Matt
McQuade
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 25, 1981 in Ireland
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2007    2009    2010    2020   
All-Star Selections 2006    2007    2010    2014    2015    2016    2020   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 FL FF   4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2001 19 FL FF   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
2002 20 FL FF   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
2003 21 FL FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
2004 22 FL FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4
2005 23 FL FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
2006 24 FL FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6
2007 25 FL FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6
2008 26 CT FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 CT FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
2010 28 CT FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
2011 29 CT FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
2012 30 ID GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2013 31 ID GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2014 32 ID GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
2015 33 MS FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
2016 34 MS FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2017 35 MN GE $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
2018 36 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
2019 37 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2020 38 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 18 AAA   130 549 61 147 11 2 11 34 37 4 13 142 .268 .285 .355 .640 58.5  
    AA   18 71 12 22 2 0 1 6 7 0 1 13 .310 .319 .380 .700 9.3  
    A   10 42 5 15 2 0 0 5 3 0 2 9 .357 .386 .405 .791 6.6  
2001 19 AAA   161 709 90 201 21 5 4 43 49 10 27 167 .283 .310 .344 .654 77.6  
2002 20 AAA   137 547 64 179 21 5 9 48 39 9 46 117 .327 .379 .433 .813 89.7  
2003 21 FL FF 24 84 12 30 7 3 0 10 8 0 10 9 .357 .438 .512 .949 17.6 5.6
    AAA   138 555 88 210 33 3 10 48 55 8 65 132 .378 .444 .503 .946 119.6  
2004 22 FL FF 156 583 87 172 30 9 6 58 37 8 62 66 .295 .363 .408 .771 88.4 20.3
2005 23 FL FF 158 541 92 146 28 13 10 43 70 16 93 90 .270 .377 .425 .802 92.6 20.9
2006 24 FL FF 154 560 109 198 35 7 11 61 92 30 84 67 .354 .439 .500 .939 117.4 22.8
2007 25 FL FF 154 556 108 195 43 9 17 76 83 17 97 93 .351 .447 .552 .999 132.5 29.4
2008 26 CT FF 107 407 79 128 34 9 5 34 58 13 48 59 .314 .390 .479 .870 79.4 20.2
2009 27 CT FF 149 538 104 159 34 7 9 45 78 26 72 69 .296 .379 .435 .814 95.8 20.8
2010 28 CT FF 152 598 115 196 45 4 7 59 102 15 75 43 .328 .405 .452 .856 117.8 29.8
2011 29 CT FF 153 578 107 182 40 5 10 50 79 19 74 50 .315 .391 .453 .844 106.4 29.3
2012 30 ID GE 154 582 99 166 31 9 17 75 80 17 77 25 .285 .370 .457 .827 106.6 26.3
2013 31 ID GE 156 578 111 181 26 9 16 60 84 16 74 43 .313 .394 .472 .866 114.8 26.7
2014 32 ID GE 156 577 100 177 40 7 15 63 71 18 67 39 .307 .379 .478 .858 105.2 26.0
2015 33 ID GE 83 287 64 97 20 9 9 37 42 9 54 29 .338 .442 .564 1.007 72.0 13.5
  MS FF 70 261 53 92 10 3 7 37 38 9 35 13 .352 .427 .494 .921 56.6 15.7
  TOT   153 548 117 189 30 12 16 74 80 18 89 42 .345 .435 .531 .966 128.6 29.2
2016 34 MS FF 154 538 88 161 22 4 19 88 68 9 75 26 .299 .389 .461 .850 99.5 28.0
2017 35 MS FF 21 81 8 16 0 1 1 9 9 2 7 7 .198 .261 .259 .521 6.5 0.8
  MN GE 70 256 47 69 15 0 8 40 28 6 37 23 .270 .364 .422 .786 44.0 10.4
  TOT   91 337 55 85 15 1 9 49 37 8 44 30 .252 .340 .383 .723 50.4 11.2
2018 36 MN GE 124 481 94 179 23 2 10 61 75 15 53 46 .372 .433 .491 .924 101.7 24.4
2019 37 MN GE 148 562 82 160 20 6 6 51 73 17 51 67 .285 .343 .374 .717 77.6 12.0
2020 38 MN GE 154 580 79 200 22 6 8 80 76 23 52 52 .345 .400 .445 .845 100.1 23.6
18 Years Sim 2497 9228 1638 2904 525 122 191 1037 1251 285 1197 916 .315 .394 .460 .854 1732.5 406.3
4 Years AAA 566 2360 303 737 86 15 34 173 180 31 151 558 .312 .356 .405 .760 345.5  
