Pitcher · 2024

Matt Barnes

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 208 lb

Born: June 17, 1990 in Danbury, CT, USA
MLB debut: September 9, 2014
Drafted: 2011, round 1
College: Connecticut
High school: Bethel
Salary, 2024: $2M

dbWAR: .1
IP: 13.1
ERA: 6.75
FIP: 3.54
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 87

Matt Barnes is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2024 he struck out 10 batters over 13.1 innings across 14 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.75 was 65.5% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 3.54 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.5% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.

FIP3.54

K/96.8

WHIP1.50

WAR.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	32	28	7	1	3	5	.250	.323	.429	.329	15.6%
vs RHB	28	27	9	0	1	5	.333	.357	.407	.336	17.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Barnes 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 2024.


Knuckle Curve	43.5%	103	81.5	1,867	39.8%	25.0%
Four-Seam Fastball	39.2%	93	91.4	2,124	39.8%	18.8%
Splitter	17.3%	41	86.3	1,438	36.6%	21.1%

Matt Barnes's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2024	14	0	13.1	0	0	0	16	10	10	4	6.75	3.54	1.50	6.8	2.7	165	87	0.1	—

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How these are computed

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.