What years did Matt Morris play?

Matt Morris played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2008.

Was Matt Morris a pitcher?

Yes. Matt Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1214 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Matt Morris hit?

Matt Morris hit 2 career home runs with 92 hits.

What was Matt Morris's career batting average?

Matt Morris batted .169 over his career, with 92 hits in 543 at bats.

How many RBI did Matt Morris have?

Matt Morris drove in 38 runs in his career.

What was Matt Morris's career ERA?

Matt Morris finished with a 3.98 career ERA, going 121-92 with 1,214 strikeouts.

Matt Morris

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2008)

Matt Morris was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2008 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Francisco Giants, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 12 seasons. Across 307 career appearances, he went 121-92 with a 3.98 ERA and 1,214 strikeouts. He also batted .169 with 2 home runs. Matt Morris was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 21298.6.

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 121–92

ERA 3.98

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,214

Pitcher PIV 21298.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 210 lb
Born: 8/9/1974 in Middletown, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1997-04-04
Last Game: 2008-04-26
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Matthew Christian Morris

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Career Pitching Statistics

Matt Morris — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
121	92	307	276	23	8	4	1806.0	1,867	799	175	509	1,214	3.98	21298.6

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 4.43 across their career seasons — 10.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Matt Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1997	SLN	NL	12	9	33	33	3	0	0	217.0	208	77	69	149	3.19	4.39 (+27%)	5009.4
1998	SLN	NL	7	5	17	17	2	1	0	113.2	101	32	42	79	2.53	4.43 (+43%)	1686.4
2000	SLN	NL	3	3	31	0	0	0	4	53.0	53	21	17	34	3.57	4.77 (+25%)	1482.9
2001	SLN	NL	22	8	34	34	2	1	0	216.1	218	76	54	185	3.16	4.42 (+28%)	7730.1
2002	SLN	NL	17	9	32	32	1	1	0	210.1	210	80	64	171	3.42	4.28 (+20%)	5237.2
2003	SLN	NL	11	8	27	27	5	3	0	172.1	164	72	39	120	3.76	4.40 (+15%)	2246.6
2004	SLN	NL	15	10	32	32	3	2	0	202.0	205	106	56	131	4.72	4.46 (-6%)	-2327.2
2005	SLN	NL	14	10	31	31	2	0	0	192.2	209	88	37	117	4.11	4.29 (+4%)	1504.0
2006	SFN	NL	10	15	33	33	2	0	0	207.2	218	115	63	117	4.98	4.53 (-10%)	93.8
2007	SFN	NL	7	7	21	21	3	0	0	136.2	162	66	39	73	4.35	4.47 (+3%)	683.1
2007	PIT	NL	3	4	11	11	0	0	0	62.0	78	42	22	29	6.10	4.47 (-36%)	-538.1
2008	PIT	NL	0	4	5	5	0	0	0	22.1	41	24	7	9	9.67	4.32 (-124%)	-1509.6
Career · 12 seasons			121	92	307	276	23	8	4	1,806.0	1,867	799	509	1,214	3.98	—	21,299

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 Morris — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
309	543	35	92	18	0	2	38	0	27	216	.169	.208	.214	.422	-3,442

Career AVG .169 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 36.3% below league average.

Career OBP .208 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 37.8% below league average.

Career SLG .214 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 49.6% below league average.

Career OPS .422 vs. league average .759 across their career seasons — 44.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Matt Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1997	SLN	NL	34	73	4	15	2	0	6	5	36	.205	.266 (-23%)	.336 (-24%)	.419 (-44%)	.756 (-35%)	-418.5
1998	SLN	NL	17	29	1	2	1	0	3	5	16	.069	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SLN	NL	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SLN	NL	34	72	5	10	2	0	5	2	33	.139	.263 (-47%)	.332 (-51%)	.426 (-61%)	.758 (-57%)	-677.3
2002	SLN	NL	32	71	4	12	3	0	3	3	23	.169	.261 (-35%)	.331 (-39%)	.416 (-49%)	.747 (-45%)	-522.2
2003	SLN	NL	27	52	5	10	2	1	3	2	16	.192	.264 (-27%)	.332 (-33%)	.422 (-32%)	.754 (-32%)	-283.2
2004	SLN	NL	32	62	4	10	1	0	6	4	26	.161	.266 (-39%)	.335 (-38%)	.427 (-59%)	.762 (-49%)	-517.2
2005	SLN	NL	31	57	4	5	0	0	2	4	23	.088	.264 (-67%)	.330 (-55%)	.418 (-79%)	.749 (-69%)	-638.2
2006	SFN	NL	33	60	2	12	4	0	6	1	21	.200	.269 (-26%)	.336 (-37%)	.431 (-38%)	.768 (-38%)	-385.0
2007	SFN	NL	21	38	3	7	1	0	1	1	10	.184	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	PIT	NL	11	19	3	6	1	1	2	0	7	.316	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	PIT	NL	5	7	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			309	543	35	92	18	2	38	27	216	.169	—	—	—	—	-3,442

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 Morris — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	19	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	.105

Playoff Batting by Year

Matt Morris — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2005	NLCS	SLN	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	NLDS1	SLN	1	2	1	1	0	0	.500
2004	NLCS	SLN	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000
2004	NLDS1	SLN	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	WS	SLN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	NLCS	SLN	2	4	0	0	0	1	.000
2002	NLDS2	SLN	1	4	1	1	2	2	.250
2001	NLDS2	SLN	2	4	0	0	0	3	.000
2000	NLCS	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NLDS1	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Matt Morris — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	6	15	11	0	73.1	73	33	34	44	4.05

