Matthew Edward "Matt" Harvey (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Every time Harvey pitches, Mets fans refer to it as "Harvey Day".

Harvey previously played at Fitch Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut. After being drafted in the third round of the 2007 MLB draft by the [[Los Angeles Angels of He was drafted again in the 2010 MLB draft by the Mets as the seventh overall pick. In his major league debut on July 26, 2012, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Harvey set a new club record with 11 strikeouts while earning his first career victory. Harvey had a breakout season in 2013, being selected to play in his first Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Harvey then missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery but returned to top form in 2015, leading the Mets to the pennant.

After a 2013 magazine cover compared him to Batman, Harvey and his fans have embraced "The Dark Knight" as his nickname.

Harvey was born in New London, Connecticut; he is the only son and youngest of three children of Ed and Jackie Harvey, both teachers. He is of Irish and Italian descent. Harvey was raised in Mystic, Connecticut, with his two older sisters, Jessica and Jocelyn. His father was a standout athlete at Groton, Connecticut's Fitch Senior High School and attended the University of Connecticut where he played both baseball (as a centerfielder) and football, even appearing in the 1972 College World Series. After UConn, he eventually returned to Groton to coach his former high school baseball team.

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