Rick Matula
Born: November 22, 1953, Wharton, TXHeight: 6'0" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Sam Houston State
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1979 Atlanta NL 25 8 10 4.15 28 28 1 0 0 0 0 171.1 193 754 90 79 14 55 9 3 67 1980 Atlanta NL 26 11 13 4.58 33 30 3 1 2 0 1 176.2 195 761 100 90 17 51 9 0 62 1981 Atlanta NL 27 0 0 6.43 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 7.0 8 30 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 19 23 4.41 66 58 4 4 4 0 1 355.0 396 1545 195 174 32 108 18 3 129
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Atlanta NL 28 675 90 193 276 33 4 14 6 6 22 7 55 9 3 67 26 .286 .409 .348 1980 Atlanta NL 33 683 100 195 284 30 4 17 8 10 18 10 51 9 0 62 21 .286 .416 .339 1981 Atlanta NL 5 28 5 8 13 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .464 .333
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Atlanta NL 25 28 53 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 2 .094 .094 .111 1980 Atlanta NL 26 33 57 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 .105 .105 .136 1981 Atlanta NL 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 66 111 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 48 2 .099 .099 .123
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1979 Atlanta NL P 171.1 28 28 15 23 0 6 1.000 2.00 22 7 1 1980 Atlanta NL P 176.2 30 33 20 28 1 5 .980 2.45 18 10 1 1981 Atlanta NL P 7.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 1 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (March 29, 1982).
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