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Matt Albers

Birthdate: 1/20/1983 Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6-0/225 Position: P
Contract: $1.8M / 1 Years (2013)

4/22/2013: The Indians activated Albers from the restricted list Monday.

3/7/2013 - Cleveland Indians Bullpen: Depth Chart Discussion by Mike Axisa (RotoGraphs)

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12/12/2012 - Stubbs and Bauer Head to Cleveland by Howard Bender (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2007	FA	705	157	187	56	33	14	3	6	22	18	3	1	4	3	.357	88.0	96.9	92.8
2007	CU	226	57	60	9	6	3	0	0	2	20	0	1	0	2	.158	75.7	82.1	78.6
2007	CH	51	8	10	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	72.8	89.3	80.9
2007	SL	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	77.9	82.2	79.8
2008	FA	540	124	147	30	26	1	0	3	18	13	2	2	1	8	.242	86.3	95.6	91.3
2008	CU	164	39	42	5	3	1	0	1	2	11	0	1	0	1	.128	72.9	82.7	78.3
2008	CH	14	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	79.6	87.1	84.7
2008	SI	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	88.7	91.4	90.6
2008	SL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	77.8	78.0	77.9
2009	FA	863	197	237	61	46	14	0	1	32	30	2	1	5	6	.310	87.5	96.4	92.8
2009	CU	247	50	52	15	10	4	0	1	1	14	0	1	0	2	.300	73.4	82.5	79.0
2009	SL	41	9	9	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.222	75.7	82.8	79.8
2009	FT	26	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	89.2	94.6	91.4
2009	CH	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	78.9	85.8	81.7
2010	FA	804	195	223	56	42	8	1	5	23	27	2	0	3	10	.287	88.3	95.9	92.6
2010	CU	227	34	35	7	5	1	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.206	75.5	86.9	79.2
2010	SI	128	28	33	5	5	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	1	.179	88.4	95.0	91.8
2010	SL	117	31	31	9	7	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	.290	83.0	89.4	86.2
2011	FA	694	151	182	36	23	8	0	5	24	45	1	2	4	1	.238	88.3	96.6	93.5
2011	SL	288	45	49	14	11	2	0	1	3	9	1	0	0	1	.311	81.6	90.1	86.7
2011	SI	151	42	48	10	6	3	0	1	3	12	3	0	0	1	.238	83.2	96.7	93.0
2011	CU	37	10	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.200	77.8	86.4	82.0
2012	SI	538	139	158	34	27	0	0	7	14	23	2	2	1	7	.245	89.1	96.9	93.7
2012	SL	143	26	27	7	5	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	.269	81.1	94.0	87.6
2012	CU	107	26	27	3	1	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	.115	77.0	82.5	80.1
2012	FA	88	24	27	2	2	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	1	.083	91.5	96.2	93.6
2012	CH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	80.6	81.5	80.9
2013	SI	172	42	53	9	6	3	0	0	9	9	1	0	1	1	.214	90.0	96.0	93.2
2013	CU	42	12	12	4	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	.333	78.1	84.3	81.3
2013	FA	27	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	86.5	95.6	92.8
2013	SL	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	84.2	89.4	86.7
2013	CH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	79.9	79.9	79.9
Total	FA	3721	852	1007	243	174	45	4	20	122	139	10	6	17	29	.285	86.3	96.9	92.7
Total	CU	1050	228	239	45	29	12	0	4	8	71	0	3	0	5	.197	72.9	86.9	79.2
Total	SI	996	253	294	59	45	6	0	8	31	48	6	2	2	10	.233	83.2	96.9	93.2
Total	SL	621	116	121	32	24	4	0	4	4	26	1	0	0	3	.276	75.7	94.0	86.2
Total	CH	78	15	17	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.400	72.8	89.3	81.6
Total	FT	26	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	89.2	94.6	91.4

