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Matt Chico PNationals

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
3 220 7 15 0 128 4.95 0.6
Birth Date6-10-1983
Height5' 11"
Weight220 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2007 WAS 24 31 31 167.0 167.0 0.0 7 9 0 0 10 0 747 183 96 86 26 307 74 71 5 94 4.63 5.50 5.43 4.7 0.5
2008 WAS 25 11 8 48.0 41.7 6.3 0 6 0 0 1 0 219 63 34 33 10 111 17 16 1 31 6.19 5.65 5.62 0.5 0.1
2010 WAS 27 1 1 5.0 5.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 3 3.60 2.51 3.48 0.6 0.1
Career4340220.0213.76.37150011098825213212136426918771284.955.465.435.80.6

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2003 YAK A- 17 13 71.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .348 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SBN A 14 14 87.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .229 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ELP AA 14 12 62.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 LNC A+ 18 18 110.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.561 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TEN AA 10 10 52.7 5.10 98 .290 .277 .349 .408 .265 .360 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 LNC A+ 10 10 50.2 4.89 114 .243 .278 .355 .412 .270 .286 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 HAR AA 4 4 22.2 4.65 104 .279 .262 .339 .401 .262 .347 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TEN AA 13 13 81.1 4.15 116 .209 .255 .326 .376 .254 .246 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 31 31 167.0 5.43 81 .292 .282 .349 .458 .274 .286 95 3.1 0.3 4.7 0.5
2007 COH AAA 2 2 11.0 5.84 71 .232 .261 .340 .409 .260 .258 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 11 8 48.0 5.62 76 .315 .279 .355 .459 .281 .331 98 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 0.1
2008 COH AAA 1 1 4.0 5.94 73 .326 .252 .330 .386 .249 .412 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HAG A 3 3 11.0 5.12 65 .257 .257 .326 .348 .266 .281 87 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HAR AA 12 12 50.3 4.67 94 .282 .264 .337 .392 .265 .333 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 WAS MLB 1 1 5.0 3.48 122 .244 .269 .333 .428 .271 .333 102 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.1
2010 HAR AA 5 5 26.0 4.91 93 .246 .256 .329 .400 .259 .289 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 SYR AAA 21 21 115.7 5.44 81 .257 .265 .335 .414 .259 .287 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 HAR AA 10 0 14.0 6.62 61 .370 .264 .325 .402 .265 .442 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 SYR AAA 8 0 10.7 5.36 78 .290 .260 .339 .403 .251 .433 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 NAT Rk 9 2 21.3 3.72 121 .221 .256 .328 .350 .253 .279 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB40220.05.4380.296.281.350.458.275.298964.10.45.80.6

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
2003 YAK A- 7 4 0 17 13 71.3 75 25 71 4 0% .348 9.5 3.2 0.5 9.0 1.40 3.53 0.0 0.0
2004 SBN A 8 5 0 14 14 87.7 59 27 89 9 0% .229 6.1 2.8 0.9 9.1 0.98 2.57 0.0 0.0
2004 ELP AA 3 7 0 14 12 62.3 82 36 59 7 0% .375 11.8 5.2 1.0 8.5 1.89 5.78 0.0 0.0
2005 TEN AA 1 7 0 10 10 52.7 75 15 35 8 36% .360 12.8 2.6 1.4 6.0 1.71 5.98 0.0 0.0
2005 LNC A+ 7 2 0 18 18 110.0 101 39 102 13 0% -.561 8.3 3.2 1.1 8.3 1.27 3.76 0.0 0.0
2006 HAR AA 2 0 0 4 4 22.2 28 8 13 3 47% .347 11.4 3.2 1.2 5.3 1.62 3.24 0.0 0.0
2006 TEN AA 7 2 0 13 13 81.1 62 21 63 6 41% .246 6.9 2.3 0.7 7.0 1.02 2.22 0.0 0.0
2006 LNC A+ 3 4 0 10 10 50.2 48 11 49 5 44% .286 8.6 2.0 0.9 8.8 1.18 3.76 0.0 0.0
2007 COH AAA 1 1 0 2 2 11.0 9 5 7 1 28% .258 7.4 4.1 0.8 5.7 1.27 3.27 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 7 9 0 31 31 167.0 183 74 94 26 34% .286 9.9 4.0 1.4 5.1 1.54 4.63 4.7 0.5
2008 COH AAA 0 0 0 1 1 4.0 7 2 1 0 35% .412 15.8 4.5 0.0 2.2 2.25 9.00 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 0 6 0 11 8 48.0 63 17 31 10 41% .331 11.8 3.2 1.9 5.8 1.67 6.19 0.5 0.1
2009 HAG A 0 0 0 3 3 11.0 11 0 8 2 38% .281 9.0 0.0 1.6 6.5 1.00 2.45 0.0 0.0
2009 HAR AA 2 4 0 12 12 50.3 54 28 36 2 41% .333 9.7 5.0 0.4 6.4 1.63 4.29 0.0 0.0
2010 SYR AAA 6 7 0 21 21 115.7 120 34 69 12 42% .287 9.3 2.6 0.9 5.4 1.33 3.73 0.0 0.0
2010 HAR AA 1 2 0 5 5 26.0 26 7 17 2 46% .289 9.0 2.4 0.7 5.9 1.27 3.12 0.0 0.0
2010 WAS MLB 0 0 0 1 1 5.0 6 0 3 0 61% .333 10.8 0.0 0.0 5.4 1.20 3.60 0.6 0.1
2011 SYR AAA 0 2 0 8 0 10.7 16 5 8 0 43% .433 13.5 4.2 0.0 6.8 1.97 5.06 0.0 0.0
2011 NAT Rk 2 1 0 9 2 21.3 19 2 14 0 47% .279 8.0 0.8 0.0 5.9 0.98 2.95 0.0 0.0
2011 HAR AA 1 1 1 10 0 14.0 25 7 16 3 33% .442 16.1 4.5 1.9 10.3 2.29 10.93 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-06-09 2011-07-21 Minors 42 0 - Not Disclosed Released After - -
2009-03-28 2009-07-08 60-DL 102 82 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2008-07-03
2008-05-23 2008-09-05 Minors 105 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2008-07-03

