Matt
Ryan
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 17, 1956 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award 1987   
All-Star Selections 1984    1986    1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 BUF FL     0 2 4 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 8 9 8
1980 23 BUF FL     3 3 6 4 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 4 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 8 9 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings     3 3 6 4 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 24 BUF FL $ 300,000 92 18 20 19 5 7 6 18 20 19
1982 25 BUF FL $ 300,000 92 20 20 20 11 12 11 18 20 19
1983 26 BUF FL $ 300,000 92 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 20 19
1984 27 BUF FL $ 300,000 92 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 20 19
1985 28 BUF FL $ 4,000,000 92 19 19 19 18 19 18 20 20 20
1986 29 BUF FL $ 4,000,000 92 19 19 19 18 19 18 19 19 19
1987 30 BUF FL $ 4,000,000 92 19 19 19 18 19 18 19 19 19
1988 31 BUF FL $ 8,000,000 92 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19
1989 32 BUF FL $ 8,000,000 87 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19
1990 33 BUF FL $ 8,000,000 82 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 17
1991 34 BUF FL $ 8,000,000 82 17 17 17 16 17 16 15 15 15
1992 35 BUF FL $ 8,000,000 77 17 16 17 14 15 15 12 12 12
1993 36 BUF FL   71 13 13 13 13 14 14 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   71 13 13 13 5 7 6 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 92 20 20 20 18 19 18 20 20 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 BUF FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1980 23 BUF FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 24 BUF FL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 25 BUF FL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 26 BUF FL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1984 27 BUF FL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1985 28 BUF FL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1986 29 BUF FL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1987 30 BUF FL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1988 31 BUF FL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1989 32 BUF FL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1990 33 BUF FL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1991 34 BUF FL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1992 35 BUF FL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1993 36 BUF FL     7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 22 AA   7 13 .350 21 21 8 1 0 167.0 174 52 9 54 195 2.80 .266 .322 .356 .677  
1980 23 AAA   13 3 .813 21 21 3 1 0 141.7 181 59 7 54 212 3.75 .314 .373 .391 .764  
    AA   2 0 1.000 2 2 1 1 0 16.0 18 3 2 3 26 1.69 .277 .309 .431 .740  
1981 24 BUF FL 2 1 .667 18 2 0 0 3 27.3 42 20 3 23 19 6.59 .347 .445 .529 .974 0.0
    AAA   13 3 .813 20 20 3 2 0 145.0 134 56 14 82 151 3.48 .244 .342 .361 .703  
1982 25 BUF FL 8 11 .421 47 17 0 0 2 135.0 131 74 8 70 100 4.93 .255 .349 .388 .737 4.4
1983 26 BUF FL 17 7 .708 30 30 4 1 0 192.7 176 72 3 40 160 3.36 .241 .280 .323 .602 13.8
1984 27 BUF FL 14 13 .519 36 35 2 1 0 240.3 218 74 9 41 183 2.77 .239 .273 .334 .607 21.4