Playoff Pitching by Year

Matt Morris — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2005	NLCS	SLN	0	1	1	1	5.1	8	3	1	3	5.06
2005	NLDS1	SLN	1	0	1	1	6.0	5	2	3	4	3.00
2004	NLCS	SLN	0	0	2	2	10.0	11	6	8	6	5.40
2004	NLDS1	SLN	0	1	1	1	7.0	6	4	2	5	5.14
2004	WS	SLN	0	1	1	1	4.1	4	4	4	3	8.31
2002	NLCS	SLN	0	2	2	2	13.0	16	9	6	6	6.23
2002	NLDS2	SLN	1	0	1	1	7.0	7	1	2	3	1.29
2001	NLDS2	SLN	0	1	2	2	15.0	13	2	5	12	1.20
2000	NLCS	SLN	0	0	2	0	3.2	3	2	2	2	4.91
2000	NLDS1	SLN	0	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Morris — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	163	295	21	55	1	22	.186
Away	146	248	14	37	1	16	.149

Pitching — Home / Away

Matt Morris — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	162	999.2	995	400	260	707	3.60
Away	145	806.1	872	399	249	507	4.45

Last 10 Games — Batting

Matt Morris — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO
2008-04-26	PIT	PHI	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-04-21	PIT	MIA	L	1	0	1	0	1	0
2008-04-15	PIT	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	0	1
2008-04-10	PIT	CHC	L	2	0	1	1	0	1
2008-04-04	PIT	MIA	L	2	0	0	0	0	2
2007-09-26	PIT	AZ	W	3	1	2	0	0	1
2007-09-20	PIT	SDP	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2007-09-15	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2007-09-09	PIT	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	0	0
2007-09-04	PIT	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Matt Morris — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2008-04-26	PIT	PHI	L	1.2	6	6	3	1	1	1
2008-04-21	PIT	MIA	L	4.0	9	8	8	1	2	2
2008-04-15	PIT	LAD	L	4.2	7	6	6	1	1	0
2008-04-10	PIT	CHC	L	7.0	11	7	4	2	3	2
2008-04-04	PIT	MIA	—	5.0	8	4	3	2	2	1
2007-09-26	PIT	AZ	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0
2007-09-20	PIT	SDP	L	4.0	8	6	6	0	0	0
2007-09-15	PIT	HOU	L	3.1	9	7	7	1	0	2
2007-09-09	PIT	CHC	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1
2007-09-04	PIT	STL	L	5.0	5	5	5	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Morris — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	307	276	107	232	14	18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Morris — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1997	SLN	P	33	33	5	28	5	1
1998	SLN	P	17	17	4	17	1	5
2000	SLN	P	31	0	3	3	0	1
2001	SLN	P	34	34	8	31	2	0
2002	SLN	P	32	32	11	22	0	0
2003	SLN	P	27	27	15	17	0	0
2004	SLN	P	32	32	17	29	1	2
2005	SLN	P	31	31	6	27	1	2
2006	SFN	P	33	33	20	28	3	4
2007	SFN	P	21	21	10	12	1	2
2007	PIT	P	11	11	6	16	0	1
2008	PIT	P	5	5	2	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Matt Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	307

Awards & Honors

Matt Morris — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-05-24
2001	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
2001	Player of the Week	Week of 2001-08-18
2001	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1997	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Matt Morris — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	PIT	NL	$10,037,283
2007	SFN	NL	$10,037,283
2006	SFN	NL	$5,525,527
2005	SLN	NL	$2,500,000
2004	SLN	NL	$12,500,000
2003	SLN	NL	$10,500,000
2002	SLN	NL	$4,000,000
2001	SLN	NL	$1,200,000
2000	SLN	NL	$550,000
1999	SLN	NL	$550,000
1998	SLN	NL	$300,000
1997	SLN	NL	$150,000
Total Career Earnings			$57,850,093

College History

Matt Morris — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Seton Hall University	South Orange	NJ	1993, 1994, 1995

Award Voting History

Matt Morris — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2001	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	31.0	160
2001	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	13.0	448
1997	Rookie of the Year	NL	2nd	25.0	140

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Matt Morris: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 4, 1997 and the final game on April 26, 2008, Matt Morris built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the St. Louis Cardinals (1997 through 2005), the San Francisco Giants (2006 to 2007), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2007 through 2008). Morris, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. Morris is listed at 6'5" and 210 pounds. The birth record reads August 9, 1974, in Middletown, NY, USA. On the record, Matt Morris was born Matthew Christian Morris.

Morris pitched in 307 games, starting 276, and finished with a 121-92 record and 3.98 ERA. The totals include 1,214 strikeouts, 23 complete games, and 8 shutouts. That 3.98 ERA compares with a 4.43 league average across the same seasons, 10.2% better. No season topped the 22 wins of 2001. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.16 in 2001, when the league's was 4.42. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 21,298.6 for Morris's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Morris

What years did Matt Morris play?: Matt Morris played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2008.
Was Matt Morris a pitcher?: Yes. Matt Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1214 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Matt Morris hit?: Matt Morris hit 2 career home runs with 92 hits.
What was Matt Morris's career batting average?: Matt Morris batted .169 over his career, with 92 hits in 543 at bats.
How many RBI did Matt Morris have?: Matt Morris drove in 38 runs in his career.
What was Matt Morris's career ERA?: Matt Morris finished with a 3.98 career ERA, going 121-92 with 1,214 strikeouts.