Matt Clement
| Matt Clement | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 12, 1974 Butler, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 6, 1998, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 14, 2006, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 87–86 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.47 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,217 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
Matthew Paul Clement (born August 12, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres (1998–2000), Florida Marlins (2001), Chicago Cubs (2002–2004) and Boston Red Sox (2005–2006). While on the Red Sox active roster, he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed.
Clement had a sinking fastball in the low 90s and a hard slider he mixed with a four-seamer and a changeup. He held opposing batters to a .233 batting average from 2002–05, while posting a 47-42 record and a 3.99 ERA.
In nine seasons, Clement won 87 games and lost 86, and was 1-2 in post-season play, going 1-1 with the Cubs in 2003 and 0-1 with Boston in 2005. His win in Game 4 of the 2003 National League Championship Series at Florida brought the Cubs within one game of the pennant.
In June 2004, Clement was 6-2 and a candidate to be named to the All-Star Game. But in his next six starts before the break, Clement went 0-4, despite a 2.15 ERA. His run support in those starts was just 1.19 runs per game. He finished with a 3.68 ERA but went 9-13 for the Cubs, who scored only 79 runs in his 30 starts (which is 2.63 runs of support per game, the sixth-lowest mark in the NL). Against American League teams in interleague play, Clement had a 7-7 record with a 3.60 ERA in 19 starts.
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