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Line 1: {{short description\|American baseball player (born 1976)}} ~~{{Infobox MLB player\|~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} ~~\|image=Replace this image male.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, promo photos, etc., will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> \|~~ {{Infobox baseball biography \| \|name=Matt Kinney\| \|position=[[Pitcher]]\| \|birth_date={{~~birth~~Birth date and age\|1976\|12\|16}}\|▼ team=San Francisco Giants\|▼ ~~birthplace~~\|birth_place=[[Bangor, Maine]]\|, U.S.▼ ~~number=--\|~~ \|bats=Right\| \|throws=Right\| \|debutleague = MLB ▲birth_date={{birth date and age\|1976\|12\|16}}\| \|debutdate=August 18\|▼ ▲birthplace=[[Bangor, Maine]]\| \|debutyear=2000\|▼ ▲debutdate=August 18\| \|debutteam=Minnesota Twins\|▼ ▲debutyear=2000\| \|debut2league = NPB ▲debutteam=Minnesota Twins\| \|debut2date=March 23 ~~statyear=2008 season\|~~ \|debut2year=2008 ~~stat1label=[[Win (baseball)\|Win-Loss]]\|~~ \|debut2team=Saitama Seibu Lions stat1value=19-27\|▼ \|finalleague = MLB stat2label=[[Earned run average]]\|▼ \|finaldate=September 28 stat2value=5.29\|▼ \|finalyear=2005 stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s\|▼ ▲~~team~~\|finalteam=San Francisco Giants\| stat3value=297\|▼ \|final2league = NPB ~~teams=<nowiki></nowiki>~~ \|final2date=September 28 [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{by\|2000}}, {{by\|2002}})▼ \|final2year=2008 [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{by\|2003}}-{{by\|2004}})▼ \|final2team=Saitama Seibu Lions [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{by\|2004}})▼ \|statleague = MLB [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{by\|2005}})▼ \|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)\|Win–loss record]] [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] ({{by\|2008}}) ([[Nippon Professional Baseball\|NPB]])▼ ▲\|stat1value=~~19-27\|~~19–27 ▲\|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]\| ▲\|stat2value=5.29\| ▲\|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s\| ▲\|stat3value=297\| \|teams= ▲ [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{bymlby\|2000}}, {{bymlby\|2002}}) ▲* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{bymlby\|2003}}-–{{bymlby\|2004}}) ▲* [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{bymlby\|2004}}) ▲* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{bymlby\|2005}}) ▲* [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] ({{bymlby\|2008}}) ~~([[Nippon Professional Baseball\|NPB]])~~ }} '''Matthew John Kinney''' (born December 16, 1976 ~~in [[Bangor, Maine]]~~) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] ~~in the [[San Francisco Giants]] organization~~. He spent {{bybaseball year\|2008}} with the [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] of ~~[[Japan]]'s~~the [[~~Pacific~~Nippon ~~League~~Professional Baseball]] (MLB). Kinney is a graduate of [[Bangor High School (Maine)\|Bangor High School]]. Kinney and his Little League team was featured in the [[Stephen King]] essay [[Head Down (essay)\|"Head Down"]], featured in King's [[Nightmares & Dreamscapes\|Nightmares and Dreamscapes]] collection. He now resides in Maine with his two sons. ==Career== Kinney was drafted out of Bangor High School in the sixth round of the 1995 amateur draft by the [[Boston Red Sox]]. He was traded to the [[Minnesota Twins]] along with [[John Barnes (~~baseball~~outfielder)\|John Barnes]] for [[Orlando Merced]] and [[Greg Swindell]] in July 1998. Kinney made his MLB debut in {{mlby\|2000}} with the Twins, going ~~2-2~~2–2 with a 5.10 [[Earned run average\|ERA]] in 8 starts. In {{mlby\|2002}}, he had just a 4.64 ERA with the Minnesota Twins, but went 2-7 that year. He was traded in the 2002 off-season to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. In {{mlby\|2003}} and {{mlby\|2004}} with the Brewers, he combined for a ~~13-17~~13–17 record. On August 6, 2004, Kinney was designated for assignment by the Brewers and was claimed off waivers by the [[Kansas City Royals]]. He made 11 relief appearances with the Royals that season. During the 2007-{{bybaseball year\|2008}} offseason, Kinney signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions, playing in Japan for a single season. Kinney returned to the United States in 2009 to play with the [[Fresno Grizzlies]], the AAA affiliate of the [[San Francisco Giants]]. Kinney gave up [[Barry Bonds]]' 660th [[home run]], which tied Bonds with his [[godparent\|godfather]] [[Willie Mays]]. Line 40 ⟶ 52: ==External links== {{baseballstats \|mlb= \|espn= \|br=k/kinnema01 \|fangraphs=737 \|~~cube~~brm=~~matt-kinney~~kinney001mat }}▼ {{japanesebaseball\|id=2388}} ▲*{{baseballstats \|mlb= \|espn= \|br=k/kinnema01 \|fangraphs=737 \|cube=matt-kinney}} ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Kinney, Matt~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION =~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = December 16, 1976~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Bangor, Maine]]~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinney, Matt}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~Baseball~~American expatriate baseball players ~~from~~in ~~Maine~~Canada]] [[Category:American expatriate baseball players in Japan]] [[Category:American disabled sportspeople]] [[Category:American sportspeople in doping cases]] [[Category:Baseball players from Penobscot County, Maine]] [[Category:Baseball players suspended for drug offenses]] [[Category:Baseball players with disabilities]] [[Category:~~San~~Edmonton ~~Francisco Giants~~Trappers players]]▼ [[Category:Fort Myers Miracle players]] [[Category:Fresno Grizzlies players]] [[Category:Gulf Coast Red Sox players]] [[Category:Gulf Coast Twins players]] [[Category:Kansas City Royals players]] [[Category:Lowell Spinners players]] ▲[[Category:San Francisco Giants players]] [[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]] [[Category:Michigan Battle Cats players]] [[Category:Milwaukee Brewers players]] [[Category:Minnesota Twins players]] [[Category:New Britain Rock Cats players]] [[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers]] [[Category:Saitama Seibu Lions players]] [[Category:~~American~~Salt ~~expatriate~~Lake ~~baseball~~Buzz players ~~in Japan~~]] [[Category:~~Edmonton~~San ~~Trappers~~Francisco Giants players]] [[Category:~~Fresno~~San ~~Grizzlies~~Jose Giants players]] [[Category:~~People~~Sarasota ~~from~~Red ~~Bangor,~~Sox ~~Maine~~players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Bangor, Maine]] ~~{{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub}}~~ ~~[[ja:マット・キニー]]~~