Matt Kinney

[William Malone]

Matthew John Kinney was born on December 16, 1976 in Bangor, Maine.

The Boston Red Sox took him in round six of the 1995 MLB Draft out of high school. They traded him to the Minnesota Twins for veterans Orlando Merced and Greg Swindell at the deadline in 1998.

Kinney made his Major League debut for the Twins on August 18, 2000 against the Toronto Blue Jays. He quickly settled down after allowing a two run homer to Carlos Delgado in the first inning. Kinney wound up going 6.1 innings, and didn't allow another run after the Delgado blast. Minnesota wound up losing the game 3-2. Twins manager Tom Kelly kept Kinney in the rotation for the remainder of the season. He made eight starts, going 2-2 with a 5.10 ERA.

After spending all of 2001 in Triple-A, Kinney finally made it back to the bigs in 2002. He went 2-7 with a 4.64 ERA, making 12 starts and two relief appearances. They traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers for two minor league pitchers in the off-season.

Kinney went 13-17 with a 5.34 over parts of two seasons with the Brewers, making 37 starts and 28 relief appearances. He also had brief Major League stints with the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants. Kinney continued to pitch professionally until 2010, which included several minor league assignments and a year in Japan.

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