1 Years AA 18 71 12 22 2 0 1 6 7 0 1 13 .310 .329 .380 .709 9.3  
1 Years A 10 42 5 15 2 0 0 5 3 0 2 9 .357 .378 .405 .783 6.6  
6 Years Minors 594 2473 320 774 90 15 35 184 190 31 154 580 .313 .355 .404 .759 361.3  
162 Game Average 598 106 188 34 7 12 67 81 18 77 59 .315 .394 .460 .854 112.4  
Career Highs 158 598 117 200 45 13 19 88 102 30 97 93 .372 .447 .552 .999 132.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6661 1162 2097 372 94 128 748 886 195 826 650 .315 .392 .457 .848 1241.2
vs LH   2567 476 807 153 28 63 289 365 90 371 266 .314 .400 .469 .870 505.6
Home 1256 4500 800 1437 262 59 77 495 633 152 594 443 .319 .399 .455 .854 853.6
Away 1241 4728 838 1467 263 63 114 542 618 133 603 473 .310 .389 .465 .854 893.2
RISP   1948 0 609 99 33 28 758 0 0 358 220 .313 .413 .440 .854 363.6
Pinch Hitting   104 12 29 6 1 3 15 5 3 6 9 .279 .321 .442 .764 14.0
Close/Late   1065 191 329 62 7 24 123 0 2 205 113 .309 .421 .448 .869 202.9
Mar/Apr 348 1335 254 418 83 22 31 143 181 35 171 134 .313 .391 .478 .869 259.8
May 439 1605 284 509 90 20 33 185 228 40 206 166 .317 .393 .460 .853 309.2
June 413 1510 285 449 86 21 29 146 221 44 218 144 .297 .386 .440 .826 280.0
July 387 1464 265 471 78 9 30 166 206 39 176 141 .322 .397 .449 .846 274.8
August 426 1572 274 514 88 21 31 178 213 58 213 168 .327 .410 .469 .879 307.5
Sep/Oct 484 1742 276 543 100 29 37 219 202 69 213 163 .312 .388 .466 .854 315.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2003 21 FL FF SS 23 21 194.0 31 88 1 10 .992 5.52 0 0 .000 0 1.9
2004 22 FL FF SS 155 147 1344.0 169 504 16 66 .977 4.51 0 0 .000 0 7.8
2005 23 FL FF SS 155 142 1299.3 191 487 14 92 .980 4.70 0 0 .000 0 8.3
2006 24 FL FF SS 153 148 1338.3 181 533 18 93 .975 4.80 0 0 .000 0 8.0
2007 25 FL FF SS 154 145 1336.0 218 507 17 101 .977 4.88 0 0 .000 0 3.7
2008 26 CT FF SS 106 102 890.7 101 306 7 50 .983 4.11 0 0 .000 0 6.1
2009 27 CT FF SS 145 130 1181.0 195 473 13 80 .981 5.09 0 0 .000 0 6.6
2010 28 CT FF SS 152 148 1327.7 218 556 25 96 .969 5.25 0 0 .000 0 7.9
2011 29 CT FF SS 152 148 1323.0 181 517 17 94 .976 4.75 0 0 .000 0 8.0
2012 30 ID GE SS 153 150 1339.7 204 481 15 97 .979 4.60 0 0 .000 0 8.9
2013 31 ID GE SS 152 147 1334.0 188 559 18 81 .976 5.04 0 0 .000 0 7.5
2014 32 ID GE SS 150 146 1312.3 193 541 13 98 .983 5.03 0 0 .000 0 9.8
    C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 33 ID GE SS 82 78 687.2 95 280 9 48 .977 4.91 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  MS FF SS 70 65 595.8 83 243 8 42 .976 4.92 0 0 .000 0 3.2
  TOT   SS 152 143 1283.0 178 523 17 90 .976 4.92   7.3
2016 34 MS FF SS 152 144 1313.3 207 532 12 95 .984 5.06 0 0 .000 0 9.7
2017 35 MS FF SS 21 21 180.9 27 78 2 13 .981 5.22 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  MN GE SS 68 68 610.4 90 263 8 42 .978 5.20 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  TOT   SS 89 89 791.3 117 341 10 55 .979 5.21   5.3
2018 36 MN GE SS 124 119 1079.0 159 439 13 90 .979 4.99 0 0 .000 0 8.7
2019 37 MN GE SS 148 141 1273.7 155 499 16 73 .976 4.62 0 0 .000 0 8.1
2020 38 MN GE SS 152 142 1280.7 178 486 12 72 .982 4.67 0 0 .000 0 6.4
  SS 2467 2352 21240.9 3064 8372 254 1433 .978 4.85 0 0 .000 0 130.0
  C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2468 2352 21245.9 3064 8372 254 1433 .978 4.84 0 0 .000 0 130.0
Career Highs   155 150 1344.0 218 559 25 101 .992 5.52 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 21 FL FF 11 45 3 12 2 1 1 4 1 0 2 11 .267 .298 .422 .720
2005 23 FL FF 14 60 11 24 4 3 3 15 5 1 2 4 .400 .419 .717 1.136
2008 26 CT FF 3 13 2 7 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 .538 .538 .692 1.231
2012 30 ID GE 7 25 6 8 5 0 1 5 1 0 2 3 .320 .370 .640 1.010
2015 33 MS FF 15 56 10 17 2 0 2 8 9 2 7 5 .304 .391 .446 .837
2016 34 MS FF 18 78 14 25 4 0 2 10 7 3 1 9 .321 .333 .449 .782
2018 36 MN GE 13 48 7 17 1 0 1 3 3 2 5 6 .354 .426 .438 .863
Career Post-Season Batting 81 325 53 110 20 4 10 45 28 10 19 40 .338 .379 .517 .896
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2006-3-.354