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2007	FA	705	11.8 %	9.6 %	1.22	.357	.443	.599	1.041	.242	.373	41.2	18.1	.446	179
2007	CU	226	3.3 %	33.3 %	0.10	.158	.183	.211	.394	.053	.237	-0.4	-7.8	.176	10
2007	CH	51	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.250	.200	.625	.825	.375	.111	0.9	-0.3	.290	84
2007	SL	8	0.0 %	50.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.6	.000	-100
2008	FA	540	12.2 %	8.8 %	1.38	.242	.342	.323	.665	.081	.245	15.1	-2.6	.307	93
2008	CU	164	4.8 %	26.2 %	0.18	.128	.167	.231	.397	.103	.143	-0.2	-5.3	.176	11
2008	CH	14	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.667	.667	.667	1.333	.000	.667	1.0	0.7	.597	284
2008	SI	7	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.2	.448	188
2008	SL	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2009	FA	863	13.5 %	12.7 %	1.07	.310	.409	.396	.805	.086	.359	35.7	7.3	.366	121
2009	CU	247	1.9 %	26.9 %	0.07	.300	.308	.440	.748	.140	.389	5.9	-0.3	.321	102
2009	SL	41	0.0 %	22.2 %	0.00	.222	.222	.556	.778	.333	.167	1.0	0.0	.324	107
2009	FT	26	0.0 %	75.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	-1.1	.000	-100
2009	CH	8	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	.333	.667	1.3	1.0	.718	359
2010	FA	804	10.3 %	12.1 %	0.85	.287	.368	.415	.784	.128	.313	31.0	5.4	.351	126
2010	CU	227	2.9 %	25.7 %	0.11	.206	.229	.324	.552	.118	.250	1.8	-2.2	.243	60
2010	SI	128	15.2 %	12.1 %	1.25	.179	.303	.179	.482	.000	.208	1.7	-2.1	.242	56
2010	SL	117	0.0 %	29.0 %	0.00	.290	.290	.355	.645	.065	.409	2.6	-0.9	.284	86
2011	FA	694	13.2 %	24.7 %	0.53	.238	.343	.391	.733	.152	.301	22.2	1.8	.328	112
2011	SL	288	6.1 %	18.4 %	0.33	.311	.367	.422	.790	.111	.371	6.9	1.4	.352	128
2011	SI	151	6.3 %	25.0 %	0.25	.238	.333	.381	.714	.143	.310	5.7	0.3	.323	111
2011	CU	37	9.1 %	18.2 %	0.50	.200	.273	.200	.473	.000	.250	0.4	-0.8	.225	47
2012	SI	538	8.9 %	14.6 %	0.61	.245	.318	.396	.714	.151	.243	18.0	-0.1	.314	104
2012	SL	143	3.7 %	14.8 %	0.25	.269	.296	.500	.796	.231	.250	3.7	0.6	.342	125
2012	CU	107	3.7 %	40.7 %	0.09	.115	.148	.192	.340	.077	.200	-0.5	-3.5	.151	0
2012	FA	88	11.1 %	22.2 %	0.50	.083	.185	.083	.269	.000	.111	-0.7	-3.7	.142	-7
2012	CH	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-0.3	.000	-100
2013	SI	172	17.0 %	17.0 %	1.00	.214	.365	.286	.651	.071	.273	5.7	-0.3	.308	98
2013	CU	42	0.0 %	33.3 %	0.00	.333	.333	.667	1.000	.333	.429	2.4	1.1	.425	180
2013	FA	27	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.500	0.9	0.4	.442	191
2013	SL	22	0.0 %	33.3 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-0.8	.000	-100
2013	CH	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
Total	FA	3721	12.1 %	13.8 %	0.88	.285	.379	.418	.797	.133	.319	144.9	26.1	.356	124
Total	CU	1050	3.3 %	29.7 %	0.11	.197	.222	.303	.524	.105	.263	9.6	-18.8	.229	47
Total	SI	996	10.5 %	16.3 %	0.65	.233	.329	.352	.681	.119	.256	31.4	-2.0	.307	99
Total	SL	621	3.3 %	21.5 %	0.15	.276	.306	.414	.720	.138	.326	13.5	-0.3	.316	105
Total	CH	78	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.400	.353	.667	1.020	.267	.313	3.1	1.0	.402	157
Total	FT	26	0.0 %	75.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	-1.1	.000	-100

