What years did Matt Shoemaker play?

Matt Shoemaker played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021.

Was Matt Shoemaker a pitcher?

Yes. Matt Shoemaker pitched in the major leagues, recording 46 wins and 580 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Matt Shoemaker hit?

Matt Shoemaker hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Matt Shoemaker play for?

Matt Shoemaker played for 3 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013–2018), the Toronto Blue Jays (2019–2020), and the Minnesota Twins (2021).

What were Matt Shoemaker's career stats?

In 128 games, Matt Shoemaker went 46-41 with a 4.24 ERA, 580 strikeouts, and 662.2 innings pitched.

What was Matt Shoemaker's salary?

Matt Shoemaker's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position did Matt Shoemaker play?

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

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

Matt Shoemaker was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 225 pounds.

What was Matt Shoemaker's career ERA?

Matt Shoemaker finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 46-41 with 580 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Matt Shoemaker have?

Matt Shoemaker recorded 580 career strikeouts.

Is Matt Shoemaker in the Hall of Fame?

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

Matt Shoemaker

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2021)

Matt Shoemaker was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021 for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Minnesota Twins, a span of 9 seasons. Across 128 career appearances, he went 46-41 with a 4.24 ERA and 580 strikeouts.

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 46–41

ERA 4.24

WHIP 1.23

SO 580

Pitcher PIV -2688.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 225 lb
Born: 9/27/1986 in Wyandotte, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-09-20
Last Game: 2021-06-30

Full name: Matthew David Shoemaker

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Career Pitching Statistics

Matt Shoemaker — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
46	41	128	115	1	1	0	662.2	638	312	100	174	580	4.24	-2688.2

Career ERA 4.24 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Matt Shoemaker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	LAA	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.0	2	0	2	5	0.00	—	0.0
2014	LAA	AL	16	4	27	20	0	0	136.0	122	46	24	124	3.04	3.74 (+19%)	1663.8
2015	LAA	AL	7	10	25	24	0	0	135.1	135	67	35	116	4.46	3.96 (-12%)	-2123.9
2016	LAA	AL	9	13	27	27	1	1	160.0	166	69	30	143	3.88	4.19 (+7%)	2787.2
2017	LAA	AL	6	3	14	14	0	0	77.2	73	39	28	69	4.52	4.36 (-4%)	-1494.3
2018	LAA	AL	2	2	7	7	0	0	31.0	29	17	10	33	4.94	4.15 (-19%)	619.8
2019	TOR	AL	3	0	5	5	0	0	28.2	16	5	9	24	1.57	4.51 (+65%)	402.6
2020	TOR	AL	0	1	6	6	0	0	28.2	22	15	9	26	4.71	4.45 (-6%)	-1070.7
2021	MIN	AL	3	8	16	11	0	0	60.1	73	54	27	40	8.06	4.27 (-89%)	-3472.6
Career · 9 seasons			46	41	128	115	1	1	662.2	638	312	174	580	4.24	—	-2,688

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 Shoemaker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
128	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 55.2% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .143 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 80.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Matt Shoemaker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	LAA	AL	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	LAA	AL	27	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	LAA	AL	25	1	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAA	AL	27	2	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAA	AL	14	2	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAA	AL	7	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TOR	AL	5	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIN	AL	16	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			128	6	1	3	.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 Shoemaker — 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 Shoemaker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2020	ALWC1	TOR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2014	ALDS1	LAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Matt Shoemaker — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	2	2	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Matt Shoemaker — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	ALWC1	TOR	0	0	1	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
2014	ALDS1	LAA	0	0	1	1	0	6.0	5	1	0	6	1.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Shoemaker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	64	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	64	6	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Matt Shoemaker — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	64	331.2	305	131	87	330	3.55
Away	64	331.0	333	181	87	250	4.92

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Matt Shoemaker — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-06-30	MIN	CHW	—	2.2	7	8	8	2	0	3
2021-06-24	MIN	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-06-21	MIN	CIN	W	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0
2021-06-13	MIN	HOU	—	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	1
2021-06-11	MIN	HOU	L	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	0
2021-06-04	MIN	KCR	L	0.1	6	9	8	2	1	1
2021-05-30	MIN	KCR	L	4.1	6	5	5	1	5	0
2021-05-24	MIN	BAL	—	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0
2021-05-19	MIN	CHW	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	2	0
2021-05-14	MIN	OAK	L	6.0	5	5	5	2	4	3

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Shoemaker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	128	115	45	64	13	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Shoemaker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	LAA	P	1	1	0	1	0	0
2014	LAA	P	27	20	7	12	3	1
2015	LAA	P	25	24	12	9	2	1
2016	LAA	P	27	27	9	23	2	4
2017	LAA	P	14	14	2	8	1	1
2018	LAA	P	7	7	0	1	1	0
2019	TOR	P	5	5	6	4	1	0
2020	TOR	P	6	6	2	1	2	0
2021	MIN	P	16	11	7	5	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Matt Shoemaker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	128

Awards & Honors

Matt Shoemaker — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2016	Player of the Week	Week of 2016-07-16
2014	Pitcher of the Month	August
2014	Rookie of the Month	August

Salary History

Matt Shoemaker's recorded salaries total $1,548,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Shoemaker's career ran from 2013 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Matt Shoemaker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAA	AL	$530,000
2015	LAA	AL	$517,500
2014	LAA	AL	$500,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,548,000

Award Voting History

Matt Shoemaker — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2014	Rookie of the Year	AL	2nd	40.0	150	0

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Career Spans

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Matt Shoemaker: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 20, 2013 and the final game on June 30, 2021, Matt Shoemaker built the record summarized on this page. By club, Shoemaker's seasons break down as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013 to 2018), the Toronto Blue Jays (2019 through 2020), and the Minnesota Twins (2021). Born on September 27, 1986, in Wyandotte, MI, USA, Shoemaker is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Shoemaker's listed size is 6 feet, 2 inches and 225 pounds. The given name on file is Matthew David Shoemaker.

Shoemaker pitched in 128 games, starting 115, and finished with a 46-41 record and 4.24 ERA. The totals include 580 strikeouts. Shoemaker's 4.24 ERA was close to the 4.14 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 16, in 2014. 2016 produced Shoemaker's most strikeouts, 143. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.04 in 2014, when the league's was 3.74.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Shoemaker

What years did Matt Shoemaker play?: Matt Shoemaker played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021.
Was Matt Shoemaker a pitcher?: Yes. Matt Shoemaker pitched in the major leagues, recording 46 wins and 580 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Matt Shoemaker hit?: Matt Shoemaker hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Matt Shoemaker play for?: Matt Shoemaker played for 3 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013–2018), the Toronto Blue Jays (2019–2020), and the Minnesota Twins (2021).
What were Matt Shoemaker's career stats?: In 128 games, Matt Shoemaker went 46-41 with a 4.24 ERA, 580 strikeouts, and 662.2 innings pitched.
How much did Matt Shoemaker earn in his career?: Matt Shoemaker's recorded salaries total $1,548,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Shoemaker's career ran from 2013 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Matt Shoemaker's salary?: Matt Shoemaker's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position did Matt Shoemaker play?: Matt Shoemaker played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Matt Shoemaker and how much did he weigh?: Matt Shoemaker was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 225 pounds.
What was Matt Shoemaker's career ERA?: Matt Shoemaker finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 46-41 with 580 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Matt Shoemaker have?: Matt Shoemaker recorded 580 career strikeouts.
Is Matt Shoemaker in the Hall of Fame?: No. Matt Shoemaker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.