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Matt Wieters

American professional baseball catcher
Person Human Q539704

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
May 21, 1986
Place of birth
Goose Creek
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
baseball player
Educated at
Stratford High School, Georgia Tech[5][6]
Award received
Rawlings Gold Glove Award[7]
Country for sport
United States[23]
Drafted by
Baltimore Orioles[16]
Family name
Wieters[17]
Given name
Matt, Richard, Matthew[18][19][20]
Handedness
right-handedness, switch-hitter[13][14]
Height
+195
Mass
+105
Member of sports team
Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals[9][10]
Position played on team / speciality
catcher[11]
Shooting handedness
two-handed backhand[12]
Significant event
2007 Major League Baseball draft, Major League Baseball debut[21][22]
Sport
baseball[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matthew Richard Wieters en Matthew R. Wieters en Matthew Wieters en Matt R. Wieters en Matt Wieters ja マット・ウィータース ko 맷 위터스 zh 麥特·威特斯
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Matt Wieters2018St.louis.jpg ↗
Baseball Almanac ID
wietema01
Baseball Reference major league player ID
w/wietema01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
wieter001mat
ESPN.com MLB player ID
29287
FanGraphs player ID
4298
Freebase ID
/m/02rmsv1
Geni profile ID
6000000039712614845
HAND ID
E388-5CEC-1114-28AD-3032
MLB.com player ID
446308
Retrosheet person ID
wietm001
The Baseball Cube player ID
58790
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Trading Card Database name ID
30624

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Handedness 2
right-handedness, switch-hitter
Member of sports team 2
Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals
Award received 1
Rawlings Gold Glove Award
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Drafted by 1
Baltimore Orioles
Educated at 1
Georgia Tech
Given name 1
Matt
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
baseball player
Place of birth 1
Goose Creek
Position played on team / speciality 1
catcher
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
baseball
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Summary

Matt Wieters's place of birth was Goose Creek[1]. He was born on May 21, 1986[2]. He worked as a baseball player[3].

Body

Education

Educated at Stratford High School[5], a high school[24], in United States[25], founded in 1983[26] and Georgia Tech[6], a public research university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1885[29], headquartered in Atlanta[30].

FAQs

Where was Matt Wieters born?

Born in Goose Creek[1].

What did Matt Wieters do for work?

Matt Wieters worked as baseball player[3].

Where did Matt Wieters go to school?

Matt Wieters was educated at Stratford High School[5] and Georgia Tech[6].

What awards did Matt Wieters receive?

Honors received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. Retrieved . baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . baseball-reference.com. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jock64 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Matt, Richard, Matthew
    "Created claim: Given name: Richard"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Matt, Richard, Matthew
    Family name → Wieters
    HAND ID → E388-5CEC-1114-28AD-3032
    Place of birth → Goose Creek
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46381: HAND ID (4)"
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