Matt Grace

Grace with the Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals – No. 33

Pitcher

Born: December 14, 1988
Torrance, California

Bats: Left

Throws: Left

MLB debut

April 22, 2015, for the Washington Nationals

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

2–1

3.60

Teams

Matthew Aaron Grace (born December 14, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Grace played college baseball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the Bruins from 2008 to 2010. He was mostly a relief pitcher, but started six games during his career. Over his three-year career at UCLA, he pitched in 72 games, going 4–4 with a 3.92 earned run average (ERA) and 75 strikeouts.

Grace was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the eighth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1]^[2] He was converted into a starting pitcher with the Nationals and made his professional debut that season with the Gulf Coast Nationals. After spending three seasons without success starting, Grace was moved back to relieving before the 2013 season.^[3] Grace spent 2014 with the Double-A Hagerstown Suns and Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs.^[4]^[5]

Grace made his major league debut with the Nationals on April 22, 2015.

Washington Nationals current roster

Active roster	1 Wilmer Difo 2 Adam Eaton 3 Michael Taylor 6 Anthony Rendon 7 Trea Turner 11 Ryan Zimmerman 14 Chris Heisey 20 Daniel Murphy 22 A. J. Cole 23 Derek Norris 25 Clint Robinson 26 Trevor Gott 27 Shawn Kelley 28 Jayson Werth 29 Pedro Severino 31 Max Scherzer 32 Koda Glover 33 Matt Grace 34 Bryce Harper 36 Sammy Solis 37 Stephen Strasburg 41 Joe Ross 45 Blake Treinen 46 Óliver Pérez 47 Gio Gonzalez 48 Brian Goodwin 53 Rafael Martin 57 Tanner Roark 59 José Lobatón 64 Spencer Kieboom -- Austin Adams -- Rafael Bautista -- Jimmy Cordero -- Jose Marmolejos -- Raudy Read -- Matt Skole -- Austin Voth

Coaching staff	Manager 12 Dusty Baker Bench 35 Chris Speier First base 15 Davey Lopes Third base 13 Bob Henley Hitting 39 Rick Schu Assistant Hitting 24 Jacque Jones Pitching 51 Mike Maddux Bullpen 54 Dan Firova

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