Matthew
Nowell
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 15, 1993 in Usa
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 17 TN FF   7 4 4 4 1 3 2 6 7 6
2012 18 TN FF   7 4 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 6
2013 19 TN FF   7 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 6 5
2014 20 TN FF   7 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 5
2015 21 TN FF   7 5 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 5
2016 22 TN FF   7 5 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 5
2017 23 TN FF   7 5 5 5 2 4 3 4 5 5
2018 24 TN FF   7 5 5 5 2 4 3 4 5 5
2019 25 TN FF   8 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 5 5
2020 26 TN FF   8 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 5 4
2021 27 TN FF   8 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 4
2022 28 TN FF   8 4 4 4 2 3 3 5 6 5
2023 29 TN FF   8 4 4 4 1 3 2 5 6 5
2024 30 TN FF   8 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 5
2025 31 TN FF $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 1 2 1 4 5 5
2026 32 TN FF   8 3 3 3 1 2 1 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 3 3 3 1 2 1 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 17 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 18 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 19 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 20 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 21 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 22 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 23 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 24 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 25 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 26 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 27 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 28 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 29 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2024 30 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2025 31 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2026 32 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2011 17 AA   5 7 .417 16 16 1 0 0 113.0 97 46 9 44 55 3.66 .226 .298 .357 .655  
    A   5 4 .556 12 12 1 0 0 87.7 58 27 7 26 55 2.77 .182 .244 .296 .540  
2012 18 AA   15 8 .652 31 31 2 2 0 213.0 157 63 16 81 123 2.66 .204 .280 .293 .573  
2013 19 AA   13 7 .650 30 30 0 0 0 194.3 155 75 18 87 108 3.47 .216 .301 .341 .642  
2014 20 AA   4 0 1.000 9 9 0 0 0 59.0 46 16 2 20 36 2.44 .208 .274 .281 .554  
2015 21 AA   13 9 .591 28 28 0 0 0 181.3 151 64 11 72 112 3.18 .223 .298 .331 .629  
2016 22 AA   6 8 .429 26 26 0 0 0 165.0 145 85 22 73 105 4.64 .236 .317 .401 .718  
2017 23 AA   11 10 .524 28 28 1 0 0 177.0 150 84 22 60 114 4.27 .226 .290 .377 .668  
2018 24 AAA   3 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 34.0 25 5 3 17 15 1.32 .207 .304 .289 .594  
    AA   2 2 .500 7 7 0 0 0 43.0 45 19 3 25 24 3.98 .276 .372 .387 .759  
    A   9 4 .692 18 18 0 0 0 118.3 105 32 5 32 80 2.43 .241 .293 .339 .632  
2019 25 AA   3 2 .600 31 3 0 0 0 71.7 65 17 5 22 32 2.14 .241 .298 .378 .676  
2020 26 AA   12 6 .667 23 23 0 0 0 152.3 122 45 11 67 89 2.66 .220 .304 .323 .626  
2021 27 AA   7 7 .500 24 17 1 0 0 119.0 109 47 12 54 59 3.55 .244 .326 .372 .698  
2022 28 AAA   2 1 .667 17 3 0 0 1 46.0 39 18 3 28 22 3.52 .225 .333 .341 .674  
    AA   2 8 .200 16 16 0 0 0 93.3 95 50 10 44 45 4.82 .259 .338 .387 .725  
2023 29 AAA   2 8 .200 19 17 0 0 0 95.0 88 49 12 66 37 4.64 .244 .362 .403 .764  
2024 30 AAA   8 12 .400 25 20 1 1 0 127.7 119 66 12 78 51 4.65 .246 .351 .391 .742  
2025 31 TN FF 2 8 .200 16 13 0 0 0 72.7 82 41 5 61 19 5.08 .300 .421 .410 .831 1.6
    AAA   3 5 .375 14 14 0 0 0 75.0 78 42 7 40 38 5.04 .275 .364 .423 .787  
2026 32 AAA   6 7 .462 19 19 0 0 0 94.0 103 64 16 72 48 6.13 .272 .389 .466 .854  
1 Years Sim 2 8 .200 16 13 0 0 0 72.7 82 41 5 61 19 5.08 .300 .421 .410 .831 1.6
6 Years AAA 24 33 .421 99 78 1 1 1 471.7 452 244 53 301 211 4.66 .251 .359 .402 .761  
12 Years AA 93 74 .557 269 234 5 2 0 1582.0 1337 611 141 649 902 3.48 .227 .304 .349 .653  
2 Years A 14 8 .636 30 30 1 0 0 206.0 163 59 12 58 135 2.58 .216 .272 .321 .593  
20 Years Minors 131 115 .533 398 342 7 3 1 2259.6 1952 914 206 1008 1248 3.64 .231 .313 .358 .671  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   46 24 3 34 11   .291 .417 .411 .828
vs LH   36 17 2 27 8   .313 .444 .409 .852
Home 0 5 .000 6 5 0 0 0 27.0 31 19 3 23 9 6.33 .310 .439 .480 .919
Away 2 3 .400 10 8 0 0 0 45.7 51 22 2 38 10 4.34 .295 .422 .370 .792
June 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.3 11 5 1 9 6 3.38 .234 .357 .362 .719
July 1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 19.0 27 13 1 18 6 6.16 .365 .489 .473 .962
August 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 20.0 25 13 1 15 2 5.85 .321 .430 .436 .866
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 6 3 0 0 0 20.3 19 10 2 19 5 4.43 .257 .409 .351 .760
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
2025 31 TN FF 16 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 16 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 212 0 30 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 81 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.6  
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   18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Away 10 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
RISP   7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
June 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
August 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Sep/Oct 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
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    
2025 31 TN FF P 16 13 72.7 5 12 1 2 .944 2.11    
Career Totals   16 13 72.7 5 12 1 2 .944 2.11    
Career Highs   16 13 72.7 5 12 1 2 .944 2.11    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2011
Injured on 4/18/2011 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/18/2011 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/2012 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/14/2015 with a Stiff Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 7/27/2016 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/16/2017 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 7/19/2020 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/8/2021 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/14/2022 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/26/2022 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/14/2023 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/1/2023 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/3/2025
Had first career hit on 7/19/2025, off Alfonso Manrique (LA)