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 WAS $431,000
2008 WAS $409,000
2007 WAS $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,220,000
3 yrTotal$1,220,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 100 d2012

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/11 (minor-league contract). Released by LA Dodgers 3/30/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 2/4/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Washington 2/10. Designated for optional assignment by Washington 5/9/10 (optional ML waivers required as player more than 3 years removed from first appearance on Major League roster). DFA by Washington, sent outright to Triple-A 12/22/10.
  • 1 year/$0.431M (2009). Re-signed by Washington 2/14/09.
  • 1 year/$0.409M (2008). Re-signed by Washington 1/25/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed by Washington 1/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Acquired in trade 8/06, with Washington paying Arizona about $2M to cover a portion of remaining money due on Livan Hernandez' contract.
  • Drafted 2003 (3-96). $0.365M signing bonus.

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Matt Chico is referenced in the following articles.

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This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: San Diego High School Baseball at the Turn of the MillenniumGeoff Young2013-02-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL East UpdateChristina Kahrl2011-01-05
This article requires BP Premium accessSeidnotes: A Streak of MyersEric Seidman2010-09-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: NL East and CentralChristina Kahrl2010-07-27
This article requires BP Premium accessContractual Matters: Optional WaiversEric Seidman2010-07-01
This article requires BP Premium accessContractual Matters: Optional WaiversJeff Euston2010-07-01
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Weekly Planner #13Craig Brown2010-06-25
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Shuffling SeniorsChristina Kahrl2010-06-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Youthful Orient-ationChristina Kahrl2010-06-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Scrubbing Up for the WeekendChristina Kahrl2010-05-13
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior ShufflingChristina Kahrl2010-05-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: National League RoundupChristina Kahrl2010-04-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Weekend Mayhem EditionChristina Kahrl2010-03-22
This article requires BP Premium accessCamp Battles: NL EastChristina Kahrl2010-02-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Capital Offenses?Christina Kahrl2010-02-21
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: A Nationals Disgrace?Steven Goldman2009-07-21
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: NL Add-OnsChristina Kahrl2009-07-11
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Rewind and ReviewWill Carroll2009-07-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Senior Circuit ShufflingChristina Kahrl2009-04-02
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to WatchMarc Normandin2008-06-08
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL East Rosters ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-04-02
Prospectus Preview: Opening Day's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-03-31
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Washington NationalsWill Carroll2008-03-30
UTK Wrap: Getting CloserWill Carroll2008-03-21
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL East NRI ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-02-29
This article requires BP Premium accessEvery Given Sunday: National League QuestionsJohn Perrotto2008-02-10
Spring Training Preview: NL EastJoe Sheehan2008-02-08
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: The Matchups That MatterJim Baker2007-09-28
This article requires BP Premium accessSchrodinger's Bat: A Mailbag Double PlayDan Fox2007-09-27
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: Blowing Hot and ColdJim Baker2007-09-14
This article requires BP Premium accessRebuilding on the River: The 2007 NationalsJohn Perrotto2007-08-09
Prospectus Hit List: Friday the 13th EditionJay Jaffe2007-07-13
This article requires BP Premium accessEvery Given Sunday: Saves, Strikes, and RetreadsJohn Perrotto2007-06-03
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit List: Busting Out from BelowJay Jaffe2007-05-25
Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
Transaction of the Day: Studies in Damage ControlChristina Kahrl2007-05-04
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Never a Dull MomentWill Carroll2007-04-30
Prospectus Hit List: Three Weeks InJay Jaffe2007-04-20
This article requires BP Premium accessEvery Given Sunday: Drought and DespairJohn Perrotto2007-04-15
Prospectus Today: Opening Day ObservationsJoe Sheehan2007-04-03
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Monday Morning Ten PackKevin Goldstein2007-04-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 19-26, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-27
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 13-18, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-19
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-04-01 14:00:00Did I make the right decission sending John Lannan down to AAA instead of Matt Chico to start the season?
(Jim Bowden from Washington, DC)		Absolutely. (Kevin Goldstein)


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