1985 28 BUF FL 19 7 .731 36 34 3 2 0 246.0 220 86 9 43 200 3.15 .239 .277 .331 .607 23.5
1986 29 BUF FL 16 5 .762 33 33 3 1 0 234.7 200 71 8 57 229 2.72 .228 .275 .323 .598 24.3
1987 30 BUF FL 21 4 .840 34 34 4 0 0 238.3 197 77 11 58 229 2.91 .222 .271 .323 .594 24.9
1988 31 BUF FL 21 9 .700 36 36 1 0 0 260.0 239 84 6 42 201 2.91 .245 .276 .335 .611 26.4
1989 32 BUF FL 20 7 .741 39 39 5 4 0 263.0 244 92 11 48 209 3.15 .245 .282 .342 .623 24.1
1990 33 BUF FL 16 7 .696 40 40 3 1 0 263.7 218 104 8 52 219 3.55 .222 .264 .327 .591 18.9
1991 34 BUF FL 18 8 .692 41 41 0 0 0 263.3 257 106 18 55 217 3.62 .255 .294 .376 .670 20.5
1992 35 BUF FL 8 12 .400 33 33 1 1 0 200.7 208 105 22 54 159 4.71 .267 .314 .427 .741 7.8
1993 36 BUF FL 5 7 .417 20 20 0 0 0 114.3 145 73 20 39 98 5.75 .313 .363 .536 .899 1.5
13 Years Sim 185 98 .654 443 394 26 11 5 2679.3 2495 1038 136 622 2223 3.49 .245 .290 .357 .647 211.5
2 Years AAA 26 6 .813 41 41 6 3 0 286.7 315 115 21 136 363 3.61 .280 .358 .376 .734  
2 Years AA 9 13 .409 23 23 9 2 0 183.0 192 55 11 57 221 2.70 .267 .320 .363 .683  
4 Years Minors 35 19 .648 64 64 15 5 0 469.7 507 170 32 193 584 3.26 .275 .343 .371 .714  
Season Average 14 7 .667 34 30 2 0 0 206.1 191 79 10 47 171 3.49 .245 .290 .357 .647  
Career Highs 21 13 .840 47 41 5 4 3 263.7 257 106 22 70 229 6.59 .347 .445 .536 .974  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1172 457 59 278 1083   .236 .277 .343 .620
vs LH   1323 581 77 344 1140   .254 .301 .369 .670
Home 93 53 .637 227 201 11 5 2 1399.0 1294 528 62 342 1164 3.40 .245 .291 .353 .644
Away 92 45 .672 216 193 15 6 3 1280.3 1201 510 74 280 1059 3.59 .246 .287 .360 .647
Mar/Apr 31 18 .633 68 68 4 1 0 450.6 388 182 29 99 407 3.63 .231 .273 .352 .626
May 32 16 .667 71 71 6 3 0 482.6 442 184 26 98 374 3.43 .245 .284 .360 .644
June 25 20 .556 71 62 3 1 0 420.6 415 165 22 85 343 3.53 .256 .293 .367 .660
July 28 23 .549 73 69 5 4 0 452.6 459 194 32 115 373 3.86 .262 .307 .393 .700
August 35 14 .714 87 67 7 2 2 484.6 441 178 16 123 414 3.31 .241 .289 .330 .619
Sep/Oct 34 7 .829 73 57 1 0 3 388.0 350 135 11 102 312 3.13 .238 .288 .336 .624
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 22 AA   9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2  
1981 24 BUF FL 18 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2
1982 25 BUF FL 48 35 4 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16 .229 .229 .286 .514 2.4 0.2
1983 26 BUF FL 30 65 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 34 .169 .229 .169 .398 1.9 0.0
1984 27 BUF FL 36 78 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 1 36 .192 .200 .244 .444 2.7 0.0
1985 28 BUF FL 36 79 8 17 2 0 0 7 1 0 6 29 .215 .271 .241 .511 5.6 0.0
1986 29 BUF FL 33 70 6 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 32 .143 .221 .157 .378 1.7 0.0
1987 30 BUF FL 34 83 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 33 .157 .205 .181 .385 1.9 0.0
1988 31 BUF FL 36 86 4 17 0 0 0 6 0 2 4 36 .198 .233 .198 .431 2.9 0.0
1989 32 BUF FL 39 88 7 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 7 36 .182 .242 .216 .458 4.1 0.0
1990 33 BUF FL 40 84 4 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 49 .095 .144 .131 .275 0.1 0.0
1991 34 BUF FL 41 83 2 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 38 .133 .185 .145 .329 2.1 0.0
