What years did Matt Mantei play?

Matt Mantei played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005.

Was Matt Mantei a pitcher?

Yes. Matt Mantei pitched in the major leagues, recording 14 wins and 396 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Matt Mantei hit?

Matt Mantei hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Matt Mantei play for?

Matt Mantei played for 3 teams: the Florida Marlins (1995–1996, 1998–1999), the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004), and the Boston Red Sox (2005).

What were Matt Mantei's career stats?

In 315 games, Matt Mantei went 14-18 with a 4.07 ERA, 396 strikeouts, 322.2 innings pitched, and 93 saves.

What was Matt Mantei's salary?

Matt Mantei's last recorded salary was $750,000, in 2005. His highest recorded salary was $7,083,333, in 2003, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1995. The Salary History table lists each season from 1995 to 2005.

What position did Matt Mantei play?

Matt Mantei played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Matt Mantei and how much did he weigh?

Matt Mantei was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 181 pounds.

What was Matt Mantei's career ERA?

Matt Mantei finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 14-18 with 396 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Matt Mantei have?

Matt Mantei recorded 396 career strikeouts.

Is Matt Mantei in the Hall of Fame?

No. Matt Mantei has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Matt Mantei

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2005)

Matt Mantei was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005 for the Florida Marlins, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Boston Red Sox, a span of 11 seasons. Across 315 career appearances, he went 14-18 with a 4.07 ERA, 396 strikeouts, and 93 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5014.7.

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 15, 2026

W–L 14–18

ERA 4.07

WHIP 1.39

SO 396

Pitcher PIV 5014.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 181 lb
Born: 7/7/1973 in Tampa, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-06-18
Last Game: 2005-07-01

Full name: Matthew Bruce Mantei

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Career Pitching Statistics

Matt Mantei — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
14	18	315	0	0	0	93	322.2	249	146	30	200	396	4.07	5014.7

Career ERA 4.07 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — 9.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Matt Mantei Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	FLO	NL	0	1	12	0	13.1	12	7	13	15	4.72	4.45 (-6%)	-100.7
1996	FLO	NL	1	0	14	0	18.1	13	13	21	25	6.38	4.61 (-38%)	-390.3
1998	FLO	NL	3	4	42	9	54.2	38	18	23	63	2.96	4.43 (+33%)	2367.7
1999	FLO	NL	1	2	35	10	36.1	24	11	25	50	2.72	4.71 (+42%)	609.7
1999	ARI	NL	0	1	30	22	29.0	20	9	19	49	2.79	4.71 (+41%)	1626.2
2000	ARI	NL	1	1	47	17	45.1	31	23	35	53	4.57	4.77 (+4%)	432.4
2001	ARI	NL	0	0	8	2	7.0	6	2	4	12	2.57	—	0.0
2002	ARI	NL	2	2	31	0	26.2	28	14	12	26	4.72	4.28 (-10%)	228.6
2003	ARI	NL	5	4	50	29	55.0	37	16	18	68	2.62	4.40 (+40%)	1852.0
2004	ARI	NL	0	3	12	4	10.2	17	14	6	13	11.81	4.46 (-165%)	-1047.6
2005	BOS	AL	1	0	34	0	26.1	23	19	24	22	6.49	4.29 (-51%)	-563.3
Career · 11 seasons			14	18	315	93	322.2	249	146	200	396	4.07	—	5,015

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 Mantei — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
315	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0

Career AVG .200 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 24.9% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 40.5% below league average.

Career SLG .200 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 52.9% below league average.

Career OPS .400 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 47.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Matt Mantei Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	FLO	NL	12	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	FLO	NL	14	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	FLO	NL	42	3	1	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	FLO	NL	35	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	ARI	NL	30	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ARI	NL	47	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	ARI	NL	8	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ARI	NL	31	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	ARI	NL	50	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	ARI	NL	12	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			315	5	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	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 Mantei — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Matt Mantei — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2002	NLDS2	ARI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	NLDS2	ARI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Matt Mantei — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	2	0	0	2.1	2	3	4	1	11.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Matt Mantei — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	NLDS2	ARI	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	2	1	0	54.00
1999	NLDS2	ARI	0	1	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	1	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Mantei — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	152	2	0	1	0	0	.500
Away	163	3	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Matt Mantei — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	152	159.1	114	62	83	202	3.50
Away	163	163.1	135	84	117	194	4.63