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2007	FA	705	15.4 %	52.2 %	32.4 %	20.5 %	13.6 %	445	260	705	-8.0	6.9	10.9
2007	CU	226	23.7 %	44.7 %	31.6 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	139	87	226	6.7	-4.4	8.3
2007	CH	51	0.0 %	40.0 %	60.0 %	0.0 %	16.7 %	28	23	51	-5.8	6.5	9.1
2007	SL	8	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	5	3	8	2.5	2.4	6.0
2008	FA	540	14.5 %	50.0 %	35.5 %	17.9 %	7.7 %	314	226	540	-9.1	7.1	11.7
2008	CU	164	3.6 %	53.6 %	42.9 %	16.7 %	8.3 %	100	64	164	7.1	-2.3	7.7
2008	CH	14	0.0 %	66.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	6	8	14	-8.9	5.8	10.9
2008	SI	7	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5	2	7	-14.2	6.5	15.8
2008	SL	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0	2	2	5.5	2.6	6.1
2009	FA	863	19.3 %	50.0 %	30.7 %	31.4 %	2.0 %	529	334	863	-8.7	6.2	11.0
2009	CU	247	29.7 %	45.9 %	24.3 %	11.1 %	11.1 %	150	97	247	7.2	-3.9	8.4
2009	SL	41	0.0 %	42.9 %	57.1 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	24	17	41	6.6	0.1	6.8
2009	FT	26	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	10	16	26	-10.3	5.1	11.6
2009	CH	8	33.3 %	33.3 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	6	2	8	-6.6	4.2	8.4
2010	FA	804	14.5 %	57.8 %	27.7 %	10.9 %	10.9 %	507	297	804	-8.6	5.5	10.4
2010	CU	227	8.0 %	60.0 %	32.0 %	25.0 %	12.5 %	121	106	227	6.2	-2.9	7.3
2010	SI	128	16.7 %	58.3 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	86	42	128	-10.7	2.5	11.1
2010	SL	117	38.1 %	38.1 %	23.8 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	58	59	117	2.1	1.9	3.8
2011	FA	694	14.2 %	49.1 %	36.8 %	15.4 %	12.8 %	434	260	694	-8.7	5.5	10.5
2011	SL	288	29.4 %	35.3 %	35.3 %	8.3 %	8.3 %	159	129	288	1.6	1.5	3.3
2011	SI	151	10.0 %	50.0 %	40.0 %	25.0 %	8.3 %	105	46	151	-10.7	2.0	11.1
2011	CU	37	28.6 %	42.9 %	28.6 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	18	19	37	2.2	-2.2	5.0
2012	SI	538	13.3 %	59.3 %	27.4 %	16.1 %	22.6 %	353	185	538	-9.2	4.7	10.5
2012	SL	143	19.0 %	42.9 %	38.1 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	85	58	143	1.1	2.2	3.8
2012	CU	107	6.7 %	60.0 %	33.3 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	50	57	107	6.4	-2.9	7.5
2012	FA	88	25.0 %	50.0 %	25.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	58	30	88	-5.8	5.6	8.8
2012	CH	4	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	2	4	-10.1	-1.0	10.3
2013	SI	172	22.6 %	64.5 %	12.9 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	108	64	172	-9.3	4.3	10.5
2013	CU	42	28.6 %	57.1 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	24	18	42	4.4	-2.1	6.3
2013	FA	27	0.0 %	75.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	15	12	27	-5.3	6.6	8.7
2013	SL	22	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	9	13	22	1.3	2.6	3.6
2013	CH	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1	0	1	-8.2	-0.6	8.3
Total	FA	3721	15.9 %	52.3 %	31.8 %	20.1 %	8.9 %	2302	1419	3721	-8.5	6.2	10.8
Total	CU	1050	17.8 %	51.0 %	31.2 %	18.4 %	8.2 %	602	448	1050	6.5	-3.3	7.7
Total	SI	996	14.5 %	59.0 %	26.5 %	15.1 %	15.1 %	657	339	996	-9.7	3.9	10.7
Total	SL	621	25.9 %	37.6 %	36.5 %	12.9 %	12.9 %	340	281	621	1.9	1.7	3.8
Total	CH	78	5.9 %	47.1 %	47.1 %	0.0 %	12.5 %	43	35	78	-6.7	5.7	9.4
Total	FT	26	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	10	16	26	-10.3	5.1	11.6

