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{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Matt Kinzer
|position = [[Pitcher]]
|image =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|17}}
|birth_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|death =
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = May 18
|debutyear = 1989
|debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate = May 26
|finalyear = 1990
|finalteam = Detroit Tigers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value = 0–2
|stat2label = [[Earned run average]]
|stat2value = 13.20
|stat3label = [[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value = 9
|teams =
*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{mlby|1989}})
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1990}})
}}
'''Matthew Roy Kinzer''', (born June 17, 1963), is an American former [[National Football League]] [[punter (football position)|punter]] and [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]]. He was drafted by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. During the [[1987 NFL strike]], he served one game as a punter for the [[Detroit Lions]]. He recorded seven punts for a 34.0 yard average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KinzMa20.htm|title=Matt Kinzer NFL Statistics|work= Pro-Football- Reference.com|access-date=July 4, 2012}}</ref>

Kinzer begin his pro baseball career in the minor leagues playing from 1984 to 1989, He played for the [[Arkansas Travelers]] of the double A [[Texas League]] in 1984. After stops in Springfield with the [[Springfield Cardinals|Cardinals]] of the class A [[Midwest League]] in 1985 and the [[St. Petersburg Cardinals]] of the class A [[Florida State League]] in 1986, he returned to the Arkansas Travelers in 1987 and 1988. But in 1988, Kinzer also saw playing time in the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1989 Kinzer played for triple A [[Louisville Cardinals]] of the American Association and also saw time with the St. Louis Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kinzer001mat|title=Matt Kinzer League Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name=baseball>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinzema01.shtml|title=Matt Kinzer Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 4, 2012}}</ref>
He had a record of 34–25. He made his MLB debut on May 18, 1989 for the St. Louis Cardinals, pitching 3.1 innings, giving up one hit and striking out three versus the [[Houston Astros]]. He pitched in seven more games (one start) and gave up 19 earned runs in 13.1 innings to finish with an 0–2 record and a 12.83 [[Earned run average|ERA]]. On May 26, 1990 he pitched his only game of the season for the [[Detroit Tigers]] against the [[Chicago White Sox]]. He pitched 1.2 innings, giving up three hits, three walks, three earned runs, and struck out one batter. It would be his last game in the major leagues. In nine career games he has an 0–2 record and a 13.20 ERA.<ref name=baseball/>

Kinzer is the only person to have played for both the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Tigers.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL Notes |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=July 13, 1990}}</ref>

After his major league days he served as a scout for the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] and worked as a player agent.<ref>{{cite news |first=Marc |last=Topkin |title=Diamondbacks swipe scout from Tampa Bay |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/122400/news_pf/Sports/Diamondbacks_swipe_sc.shtml
|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida |date=December 24, 2000 |access-date=2010-01-03 }}</ref> Kinzer returned to scouting in 2010, with the [[Miami Marlins|Florida/Miami Marlins]], then joined the [[Atlanta Braves]] with the same role in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowman|first1=Mark|title=Former catcher Simmons among Braves' hires|url=http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/154181964/ted-simmons-joins-braves-as-major-league-scout|access-date=October 13, 2015|work=MLB.com|date=October 12, 2015}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons|IPFW Mastodons]]
| conference= [[Great Lakes Valley Conference]]
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 1994
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1993
| name = IPFW
| overall = 5–27
| conference = 1–15
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = IPFW
| overall = 25–15
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = IPFW
| overall = 30–43
| confrecord = 9–23
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 30–43
}}

==References==
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