finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2005 left woodbridge , virginia 2000 april 24 14 -- 10 4.54 175 pitcher new york mets win -- loss earned run average strikeouts may 31 24 october 1973 mike matthews
 st. louis cardinals mike matthews left
mike matthews

matthews pitched a single season at montgomery junior college in rockville , maryland in before being drafted by the cleveland indians in the second round of that year 's amateur draft .
in august , he was traded twice in a single month , first to the boston red sox organization , then to the st. louis cardinals three weeks later .
he made his major league debut with the cardinals on may 31 , 2000 .
matthews was a relief pitcher in the major leagues .
he was traded to the milwaukee brewers toward the end of the season , signed as a free agent with the san diego padres for , with the cincinnati reds for , and with the new york mets for 2005 .
