Mat Latos

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2017)

Mat Latos was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2017 for 8 teams, including the San Diego Padres, a span of 9 seasons. Across 197 career appearances, he went 71-59 with a 3.64 ERA and 1,011 strikeouts. He also batted .131 with 4 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 11736.2.

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

W–L 71–59
ERA 3.64
WHIP 1.21
SO 1,011
Pitcher PIV 11736.2
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'6" / 245 lb
Born
12/9/1987 in Alexandria, VA, USA
MLB Debut
2009-07-19
Last Game
2017-05-02

Full name: Mathew Adam Latos

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mat Latos — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
71 59 197 189 4 1 0 1153.1 1,042 466 116 353 1,011 3.64 11736.2

Career ERA 3.64 vs. league average 4.05 across their career seasons — 10.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mat Latos Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2009 SDN NL 4 5 10 10 0 0 0 50.2 43 26 23 39 4.62 4.32 (-7%) -498.8
2010 SDN NL 14 10 31 31 1 1 0 184.2 150 60 50 189 2.92 4.08 (+28%) 5159.0
2011 SDN NL 9 14 31 31 0 0 0 194.1 168 75 62 185 3.47 3.94 (+12%) 3931.4
2012 CIN NL 14 4 33 33 2 0 0 209.1 179 81 64 185 3.48 4.01 (+13%) 875.3
2013 CIN NL 14 7 32 32 1 0 0 210.2 197 74 58 187 3.16 3.87 (+18%) 4179.8
2014 CIN NL 5 5 16 16 0 0 0 102.1 92 37 26 74 3.25 3.74 (+13%) 236.3
2015 MIA NL 4 7 16 16 0 0 0 88.1 85 44 25 79 4.48 3.96 (-13%) 1250.6
2015 LAN NL 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 24.1 31 18 6 18 6.66 3.96 (-68%) -21.4
2015 LAA AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 1 3 4.91 — 0.0
2016 CHA AL 6 2 11 11 0 0 0 60.1 63 31 25 32 4.62 4.19 (-10%) -2026.3
2016 WAS NL 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 9.2 11 7 5 10 6.52 4.19 (-56%) 0.0
2017 TOR AL 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 15.0 19 11 8 10 6.60 4.36 (-51%) -1349.9
Career · 12 seasons 71 59 197 189 4 1 0 1,153.1 1,042 466 353 1,011 3.64 — 11,736

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

Mat Latos — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
197 327 15 43 6 0 4 15 0 6 148 .131 .152 .187 .338 -2,108

Career AVG .131 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 48.5% below league average.

Career OBP .152 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 52.8% below league average.

Career SLG .187 vs. league average .406 across their career seasons — 54.1% below league average.

Career OPS .338 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mat Latos Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2009 SDN NL 10 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .053 — — — — 0.0
2010 SDN NL 31 54 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 29 .111 .257 (-57%) .325 (-66%) .402 (-49%) .728 (-57%) -500.4
2011 SDN NL 31 56 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 28 .071 .255 (-72%) .320 (-68%) .399 (-64%) .719 (-66%) -588.3
2012 CIN NL 33 65 2 12 1 0 1 4 0 3 32 .185 .254 (-27%) .318 (-28%) .405 (-39%) .724 (-34%) -361.3
2013 CIN NL 32 71 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 1 28 .127 .253 (-50%) .317 (-56%) .396 (-61%) .714 (-59%) -658.4
2014 CIN NL 16 30 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 .100 — — — — 0.0
2015 MIA NL 16 18 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .278 — — — — 0.0
2015 LAN NL 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2015 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 CHA AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 WAS NL 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2017 TOR AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 12 seasons 197 327 15 43 6 0 4 15 0 6 148 .131 — — — — -2,108

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

Mat Latos — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mat Latos — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2012 NLDS2 CIN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mat Latos — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 1 2 1 0 8.1 11 6 2 5 6.48

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mat Latos — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2012 NLDS2 CIN 0 1 2 1 0 8.1 11 6 2 5 6.48

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mat Latos — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home951521025311.164
Away10217551814.103

