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Matt Barnes

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 208lb (193cm, 94kg)

Born: June 17, 1990 in Danbury, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT).

High School: Bethel HS (Bethel, CT)

School: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 8.110 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Matthew David Barnes

Nicknames: Barnicles, Barnesy or Matty Backpacks

Twitter: @mattbarnesRHP

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

4.1

ERA

6.75

4.21

467

13.1

466.1

586

WHIP

1.500

1.360

2021 Player Pitching Game Log

2021 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2021-04-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	10	2	5	1	0	0	0
2	2021-04-06	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Tampa Bay Rays	9-10		2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	19	3	5	1	1	0	1
3	2021-04-08	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	10	4	3	0	0	0	0
4	2021-04-10	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	9-9	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	12	2	5	1	0	0	0
5	2021-04-13	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Minnesota Twins	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	10	3	3	0	2	1	0
6	2021-04-14	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Minnesota Twins	7-7	S	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	10	3	3	0	1	1	0
7	2021-04-17	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Chicago White Sox	9-9		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	28	20	4	1	3	1	0	0
8	2021-04-20	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	9	4	2	2	1	0	0
9	2021-04-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Seattle Mariners	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	10	2	2	1	1	0	0
10	2021-04-23	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Seattle Mariners	9-9		1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	22	14	3	3	0	4	1	0
11	2021-04-25	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Seattle Mariners	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	11	5	2	0	1	0	1
12	2021-04-27	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Mets	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	9	2	5	0	1	0	0
13	2021-04-28	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Mets	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9	1	5	0	0	0	0
14	2021-05-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Texas Rangers	8-8		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	0
15	2021-05-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Detroit Tigers	8-9	S	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	16	12	5	2	1	2	0	1
16	2021-05-05	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Detroit Tigers	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	10	4	4	0	0	0	0
17	2021-05-09	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	3	0	1	1	0	0
18	2021-05-14	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Los Angeles Angels	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	10	3	5	0	0	0	0
19	2021-05-16	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Los Angeles Angels	8-9	L	1.1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	19	13	3	2	1	3	0	1
20	2021-05-20	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	12	2	5	0	0	0	0
21	2021-05-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Philadelphia Phillies	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	14	8	2	2	0	0	0
22	2021-05-26	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Atlanta Braves	9-9		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	2021-05-29	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Miami Marlins	9-9	S	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	15	10	2	2	2	1	1	0
24	2021-06-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	12	4	2	0	0	0	0
25	2021-06-05	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	9-9	S	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
26	2021-06-06	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	9-9	W	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0		4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	23	15	6	2	1	1	1	0
27	2021-06-10	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Houston Astros	9-9		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	9	2	2	1	3	1	1
28	2021-06-14	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	9-9	W	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	12	4	4	0	1	0	0
29	2021-06-15	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Atlanta Braves	9-9	S	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	21	12	3	2	1	2	1	0
30	2021-06-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Tampa Bay Rays	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	8	3	0	2	0	0	0
31	2021-06-24	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Tampa Bay Rays	9-9	L	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	14	8	3	1	1	2	0	1
32	2021-06-25	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	9-9	S	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	19	14	2	2	2	1	1	0
33	2021-06-28	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Kansas City Royals	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	8	2	1	0	3	0	1
34	2021-06-29	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Kansas City Royals	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	9	6	2	0	0	0	0
35	2021-06-30	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Kansas City Royals	9-9		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	11	2	5	1	1	0	0
36	2021-07-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Oakland Athletics	9-9	W	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	12	2	3	0	2	0	0
37	2021-07-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Oakland Athletics	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	33	21	5	3	2	1	0	1
38	2021-07-11	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Philadelphia Phillies	9-9		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	18	10	7	1	2	0	0	0
39	2021-07-21	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	2	2	0	0	0
40	2021-07-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	10-10	W	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	7	1	3	1	1	0	0
41	2021-07-25	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	8	2	1	1	3	2	1
42	2021-07-26	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	8	1	1	1	2	0	2
43	2021-07-28 (2)	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	7-7	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	4	1	1	0	0	0
44	2021-08-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Detroit Tigers	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	3	3	0	1	0	0
45	2021-08-07	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	7-7	L	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
46	2021-08-07 (2)	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	7-7	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	0	2	1	1	0	0
47	2021-08-08	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	8-8	L	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	11	1	3	0	1	0	0
48	2021-08-10	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Tampa Bay Rays	9-9	L	0.2	2	4	4	2	2	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	27	14	3	4	0	2	2	0
49	2021-08-15	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	9-9		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	8	0	2	3	2	0	0
50	2021-08-20	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Texas Rangers	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	10	4	4	0	0	0	0
51	2021-08-23	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Texas Rangers	9-9		0.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	12	3	1	3	1	0	0
52	2021-08-24	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Minnesota Twins	9-9		0.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
53	2021-08-26	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Minnesota Twins	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	26	15	6	2	1	0	0	0
54	2021-08-29	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Cleveland Indians	8-8		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	2	0	1	1	1	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-AAAE
55	2021-09-12	AAA-AAAE	Worcester Red Sox		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	7	1	2	0	2	0	1
		Player Moved from AAA-AAAE to AA-AANE
56	2021-09-15	AA-AANE	Portland Sea Dogs	@	Hartford Yard Goats	1-1	L	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	41	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	18	13	3	3	2	2	1	0
		Player Moved from AA-AANE to Maj-AL
57	2021-09-17	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	28	16	4	2	0	2	1	1
58	2021-09-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Mets	6-6		0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	8	2	2	0	2	1	0
59	2021-09-24	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	6-6		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	16	3	5	1	1	0	0
60	2021-09-29	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	6	2	1	1	2	1	1
61	2021-09-30	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	10	4	1	0	3	1	1
62	2021-10-01	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Washington Nationals	7-7		0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	11	4	1	1	2	0	1

