P · 2021
Matt Harvey
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #33
- Born
- March 27, 1989 in New London, CT, USA
- MLB debut
- July 26, 2012
- dbWAR
- 2.2 12 season(s)
- PA
- 6
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -115 100 = avg
Matt Harvey is a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 6 plate appearances in 3 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He averaged 66.9 mph off the bat and made contact on 58.3% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -115 wRC+ puts his offence 215% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.6 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -1.4 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.6 | -115 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | 29 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .075 | .109 | .075 | .000 | .118 | 3.5% | 33.3% | .090 | -10.5 | -56 | -0.9 | |
| 2017 | 18 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .059 | .086 | .059 | .000 | .095 | 2.8% | 36.1% | .070 | -7.6 | -77 | -0.6 | |
| 2016 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .045 | .214 | 0.0% | 32.0% | .137 | -3.7 | -25 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | 28 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .108 | .108 | .185 | .077 | .182 | 0.0% | 47.0% | .126 | -10.0 | -36 | -0.8 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 127.2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 160 | 89 | 95 | 37 | 6.27 | 4.60 | 1.54 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 147 | 108 | 0.8 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 | 11.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 11.57 | 9.45 | 2.74 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 260 | 212 | -0.5 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | 59.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 47 | 39 | 29 | 7.09 | 6.35 | 1.54 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 157 | 141 | -0.6 | |
| 2018 | 32 | 28 | 155.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 165 | 85 | 131 | 37 | 4.94 | 4.57 | 1.30 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 119 | 110 | 0.7 | |
| 2017 | 19 | 18 | 92.2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 69 | 67 | 47 | 6.70 | 6.37 | 1.69 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 154 | 146 | -1.1 | |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | 92.2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 50 | 76 | 25 | 4.86 | 3.47 | 1.47 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 116 | 83 | 1.7 | |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | 189.1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 57 | 188 | 37 | 2.71 | 3.05 | 1.02 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 68 | 77 | 4.0 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% |
| vs RHP | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 264 | 242 | 63 | 9 | 16 | 48 | .260 | .316 | .450 | .330 | 18.2% |
| vs RHB | 319 | 295 | 97 | 10 | 21 | 47 | .329 | .374 | .505 | .377 | 14.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 3 tracked batted balls in 2021. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 66.9 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 78.7 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -7.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Matt Harvey hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Runners on · thin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Harvey throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 760 | 93.4 | 2,157 | 46.7% | 15.3% | |
| Sinker | 464 | 92.9 | 2,133 | 47.2% | 12.8% | |
| Slider | 431 | 86.9 | 2,370 | 43.4% | 28.0% | |
| Curveball | 312 | 79.9 | 2,488 | 41.7% | 32.5% | |
| Changeup | 265 | 85.3 | 1,697 | 35.8% | 12.9% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.