Matt Morris

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

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

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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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 0 113.7 101 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 0 216.3 218 76 54 185 3.16 4.42 (+28%) 7730.1
2002 SLN NL 17 9 32 32 1 1 0 210.3 210 80 64 171 3.42 4.28 (+20%) 5237.2
2003 SLN NL 11 8 27 27 5 3 0 172.3 164 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 0 192.7 209 88 37 117 4.11 4.29 (+4%) 1504.0
2006 SFN NL 10 15 33 33 2 0 0 207.7 218 115 63 117 4.98 4.53 (-10%) 93.8
2007 SFN NL 7 7 21 21 3 0 0 136.7 162 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 22.3 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

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2005 NLCS SLN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NLDS1 SLN 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
2004 NLCS SLN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2004 NLDS1 SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 WS SLN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 NLCS SLN 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2002 NLDS2 SLN 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .250
2001 NLDS2 SLN 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
2000 NLCS SLN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 NLDS1 SLN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 6 15 11 0 73.3 73 33 34 44 4.05

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2005 NLCS SLN 0 1 1 1 0 5.3 8 3 1 3 5.06
2005 NLDS1 SLN 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 2 3 4 3.00
2004 NLCS SLN 0 0 2 2 0 10.0 11 6 8 6 5.40
2004 NLDS1 SLN 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 6 4 2 5 5.14
2004 WS SLN 0 1 1 1 0 4.3 4 4 4 3 8.31
2002 NLCS SLN 0 2 2 2 0 13.0 16 9 6 6 6.23
2002 NLDS2 SLN 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 7 1 2 3 1.29
2001 NLDS2 SLN 0 1 2 2 0 15.0 13 2 5 12 1.20
2000 NLCS SLN 0 0 2 0 0 3.7 3 2 2 2 4.91
2000 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 2 0 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1632952155122.186
Away1462481437116.149

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home162999.29954002607073.60
Away145806.18723992495074.45

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2008-04-26 PITPHIL 000000000
2008-04-21 PITMIAL 101000100
2008-04-15 PITLADL 200000001
2008-04-10 PITCHCL 201100001
2008-04-04 PITMIAL 200000002
2007-09-26 PITAZW 312000001
2007-09-20 PITSDPL 100000001
2007-09-15 PITHOUL 100000001
2007-09-09 PITCHCW 111000000
2007-09-04 PITSTLL 100000001

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2008-04-26 PITPHI L 1.2663111
2008-04-21 PITMIA L 4.0988122
2008-04-15 PITLAD L 4.2766110
2008-04-10 PITCHC L 7.01174232
2008-04-04 PITMIA — 5.0843221
2007-09-26 PITAZ W 7.0611070
2007-09-20 PITSDP L 4.0866000
2007-09-15 PITHOU L 3.1977102
2007-09-09 PITCHC W 6.0744221
2007-09-04 PITSTL L 5.0555320

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 307 276 107 232 14 18

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

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 307

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

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

School Name City State Years Attended
Seton Hall University South Orange NJ 1993, 1994, 1995

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2001 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 31.0 160 0
2001 Most Valuable Player NL 14th 13.0 448 0
1997 Rookie of the Year NL 2nd 25.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Matt Morris (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ismael Valdez
    104-105, 4.09 ERA
  2. 89
    Andy Ashby
    98-110, 4.12 ERA
  3. 87
    Jack McDowell
    127-87, 3.85 ERA
  4. 86
    Mark Portugal
    109-95, 4.03 ERA
  5. 84
    Jarrod Washburn
    107-109, 4.10 ERA
  6. 83
    Dallas Keuchel
    103-92, 4.04 ERA

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.