2021 Player Pitching Splits

2021 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	62	232	208	27	44	7	0	8	7	1	20	87	.212	.289	.361	.649	.316	75	5	3	0	1	2

Home	34	135	120	17	28	5	0	4	2	1	11	47	.233	.311	.375	.686	.343	45	5	3	0	1	0
Away	28	97	88	10	16	2	0	4	5	0	9	40	.182	.258	.341	.599	.273	30	0	0	0	0	2

April	13	50	47	4	5	1	0	1	1	0	3	25	.106	.160	.192	.352	.191	9	0	0	0	0	0
May	10	35	33	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	16	.182	.229	.273	.501	.313	9	3	0	0	0	0
June	12	45	41	4	9	1	0	1	3	0	4	18	.220	.289	.317	.606	.364	13	1	0	0	0	2
July	8	29	25	2	4	0	0	1	2	1	2	7	.160	.241	.280	.521	.167	7	1	1	0	1	0
August	11	39	32	10	12	3	0	3	0	0	6	12	.375	.487	.750	1.237	.529	24	0	1	0	0	0
September	7	31	27	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	3	9	.259	.355	.333	.688	.389	9	0	1	0	0	0
October	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	1	6	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.667	1.167	.750	4	0	0	0	0	0
As Reliever	61	226	202	25	41	6	0	8	7	1	20	85	.203	.283	.352	.635	.300	71	5	3	0	1	2

vs RHB as RHP	61	148	139		32	4	0	6			8	57	.230	.277	.389	.666	.342	54	0	1	0	0	1
vs LHB as RHP	51	84	69		12	3	0	2			12	30	.174	.310	.304	.614	.263	21	0	2	0	1	1

Bases Empty	58	131	118		24	3	0	5			10	51	.203	.282	.356	.638	.307	42	0	3	0	0	0
Runners On	40	101	90		20	4	0	3			10	36	.222	.297	.367	.664	.327	33	0	0	0	1	2

vs. Younger Batters	59	181	165		34	5	0	3			13	71	.206	.276	.291	.567	.341	48	0	3	0	0	1
vs. Older Batters	37	51	43		10	2	0	5			7	16	.233	.333	.628	.961	.217	27	0	0	0	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	6	6	.500	3.97	62	1	24	56.2	44	27	25	8	20	2	87	3	0	4	232	1.129	13.8	4.35

Home	2	2	.500	4.36	34	0	11	33.0	28	17	16	4	11	0	47	3	0	2	135	1.182	12.8	4.27
Away	4	4	.500	3.42	28	1	13	23.2	16	10	9	4	9	2	40	0	0	2	97	1.056	15.2	4.44

April	1	0	1.000	2.57	13	0	6	14.0	5	4	4	1	3	0	25	0	0	1	50	0.571	16.1	8.33
May	0	1	.000	2.70	10	0	6	10.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	16	0	0	0	35	0.800	14.4	8.00
June	2	1	.667	2.45	12	0	6	11.0	9	4	3	1	4	2	18	0	0	1	45	1.182	14.7	4.50
July	2	0	1.000	1.13	8	0	5	8.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	29	0.750	7.9	3.50
August	1	3	.250	13.50	11	0	1	6.2	12	10	10	3	6	0	12	1	0	1	39	2.700	16.2	2.00
September	0	1	.000	4.26	7	1	0	6.1	7	3	3	0	3	0	9	1	0	1	31	1.579	12.8	3.00
October	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.500	0.0

As Starter	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	3.000	18.0
As Reliever	6	5	.545	3.72	61	0	24	55.2	41	25	23	8	20	2	85	3	0	3	226	1.096	13.7	4.25

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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