Steven Matz

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PITCHER · R/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 2015–PRESENT BORN: STONY BROOK, USA
Tampa Bay Rays
Career
64 W · 4.25 ERA · 977 K
1050.1 IP · 1.31 WHIP · 256 G
2026 Season
4-3 · 5.48 ERA
46.0 IP · 37 K · 1.33 WHIP
Last 30 Days
0-2 · 12.46 ERA
8.7 IP · 9 K · 2.31 WHIP
Salary / Contract
2026: $7.5M
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Steven Matz is a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. Across 256 MLB appearances, with a 4.25 ERA and 977 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2015 NYM 4 0 2.27 6 6 0 35.2 34 9 10 34 1.23
2016 NYM 9 8 3.40 22 22 0 132.1 129 50 31 129 1.21
2017 NYM 2 7 6.08 13 13 0 66.2 83 45 19 48 1.53
2018 NYM 5 11 3.97 30 30 0 154.0 134 68 58 152 1.25
2019 NYM 11 10 4.21 32 30 0 160.1 163 75 52 153 1.34
2020 NYM 0 5 9.68 9 6 0 30.2 42 33 10 36 1.70
2021 TOR 14 7 3.82 29 29 0 150.2 158 64 43 144 1.33
2022 STL 5 3 5.25 15 10 0 48.0 50 28 10 54 1.25
2023 STL 4 7 3.86 25 17 0 105.0 108 45 32 98 1.33
2024 STL 1 2 5.08 12 7 0 44.1 49 25 15 33 1.44
2025 BOS 0 0 2.08 21 0 1 21.2 17 5 2 12 0.88
2025 STL 5 2 3.44 32 2 1 55.0 56 21 9 47 1.18
2026 TB 4 3 5.48 10 6 0 46.0 44 28 17 37 1.33
Career Totals 64 65 4.25 256 178 2 1050.1 1067 496 308 977 1.31
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 NYM 6 14 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 .286 .286 .357 .643
2016 NYM 24 36 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 4 11 .139 .220 .222 .442
2017 NYM 17 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .143 .143 .143 .286
2018 NYM 30 46 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 3 13 .109 .163 .261 .424
2019 NYM 36 57 4 13 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 .228 .228 .281 .509
2020 NYM 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 TOR 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2022 STL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 STL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 STL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 BOS 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 STL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 256 176 8 30 3 1 3 13 0 7 50 .170 .201 .250 .451
Awards & Achievements
  • Rookie of the Month (1): 2016
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2016$515,750
2017$562,250
2018$577,000
2019$2,625,000
2020$5,000,000
2021$5,200,000
2022$8,500,000
2023$10,500,000
2024$12,500,000
2025$12,500,000
2026$7,500,000

Career Total: $65,980,000 (11 seasons)

Average: $5,998,182

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Steven Matz's 2026 Opening Day salary with TB is $7,500,000 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Game Log — Recent
Date Opp Result IPHERBBKHR
Jun 2 vs DET 0-8 L 1.2 6 5 0 2 2
May 27 @ BAL 2-11 L 3.0 7 6 2 2 1
May 20 vs BAL 5-3 W 4.0 3 1 2 5 0
May 3 vs SF 2-1 W 6.0 4 1 2 1 0
Apr 27 @ CLE 3-2 W 7.0 4 2 1 2 1
Apr 21 vs CIN 6-12 L 3.0 4 4 4 4 3
Apr 16 @ CWS 5-3 W 5.1 6 2 1 4 1
Apr 10 vs NYY 5-3 W 5.0 2 2 2 7 0
Apr 4 @ MIN 7-1 W 6.0 2 1 2 8 0
Mar 29 @ STL 11-7 W 5.0 6 4 1 2 1
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.