1992 35 BUF FL 33 67 5 13 5 1 0 6 1 0 2 22 .194 .214 .299 .513 4.6 0.0
1993 36 BUF FL 20 42 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .143 .143 .167 .310 0.0 0.0
13 Years Sim 444 867 51 147 17 3 1 58 5 3 48 377 .170 .212 .200 .411 30.7 0.3
1 Years AA 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2  
162 Game Average 316 18 53 6 1 0 21 1 1 17 137 .170 .212 .200 .411 11.2  
Career Highs 48 88 8 17 5 1 1 7 2 2 7 49 .286 .286 .299 .571 5.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   541 33 90 11 2 0 35 3 2 23 234 .166 .199 .194 .393 12.9
vs LH   326 18 57 6 1 1 23 2 1 25 143 .175 .232 .209 .441 14.0
Home 227 410 28 70 6 1 0 25 4 0 31 181 .171 .229 .190 .419 15.5
Away 217 457 23 77 11 2 1 33 1 3 17 196 .168 .196 .208 .404 11.5
RISP   250 0 41 1 1 1 57 0 0 16 113 .164 .210 .188 .398 7.6
Close/Late   17 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .235 .412 0.4
Mar/Apr 68 149 8 26 1 1 0 10 2 1 7 68 .174 .210 .195 .405 4.4
May 71 157 13 21 4 0 1 9 2 1 9 76 .134 .179 .178 .357 2.4
June 71 139 6 23 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 60 .165 .194 .180 .374 2.5
July 70 151 9 29 4 0 0 13 0 1 7 65 .192 .226 .219 .445 5.7
August 76 141 11 24 4 2 0 9 0 0 15 58 .170 .250 .227 .477 7.8
Sep/Oct 64 130 4 24 2 0 0 13 1 0 5 50 .185 .212 .200 .412 4.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 24 BUF FL P 18 2 27.3 1 2 2 2 .600 0.99    
1982 25 BUF FL P 47 17 135.0 8 20 0 2 1.000 1.87    
1983 26 BUF FL P 30 30 192.7 10 28 4 2 .905 1.78    
1984 27 BUF FL P 36 35 240.3 19 25 1 0 .978 1.65    
1985 28 BUF FL P 36 34 246.0 9 40 2 2 .961 1.79    
1986 29 BUF FL P 33 33 234.7 10 21 4 0 .886 1.19    
1987 30 BUF FL P 34 34 238.3 11 21 2 1 .941 1.21    
1988 31 BUF FL P 36 36 260.0 6 27 3 2 .917 1.14    
1989 32 BUF FL P 39 39 263.0 18 33 5 5 .911 1.75    
1990 33 BUF FL P 40 40 263.7 14 25 1 5 .975 1.33    
1991 34 BUF FL P 41 41 263.3 9 34 1 3 .977 1.47    
1992 35 BUF FL P 33 33 200.7 15 33 2 2 .960 2.15    
1993 36 BUF FL P 20 20 114.3 5 16 1 3 .955 1.65    
Career Totals   443 394 2679.3 135 325 28 29 .943 1.55    
Career Highs   47 41 263.7 19 40 5 5 1.000 2.15    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 25 BUF FL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 11.3 8 6 2 5 6 4.77 .216 .310 .432 .742
1983 26 BUF FL 3 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 34.3 38 13 1 7 34 3.41 .284 .319 .440 .759
1984 27 BUF FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 4 2 0 1 4 2.25 .148 .179 .222 .401
1985 28 BUF FL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 23 7 0 4 24 2.33 .223 .252 .252 .505
1986 29 BUF FL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 15 6 1 5 7 4.50 .288 .351 .500 .851
1987 30 BUF FL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 1 4 8 6.75 .280 .333 .420 .753
1988 31 BUF FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 2 5 1.29 .160 .222 .200 .422
1989 32 BUF FL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 15.3 8 3 1 6 17 1.76 .148 .233 .204 .437
1990 33 BUF FL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.3 19 12 1 3 10 10.45 .388 .423 .531 .954
1991 34 BUF FL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.0 17 11 5 0 12 5.21 .239 .239 .493 .732
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 7 .533 31 23 0 0 0 156.3 150 70 12 37 127 4.03 .249 .293 .384 .676