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Matt Mantei — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2005-07-01	BOS	TOR	—	0.1	1	5	5	4	0
2005-06-29	BOS	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
2005-06-26	BOS	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2005-06-25	BOS	PHI	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
2005-06-21	BOS	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2005-06-18	BOS	PIT	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
2005-06-17	BOS	PIT	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0
2005-06-13	BOS	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
2005-06-11	BOS	CHC	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
2005-06-07	BOS	STL	—	0.2	0	2	2	1	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Mantei — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	315	0	18	31	2	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Mantei — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1995	FLO	P	12	1	2	0	2
1996	FLO	P	14	3	4	0	0
1998	FLO	P	42	4	5	0	1
1999	FLO	P	35	2	3	1	0
1999	ARI	P	30	1	4	0	0
2000	ARI	P	47	4	2	1	1
2001	ARI	P	8	0	0	0	0
2002	ARI	P	31	0	2	0	0
2003	ARI	P	50	1	4	0	0
2004	ARI	P	12	1	2	0	0
2005	BOS	P	34	1	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Matt Mantei Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	315

Salary History

Matt Mantei's recorded salaries total $27,029,999 over 11 seasons, 1995 to 2005. Mantei's career, 1995 to 2005, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Matt Mantei — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2005	BOS	AL	$750,000
2004	ARI	NL	$7,000,000
2003	ARI	NL	$7,083,333
2002	ARI	NL	$4,333,333
2001	ARI	NL	$3,583,333
2000	ARI	NL	$2,831,000
1999	FLO	NL	$735,000
1998	FLO	NL	$250,000
1997	FLO	NL	$225,000
1996	FLO	NL	$130,000
1995	FLO	NL	$109,000
Total recorded salary			$27,029,999

Award Voting History

Matt Mantei — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	3.0	448	0

Matt Mantei: the record in brief

The profile opens with Matt Mantei's first major league game on June 18, 1995; the last one listed came on July 1, 2005. The season rows list, in order, the Florida Marlins (1995 through 1999), the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999 to 2004), and the Boston Red Sox (2005). Mantei is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-1 and 181 pounds. Mantei both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is July 7, 1973, in Tampa, FL, USA. Mantei's full given name, per the bio, is Matthew Bruce Mantei.

The pitching table credits Mantei with a 14-18 record and a 4.07 ERA in 315 games. Mantei had 396 strikeouts and 93 saves. The leagues Mantei pitched in allowed 4.48 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 9.1% better than average. Mantei won 5 games in 2003, the most of any season listed. The most saves in one season was 29, in 2003.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Mantei

What years did Matt Mantei play?: Matt Mantei played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005.
Was Matt Mantei a pitcher?: Yes. Matt Mantei pitched in the major leagues, recording 14 wins and 396 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Matt Mantei hit?: Matt Mantei hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Matt Mantei play for?: Matt Mantei played for 3 teams: the Florida Marlins (1995–1996, 1998–1999), the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004), and the Boston Red Sox (2005).
What were Matt Mantei's career stats?: In 315 games, Matt Mantei went 14-18 with a 4.07 ERA, 396 strikeouts, 322.2 innings pitched, and 93 saves.
How much did Matt Mantei earn in his career?: Matt Mantei's recorded salaries total $27,029,999 over 11 seasons, 1995 to 2005. Mantei's career, 1995 to 2005, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Matt Mantei's salary?: Matt Mantei's last recorded salary was $750,000, in 2005. His highest recorded salary was $7,083,333, in 2003, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1995. The Salary History table lists each season from 1995 to 2005.
What position did Matt Mantei play?: Matt Mantei played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Matt Mantei and how much did he weigh?: Matt Mantei was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 181 pounds.
What was Matt Mantei's career ERA?: Matt Mantei finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 14-18 with 396 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Matt Mantei have?: Matt Mantei recorded 396 career strikeouts.
Is Matt Mantei in the Hall of Fame?: No. Matt Mantei has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.