2007-4-.351
2010-3-.328
2011-4-.315
2013-7-.313
2014-5-.307
2016-8-.299
2018-1-.372
2020-3-.345
CAR-17-.315
On-Base Pct
2005-10-.377
2006-1-.439
2007-2-.447
2009-9-.379
2010-1-.405
2011-4-.391
2012-10-.370
2013-5-.394
2014-6-.379
2016-6-.389
2018-1-.433
2020-4-.400
CAR-15-.394
Slugging Pct
2006-10-.500
2007-4-.552
2014-10-.478
2016-8-.461
2018-10-.491
OPS
2006-5-.939
2007-3-.999
2010-10-.856
2011-10-.844
2013-8-.866
2014-7-.858
2016-6-.850
2018-5-.924
CAR-33-.854
XR
2006-3-117.4
2007-2-132.5
2009-9-95.8
2010-1-117.8
2011-5-106.4
2012-4-106.6
2013-3-114.8
2014-8-105.2
2016-5-99.5
2018-10-101.7
2020-6-100.1
CAR-9-1732.5
Games
2005-4-158
CAR-21-2497
At-Bats
CAR-18-9228
Runs
2006-5-109
2007-6-108
2009-4-104
2010-2-115
2011-4-107
2012-5-99
2013-2-111
2014-4-100
2016-7-88
CAR-11-1638
Hits
2006-4-198
2007-5-195
2010-2-196
2011-5-182
2013-5-181
2014-5-177
2020-4-200
CAR-11-2904
Total Bases
2007-6-307
2010-10-270
2014-8-276
2016-9-248
CAR-15-4246
Singles
2004-8-127
2006-4-145
2010-2-140
2011-8-127
2018-10-144
2020-3-164
CAR-13-2066
Doubles
2006-10-35
2007-6-43
2008-10-34
2009-9-34
2010-1-45
2011-1-40
2014-3-40
CAR-5-525
Triples
2004-8-9
2005-1-13
2007-4-9
2008-10-9
2009-2-7
2011-9-5
2012-2-9
2013-1-9
2014-4-7
2015-1-9
2016-10-4
2019-10-6
2020-9-6
CAR-1-122
RBIs
2016-10-88
Stolen Bases
2005-3-70
2006-1-92
2007-1-83
2008-4-58
2009-2-78
2010-1-102
2011-2-79
2012-1-80
2013-1-84
2014-2-71
2015-7-38
2015-10-42
2016-1-68
2018-1-75
2019-1-73
2020-1-76
CAR-2-1251
Caught Stealing
2005-9-16
2006-3-30
2007-8-17
2008-8-13
2009-3-26
2010-7-15
2011-2-19
2012-10-17
2013-7-16
2014-7-18
2018-10-15
2019-2-17
2020-1-23
CAR-6-285
Walks
2005-1-93
2006-1-84
2007-1-97
2011-3-74
2012-10-77
2016-10-75
CAR-11-1197
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 175    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Injured on 4/29/2002 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/12/2003, off Simon Ramirez (DC)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kentucky on 9/23/2003
Hit first career homerun on 8/5/2004, off Richard Hirsh (Ten)
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Louisiana on 8/6/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/2007, hitting .640 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Connecticut on 5/31/2007
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2007
Traded from Florida to Connecticut on 3/3/2008 (Going to Fla: RF M. Bass, 3B R. Carraway, C E. Grossi, 2B A. Miller Jr. Going to Con: SS M. McQuade)
Injured on 5/20/2008 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Virginia on 6/28/2009
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2009
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Virginia on 6/23/2010
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2010, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2010
Named Connecticut Marines team MVP for the 2010 season
Named Idaho Spuds team MVP for the 2013 season
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2014, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2014, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Named Idaho Spuds team MVP for the 2013 season
Had 2000th career hit on 6/11/2015, off Danny Day (Was)
Traded from Idaho to Mississippi on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ida: SS Jason Kroner, C Jose Tarango, P Joe Vest, P Matthew Farrer, P Michael Budge. Going to Mis: P Kyle Nunn, P Hugh Hoots, SS Matt McQuade, P Thomas Mercier, P Thor Haalko)
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2015, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Named Idaho Spuds team MVP for the 2013 season
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2015
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2015
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Injured on 7/21/2017 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2018, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 6/25/2019 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks