Matt Moore (baseball)

Matt Moore
Moore with the Detroit Tigers in 2019
Los Angeles Angels – No. 55
Pitcher
Born: (1989-06-18) June 18, 1989 (age 35) Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Professional debut
MLB: September 14, 2011, for the Tampa Bay Rays
NPB: June 23, 2020, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
MLB statistics (through July 19, 2024)
Win–loss record	70–65
Earned run average	4.41
Strikeouts	1,044
NPB statistics (through 2020 season)
Win-loss record	6–3
Earned run average	2.65
Strikeouts	89
Teams
Tampa Bay Rays (2011–2016) San Francisco Giants (2016–2017) Texas Rangers (2018) Detroit Tigers (2019) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2020) Philadelphia Phillies (2021) Texas Rangers (2022) Los Angeles Angels (2023) Cleveland Guardians (2023) Miami Marlins (2023) Los Angeles Angels (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2013) Japan Series champion (2020)

Matthew Cody Moore^[1] (born June 18, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Guardians, and Miami Marlins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Moore's family moved to Okinawa when he was seven and Edgewood, New Mexico in 2000. Although he had committed to play college baseball with the University of New Mexico, Moore chose to sign a professional contract with the Rays after they selected him in the 2007 MLB draft. He set multiple strikeout records for the Rays' farm system before making his major league debut in 2011. Moore spent two full seasons with the Rays before Tommy John surgery caused him to miss the 2014 season. He returned in 2015, and was traded to the Giants the following year.

Moore struggled with run control in his second season with the Giants, leading the National League in earned runs allowed, and was traded to the Rangers in the 2018 offseason. His earned run average (ERA) stayed high with the Rangers, and he was sent to the bullpen to focus on his technique. In 2019, the Tigers signed Moore to a one-year contract, hoping for a rebound season, but he played only two games before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Moore spent one year with the Japan Series-winning Hawks before returning to the US in 2021 to play with the Phillies.