18.1	20	11	9	16	5.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Matt Harrison — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	ALCS	TEX	0	0	1	1	5.0	3	2	3	3	3.60
2011	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	2	1	5.2	6	3	3	9	4.76
2011	WS	TEX	0	2	2	2	7.2	11	6	3	4	7.04

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Harrison — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	69	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	67	18	1	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Matt Harrison — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	69	325.0	356	165	103	201	4.57
Away	66	343.1	348	148	131	207	3.88

Last 10 Games — Batting

Matt Harrison — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2015-07-27	TEX	NYY	L	0	0
2015-07-21	TEX	COL	W	2	1
2015-07-08	TEX	AZ	L	0	0
2014-05-13	TEX	HOU	L	0	0
2014-05-08	TEX	COL	W	0	0
2014-05-03	TEX	LAA	L	0	0
2014-04-27	TEX	SEA	L	0	0
2013-04-06	TEX	LAA	L	0	0
2013-03-31	TEX	HOU	L	0	0
2012-10-02	TEX	OAK	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Matt Harrison — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-07-27	TEX	NYY	L	6.0	6	6	6	2	2	2
2015-07-21	TEX	COL	W	6.0	7	0	0	1	2	0
2015-07-08	TEX	AZ	L	4.0	6	6	6	3	1	1
2014-05-13	TEX	HOU	L	1.2	4	3	3	3	1	1
2014-05-08	TEX	COL	W	5.1	3	0	0	4	2	0
2014-05-03	TEX	LAA	—	4.1	10	3	3	3	3	0
2014-04-27	TEX	SEA	—	6.0	3	2	2	2	4	0
2013-04-06	TEX	LAA	L	5.0	8	5	5	4	3	2
2013-03-31	TEX	HOU	L	5.2	6	6	5	3	9	0
2012-10-02	TEX	OAK	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Harrison — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	135	103	27	87	6	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Harrison — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	TEX	P	15	15	1	8	0	0
2009	TEX	P	11	11	3	13	0	2
2010	TEX	P	37	6	4	6	1	0
2011	TEX	P	31	30	4	32	4	3
2012	TEX	P	32	32	13	25	1	3
2013	TEX	P	2	2	1	1	0	0
2014	TEX	P	4	4	0	1	0	0
2015	TEX	P	3	3	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Matt Harrison — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	135

Awards & Honors

Matt Harrison — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Pitcher of the Month	June

Salary History

Matt Harrison — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	PHI	NL	$13,000,000
2013	TEX	AL	$5,200,000
2012	TEX	AL	$2,950,000
2011	TEX	AL	$428,830
2010	TEX	AL	$406,090
2009	TEX	AL	$405,500
Total Career Earnings			$22,390,420

Award Voting History

Matt Harrison — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2012	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	2.0	196	0

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Career Spans

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Matt Harrison: the record in brief

Matt Harrison played a first major league game on July 8, 2008 and a last one on July 27, 2015. All of the seasons listed were played for the Texas Rangers. Harrison played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. The bio adds a birth date on September 16, 1985, in Durham, NC, USA and a listed size of 6'4" and 240 pounds. On the record, Matt Harrison was born Matthew Reid Harrison.

The pitching table credits Harrison with a 50-35 record and a 4.21 ERA in 135 games. Also on Harrison's record: 408 strikeouts. Harrison's 4.21 ERA was close to the 4.03 league figure for those seasons. Harrison won 18 games in 2012, the most of any season listed. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.29 in 2012, when the league's was 4.01.

The awards table records Pitcher of the Month, in 2012. The bio's awards line reads All-Star. In award voting, Harrison's best finish was 8th for the Cy Young Award in 2012.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Harrison

What years did Matt Harrison play?: Matt Harrison played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2015.
Was Matt Harrison a pitcher?: Yes. Matt Harrison pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 408 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Matt Harrison hit?: Matt Harrison hit 0 career home runs.
What was Matt Harrison's career batting average?: Matt Harrison batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 18 at bats.
What was Matt Harrison's career ERA?: Matt Harrison finished with a 4.21 career ERA, going 50-35 with 408 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Matt Harrison have?: Matt Harrison recorded 408 career strikeouts.