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2007	FA	705	30.5 %	60.5 %	45.3 %	73.4 %	91.4 %	85.3 %	49.2 %	6.7 %	-16.55	-2.35
2007	CU	226	35.7 %	60.0 %	46.5 %	46.7 %	83.3 %	67.6 %	44.3 %	15.0 %	4.85	2.15
2007	CH	51	20.7 %	77.3 %	45.1 %	83.3 %	64.7 %	69.6 %	43.1 %	13.7 %	-0.66	-1.29
2007	SL	8	0.0 %	60.0 %	37.5 %		66.7 %	66.7 %	62.5 %	12.5 %	0.46	5.71
2008	FA	540	18.3 %	62.8 %	39.3 %	82.7 %	93.1 %	90.6 %	47.2 %	3.7 %	5.14	0.95
2008	CU	164	32.7 %	60.6 %	43.9 %	50.0 %	92.5 %	73.6 %	40.2 %	11.6 %	2.56	1.56
2008	CH	14	27.3 %	0.0 %	21.4 %	100.0 %		100.0 %	21.4 %	0.0 %	-1.04	-7.45
2008	SI	7	66.7 %	100.0 %	71.4 %	75.0 %	100.0 %	80.0 %	14.3 %	14.3 %	-0.17	-2.46
2008	SL	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %				50.0 %	0.0 %	-0.15	-7.35
2009	FA	863	29.5 %	66.3 %	45.1 %	81.0 %	93.0 %	88.4 %	42.3 %	5.2 %	-4.59	-0.53
2009	CU	247	39.3 %	47.6 %	42.1 %	53.1 %	87.5 %	66.4 %	34.0 %	14.2 %	-1.32	-0.53
2009	SL	41	31.8 %	68.4 %	48.8 %	42.9 %	84.6 %	70.0 %	46.3 %	14.6 %	-0.37	-0.90
2009	FT	26	25.0 %	16.7 %	23.1 %	60.0 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	23.1 %	7.7 %	0.53	2.04
2009	CH	8	33.3 %	80.0 %	62.5 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	80.0 %	62.5 %	12.5 %	-0.94	-11.70
2010	FA	804	31.2 %	62.7 %	45.3 %	80.6 %	91.1 %	87.1 %	44.7 %	5.9 %	0.43	0.05
2010	CU	227	21.4 %	49.4 %	32.2 %	43.3 %	86.1 %	68.5 %	38.3 %	10.1 %	0.20	0.09
2010	SI	128	41.3 %	66.7 %	50.8 %	75.8 %	87.5 %	81.5 %	37.5 %	9.4 %	4.82	3.77
2010	SL	117	31.8 %	62.5 %	40.2 %	51.9 %	85.0 %	66.0 %	27.4 %	13.7 %	-1.64	-1.40
2011	FA	694	16.8 %	54.6 %	37.8 %	73.1 %	89.5 %	86.3 %	55.5 %	5.2 %	-0.39	-0.06
2011	SL	288	21.5 %	51.4 %	36.5 %	61.3 %	82.4 %	76.2 %	50.0 %	8.7 %	-2.78	-0.97
2011	SI	151	21.4 %	65.3 %	49.0 %	66.7 %	87.1 %	83.8 %	62.9 %	8.0 %	0.90	0.60
2011	CU	37	29.6 %	80.0 %	43.2 %	62.5 %	87.5 %	75.0 %	27.0 %	10.8 %	-0.62	-1.66
2012	SI	538	29.4 %	66.0 %	47.0 %	80.5 %	90.6 %	87.4 %	48.1 %	6.0 %	1.57	0.29
2012	SL	143	26.7 %	57.9 %	39.2 %	56.5 %	81.8 %	71.4 %	39.9 %	11.2 %	-1.14	-0.80
2012	CU	107	38.0 %	66.7 %	42.1 %	48.6 %	50.0 %	48.9 %	14.0 %	21.5 %	0.99	0.92
2012	FA	88	23.4 %	73.2 %	46.6 %	90.9 %	86.7 %	87.8 %	46.6 %	5.7 %	4.85	5.51
2012	CH	4	0.0 %	50.0 %	25.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.13	3.14
2013	SI	172	20.5 %	57.5 %	40.7 %	75.0 %	81.5 %	80.0 %	54.7 %	8.1 %	1.18	0.68
2013	CU	42	45.2 %	54.6 %	47.6 %	57.1 %	66.7 %	60.0 %	26.2 %	19.1 %	-2.68	-6.37
2013	FA	27	16.7 %	66.7 %	44.4 %	100.0 %	90.0 %	91.7 %	55.6 %	3.7 %	-0.81	-3.01
2013	SL	22	23.5 %	40.0 %	27.3 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	33.3 %	22.7 %	18.2 %	-0.10	-0.46
2013	CH	1		100.0 %	100.0 %		0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	0.04	3.91
Total	FA	3721	26.2 %	61.5 %	43.0 %	78.9 %	91.4 %	87.4 %	47.5 %	5.4 %	-11.92	-0.32
Total	CU	1050	33.7 %	55.5 %	41.4 %	50.0 %	84.5 %	66.4 %	35.5 %	13.9 %	3.99	0.38
Total	SI	996	29.5 %	64.4 %	46.9 %	77.6 %	88.1 %	84.8 %	49.9 %	7.1 %	8.30	0.83
Total	SL	621	25.7 %	55.1 %	38.2 %	53.3 %	82.8 %	71.3 %	42.4 %	11.0 %	-5.73	-0.92
Total	CH	78	22.2 %	69.7 %	42.3 %	80.0 %	69.6 %	72.7 %	42.3 %	11.5 %	-2.47	-3.17
Total	FT	26	25.0 %	16.7 %	23.1 %	60.0 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	23.1 %	7.7 %	0.53	2.04

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