Pitching — Home / Away

Mat Latos — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home95560.04962181704813.50
Away102593.15462481835303.76

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mat Latos — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2017-05-02 TORNYYL 000000000
2017-04-27 TORSTLL 300000000
2017-04-21 TORLAAW 000000000
2016-09-30 WASMIAL 000000000
2016-09-25 WASPITW 000000000
2016-09-19 WASMIAL 000000000
2016-09-12 WASNYNW 311001101
2016-09-07 WASATLW 000000000
2016-09-04 WASNYNL 000000000
2016-06-07 CHWWASL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mat Latos — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2017-05-02 TORNYY L 4.01077154
2017-04-27 TORSTL — 6.0300440
2017-04-21 TORLAA — 5.0644311
2016-09-30 WASMIA — 1.0000020
2016-09-25 WASPIT — 0.2322100
2016-09-19 WASMIA L 1.1222110
2016-09-12 WASNYN — 4.1311340
2016-09-07 WASATL W 0.1000010
2016-09-04 WASNYN — 2.0322021
2016-06-07 CHWWAS L 4.1566411

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mat Latos — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 197 189 90 134 4 8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mat Latos — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2009 SDN P 10 10 3 3 0 0
2010 SDN P 31 31 5 24 1 0
2011 SDN P 31 31 10 28 1 2
2012 CIN P 33 33 18 22 0 0
2013 CIN P 32 32 26 20 1 2
2014 CIN P 16 16 10 12 0 1
2015 MIA P 16 16 8 10 0 1
2015 LAN P 6 5 3 3 1 0
2015 LAA P 2 0 1 1 0 0
2016 CHA P 11 11 2 9 0 1
2016 WAS P 6 1 1 1 0 0
2017 TOR P 3 3 3 1 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mat Latos Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 197

Awards & Honors

Mat Latos — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
2012 Player of the Week Week of 2012-07-01

Salary History

Mat Latos — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2015 MIA NL $9,400,000
2014 CIN NL $7,250,000
2013 CIN NL $4,250,000
2012 CIN NL $550,000
2011 SDN NL $460,700
2010 SDN NL $407,800
Total Career Earnings $22,318,500

Award Voting History

Mat Latos — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2010 Cy Young Award NL 8th 4.0 224 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Mat Latos (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Merrill Kelly
    75-67, 3.93 ERA
  2. 91
    Sandy Alcantara
    65-78, 3.69 ERA
  3. 81
    Chris Bassitt
    92-70, 3.70 ERA
  4. 74
    Tanner Roark
    76-68, 3.85 ERA
  5. 74
    Teddy Higuera
    94-64, 3.61 ERA
  6. 71
    Shaun Marcum
    61-48, 3.93 ERA

Mat Latos: the record in brief

Mat Latos played a first major league game on July 19, 2009 and a last one on May 2, 2017. Club by club, the record runs the San Diego Padres (2009 to 2011), the Cincinnati Reds (2012 through 2014), the Miami Marlins (2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2015), the Chicago White Sox (2016), the Washington Nationals (2016), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2017). Listed as a pitcher, Latos batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 6 inches and 245 pounds. The birth record reads December 9, 1987, in Alexandria, VA, USA. The given name on file is Mathew Adam Latos.

Latos went 71-59 with a 3.64 ERA in 197 games, 189 of them starts. The same table counts 1,011 strikeouts. That 3.64 ERA compares with a 4.05 league average across the same seasons, 10.3% better. The best win total was 14, in 2010.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mat Latos

What years did Mat Latos play?
Mat Latos played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2017.
Was Mat Latos a pitcher?
Yes. Mat Latos pitched in the major leagues, recording 71 wins and 1011 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mat Latos hit?
Mat Latos hit 4 career home runs with 43 hits.
What was Mat Latos's career batting average?
Mat Latos batted .131 over his career, with 43 hits in 327 at bats.
How many RBI did Mat Latos have?
Mat Latos drove in 15 runs in his career.
What was Mat Latos's career ERA?
Mat Latos finished with a 3.64 career ERA, going 71-59 with 1,011 strikeouts.