60 Facts About Matt Harvey

Matthew Edward Harvey was born on March 27,1989, and nicknamed The Dark Knight, is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Matt Harvey previously played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Baltimore Orioles.

Matt Harvey had a breakout season in 2013, being selected to play in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Matt Harvey then missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery but returned in 2015 as his team won the pennant.

Matt Harvey is the only son and youngest of three children of Ed and Jackie Harvey, both teachers.

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Matt Harvey was raised in Mystic, Connecticut, with his two older sisters, Jessica and Jocelyn.

Matt Harvey's father was a standout athlete at Groton, Connecticut's Fitch Senior High School and attended the University of Connecticut where he played both baseball and football, even appearing in the 1972 College World Series.

Matt Harvey grew up as a New York Yankees fan, especially admiring Paul O'Neill and Derek Jeter, whom he has described as a childhood idol of his.

At the beginning of every elementary school year, when asked to write about his life goals, Matt Harvey would write that he wanted to play professional baseball.

Matt Harvey was teammates with future Major League pitcher Jesse Hahn on both teams.

Matt Harvey was grouped with Madison Bumgarner and Rick Porcello as one of the best pitchers in the 2007 MLB draft and a likely first round pick.

Matt Harvey attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in sports administration.

Matt Harvey spent the summers of 2008 and 2009 pitching for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Matt Harvey was a key component of the Anglers' 2008 bullpen, completing the season with a 0.

Matt Harvey returned to Chatham in 2009 after a difficult sophomore year on the mound.

Matt Harvey was selected as the seventh overall pick by the New York Mets in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Matt Harvey's performance garnered him two FSL Pitcher of the Week awards and he was selected as a FSL Mid-Season All-Star.

Matt Harvey pitched in the 2011 All-Star Futures Game, recording a save for the winning US team over the World team.

Matt Harvey was ranked as the Mets organization's second best prospect in 2012 and the 34th overall best prospect by MLB.

Matt Harvey was invited to spring training by the Mets that year but did not make the team.

Matt Harvey stayed in the rotation for the remainder of the season as the fifth starter.

Matt Harvey recorded his first major-league strikeout against the first batter he faced, Gerardo Parra of the Diamondbacks.

Matt Harvey then had his first major league hit, a two-out double off of Wade Miley in the top of the following inning.

Matt Harvey set a Mets franchise record for strikeouts in a pitching debut and became the first player in modern baseball history to strike out 10 or more batters and get two hits in his major-league debut.

Matt Harvey continued to garner accolades for his arm strength and control in 2013.

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Matt Harvey left the game after nine innings, having surrendered only the one hit, as the Mets won in 10 innings.

Matt Harvey notched a career-high 13 strikeouts in the game, giving up three hits over seven innings.

Matt Harvey was the starting pitcher for the 2013 MLB All-Star Game, which took place at the Mets' home ballpark, Citi Field in which he pitched the first two innings.

On October 22,2013, Matt Harvey underwent successful Tommy John surgery to replace the partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.

Exactly 4 months after his Tommy John surgery, Matt Harvey was throwing a baseball for the first time since his injury occurred.

Matt Harvey threw 20 times at a distance of 60 feet at the Mets spring training site Port St Lucie, Florida, with the Mets goal being that he would be ready for the start of the 2015 season.

In March, Matt Harvey dismissed the idea that he would not pitch until the start of the 2015 season by posting on Twitter that "2014 Matt Harvey Day will happen".

Matt Harvey told reporters around the same time that he was looking to return around September 2014.

Matt Harvey had been rehabbing at such an accelerated pace that they thought it would be better to take a more cautious approach.

In 2014, Matt Harvey was elected the team's MLB Players Association representative.

Matt Harvey pitched 7 innings, striking out 9, and got his 8th win on the season.

Matt Harvey initially appeared to agree with Boras, in contrast with his cultivated image of toughness and desire to compete and win at all costs, including having previously objected to efforts by the Mets to both proceed cautiously in his recovery with respect to the timetable for his return, and curtail his innings in 2015 by employing a six-man rotation.

On October 12,2015, Matt Harvey pitched against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS.

Matt Harvey started Game 1 of the 2015 World Series against the Kansas City Royals, giving up 3 earned runs through 6 innings in a no-decision.

However, Matt Harvey had a few quality starts, including one where he went 7 complete innings while striking out 7 against the Chicago White Sox, and one against the San Diego Padres where he struck out a season high 10 and surrendered only 2 runs through 6 innings.

Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen said early in the season that Matt Harvey had been struggling with a mechanical problem with his slider during his first three starts.

On May 7,2017, Matt Harvey was suspended for three games for violating team rules.

Matt Harvey was visibly frustrated after the game, refusing to talk to news media.

On May 4,2018, the Mets announced that Matt Harvey would be designated for assignment the next day after he refused a demotion to the minor leagues.

On May 11,2018, Matt Harvey made his first start for the Reds, in which he pitched four scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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On December 21,2018, Matt Harvey signed a one-year, $11 million guaranteed contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

On July 28,2020, Matt Harvey signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals.

On February 13,2021, Matt Harvey signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

Matt Harvey is a New York Rangers fan and frequently attends their games at Madison Square Garden.

Matt Harvey was known to live a flashy lifestyle, drive an expensive Maserati sports car, had been described as a "lothario" due to his record of dating fashion models, and was frequently mentioned in celebrity gossip columns in New York media.

In May 2013, Matt Harvey began dating model Anne Vyalitsyna after meeting her at a New York Rangers game.

In March 2017, Matt Harvey was spotted kissing Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima at the River Yacht Club in Miami, Florida.

Matt Harvey was reportedly an "emotional wreck" after seeing photos of Lima and Edelman together, which resulted in his failure to show up at Citi Field for a Mets game and receiving a three-day suspension from the team.

Matt Harvey appeared nude in The Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine in 2013.

Matt Harvey appeared on the cover of the May 20,2013, issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, dubbed "The Dark Knight of Gotham", a play on Batman's home city, its association with New York City and the recent Dark Knight film trilogy.

Matt Harvey, who had been a Batman fan since childhood, as well as teammates, fans, the Mets and other media sources, immediately embraced the comparison.

Matt Harvey had "Dark Knight" carved into the knobs of his bats to begin the 2015 season before replacing it with a personalized hybrid Matt Harvey-Batman logo, versions of which had previously appeared on his locker and on T-shirts.

Matt Harvey said that his best friend on the Mets was fellow starting pitcher Jacob deGrom.

Matt Harvey admitted that he regularly used cocaine while playing in New York and Los Angeles, and that he took Percocet while in the dugout and clubhouse during his Angels tenure.

Matt Harvey claimed to have received the pills from Eric Kay, the Angels' director of communications.