1983
Born January 20, 1983
Houston, TX, USA
Matt Albers Notable
b. January 20, 1983 · Houston Astros 2006–2007, 2014, Baltimore Orioles 2008–2010, Boston Red Sox 2011–2012, Arizona Diamondbacks 2012, Cleveland Indians 2013, Chicago White Sox 2015–2016, Washington Nationals 2017, Milwaukee Brewers 2018–2019
Matt Albers played for eight clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Houston Astros in 2006 and closing with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019.
He went 47 and 48 with a 4.35 earned run average, pitching 759 innings in 616 games. He struck out 571. Across 616 games he batted .086, with 3 hits and 1 run. He finished with 1 double.
He was born in Houston, TX, USA on January 20, 1983. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | HOU | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2007 | HOU | 31 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .069 |
| 2008 | BAL | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | BAL | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2010 | BAL | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | BOS | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | ARI/BOS | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | CLE | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | CHW | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | CHW | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2017 | WSN | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | MIL | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | MIL | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 616 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .086 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | HOU | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6.00 |
| 2007 | HOU | 4 | 11 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 110.2 | 127 | 72 | 50 | 71 | 5.86 |
| 2008 | BAL | 3 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 | 43 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 3.49 |
| 2009 | BAL | 3 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 80 | 41 | 36 | 49 | 5.51 |
| 2010 | BAL | 5 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 75.2 | 78 | 38 | 34 | 49 | 4.52 |
| 2011 | BOS | 4 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 62 | 34 | 31 | 68 | 4.73 |
| 2012 | ARI/BOS | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 60.1 | 46 | 16 | 22 | 44 | 2.39 |
| 2013 | CLE | 3 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 57 | 22 | 23 | 35 | 3.14 |
| 2014 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.90 |
| 2015 | CHW | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 1.21 |
| 2016 | CHW | 2 | 6 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 67 | 36 | 19 | 30 | 6.31 |
| 2017 | WSN | 7 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 1.62 |
| 2018 | MIL | 3 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 34.1 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 32 | 7.34 |
| 2019 | MIL | 8 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 59.2 | 53 | 34 | 29 | 57 | 5.13 |
| Career | — | 47 | 48 | 616 | 24 | 7 | 759.0 | 751 | 367 | 314 | 571 | 4.35 |
On this day & linked events
2006
Major-league debut: Matt Albers
Matt Albers made a major-league debut on July 25, 2006.
2019
Final major-league game: Matt Albers
Matt Albers played a final major-league game on September 28, 2019.