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 26 BUF FL 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .091 .182
1984 27 BUF FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 28 BUF FL 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 29 BUF FL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1987 30 BUF FL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1988 31 BUF FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 32 BUF FL 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
1990 33 BUF FL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1991 34 BUF FL 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .750 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 24 44 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 .159 .178 .205 .382
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1984-8-2.77
1986-4-2.72
1987-3-2.91
1988-3-2.91
1989-7-3.15
Wins
1983-3-17
1984-10-14
1985-1-19
1986-4-16
1987-2-21
1988-3-21
1989-4-20
1990-9-16
1991-1-18
CAR-14-185
Losses
1984-3-13
Winning Pct
1983-4-.708
1985-4-.731
1986-3-.762
1987-2-.840
1988-5-.700
1989-3-.741
1990-7-.696
1991-6-.692
CAR-8-.654
Games Started
1984-8-35
1988-1-36
1989-1-39
1990-1-40
1991-1-41
CAR-28-394
Complete Games
1983-4-4
1984-9-2
1985-4-3
1986-2-3
1987-1-4
1989-2-5
1990-3-3
Shutouts
1983-8-1
1984-7-1
1985-2-2
1986-3-1
1989-1-4
1990-3-1
1992-4-1
CAR-38-11
Innings Pitched
1984-6-240.3
1985-3-246.0
1986-4-234.7
1987-1-238.3
1988-1-260.0
1989-2-263.0
1990-1-263.7
1991-2-263.3
CAR-29-2679.3
Hits Allowed
1984-9-218
1985-8-220
1988-2-239
1989-5-244
1991-5-257
CAR-26-2495
Strikeouts
1984-4-183
1985-4-200
1986-4-229
1987-3-229
1988-4-201
1989-6-209
1990-5-219
1991-6-217
CAR-33-2223
Walks Allowed
1982-8-70
Walks per 9IP
1988-7-1.5
1989-8-1.6
Hits per 9IP
1986-8-7.7
1987-5-7.4
1990-4-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
1983-7-7.5
1984-10-6.9
1985-8-7.3
1986-6-8.8
1987-8-8.6
WHiP
1984-8-1.08
1985-10-1.07
1986-5-1.10
1987-3-1.07
1988-4-1.08
1989-8-1.11
1990-3-1.02
CAR-46-1.16
OAVG
1986-8-.228
1987-5-.222
1990-4-.222
OOBP
1983-10-.280
1984-6-.273
1986-3-.275
1987-1-.271
1988-4-.276
1989-8-.282
1990-1-.264
CAR-42-.290
OSLG
1983-6-.323
1985-10-.331
1986-5-.323
1987-4-.323
1988-5-.335
1989-6-.342
1990-4-.327
CAR-36-.357
OOPS
1983-7-.602
1984-6-.607
1985-9-.607
1986-4-.598
1987-2-.594
1988-4-.611
1989-7-.623
1990-3-.591
CAR-27-.647
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 182    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Hank Daniels (943)
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  4. Sam Kirkpatrick (921)
  5. Tex Avery (908)
  6. Claver Olmeda (889)
  7. John Ross Riles, Jr. (888)
  8. Mark Bobovnik (882)
  9. Corey Aubrey (879)
  10. Evander Kilkenny (878)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ed Ostrosser (988)
  2. Justin Alexander (978)
  3. Terence Hermanson (976)
  4. Olen Eoff (976)
  5. Bobby Carey (976)
  6. Andy Messersmith (972)
  7. Denny Estrada (971)
  8. Alexander Everett (969)
  9. Stephen Thiel (968)
  10. Raymond Woodruff (967)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by Buffalo in 1979
Injured on 7/12/1980 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 8/5/1981
Had first career hit on 9/21/1981, off Jim McGraw (BRK)