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Matt
Kata		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 14, 1978 in Usa, OH, AVON LAKES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 26 ARI NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 4 4 9 6 7 3 6 5 7 5 6
2005 27 ARI NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 3 4 9 7 7 4 6 5 7 5 6
2006 28 ARI NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 4 4 9 7 8 4 6 5 8 6 7
2007 29 ARI NL $ 1,620,000   5 5 5 6 3 4 9 7 8 3 6 5 8 6 7
2008 30 ARI NL $ 1,620,000   5 5 6 6 4 4 9 7 8 3 6 5 8 6 7
2009 31 ARI NL $ 1,620,000   5 5 6 6 4 4 9 7 8 3 5 5 8 6 7
2010 32 SDN NL $ 1,300,000   5 5 5 6 3 4 9 7 8 3 5 4 8 6 7
2011 33 SDN NL $ 1,300,000   5 5 5 6 3 4 9 6 7 3 5 4 7 5 6
2012 34 SDN NL $ 1,300,000   3 3 4 3 1 1 5 3 4 2 4 3 5 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 3 1 1 5 3 4 2 4 3 5 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,620,000   5 5 6 6 4 4 9 7 8 4 6 5 8 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 26 ARI NL 63 141 15 34 12 1 3 25 0 0 16 20 .241 .316 .404 .721 18.7 2.5
    AAA   25 103 10 33 5 1 5 25 1 0 4 15 .320 .346 .534 .880 17.7  
2005 27 ARI NL 109 219 31 54 14 1 10 34 0 1 25 33 .247 .327 .457 .783 30.1 3.7
2006 28 ARI NL 121 335 49 91 20 1 16 57 0 2 27 66 .272 .326 .481 .807 47.5 7.5
2007 29 ARI NL 105 354 47 77 17 5 13 56 1 2 40 68 .218 .294 .404 .698 44.5 3.8
2008 30 ARI NL 92 133 13 29 8 1 2 15 0 0 4 25 .218 .241 .338 .579 9.7 0.1
2009 31 ARI NL 131 339 49 89 33 1 4 56 2 1 25 69 .263 .310 .401 .711 41.3 5.8
2010 32 SDN NL 87 248 31 74 21 0 5 27 0 0 18 45 .298 .343 .444 .787 35.8 7.0
2011 33 SDN NL 80 156 19 35 10 0 2 14 0 0 9 33 .224 .265 .327 .592 12.4 0.3
2012 34 AAA   129 506 59 129 20 3 15 67 1 1 49 99 .255 .321 .395 .716 64.9  
8 Years Sim 788 1925 254 483 135 10 55 284 3 6 164 359 .251 .308 .417 .726 239.9 30.7
2 Years AAA 154 609 69 162 25 4 20 92 2 1 53 114 .266 .323 .419 .742 82.6  
162 Game Average 395 52 99 27 2 11 58 0 1 33 73 .251 .308 .417 .726 49.3  
Career Highs 131 354 49 91 33 5 16 57 2 2 40 69 .298 .343 .481 .807 47.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1118 126 244 61 5 21 130 3 5 98 240 .218 .280 .338 .618 106.2
vs LH   807 128 239 74 5 34 154 0 1 66 119 .296 .348 .527 .875 138.0
Home 405 957 129 246 66 6 30 152 1 2 88 177 .257 .318 .433 .751 130.2
Away 383 968 125 237 69 4 25 132 2 4 76 182 .245 .299 .402 .700 114.1
RISP   476 0 130 38 2 15 209 0 0 40 87 .273 .322 .456 .778 68.9
Pinch Hitting   217 34 60 21 2 9 45 0 0 16 31 .276 .326 .516 .842 34.5
Close/Late   270 34 62 14 4 6 42 0 0 27 44 .230 .298 .378 .675 31.1
Mar/Apr 108 241 25 60 17 1 4 36 0 1 17 42 .249 .293 .378 .670 26.1
May 152 383 56 96 23 1 15 56 0 3 30 81 .251 .304 .433 .737 49.4
June 141 351 47 95 32 3 12 56 0 0 27 52 .271 .323 .481 .804 52.0
July 123 308 38 71 15 2 8 40 1 0 29 62 .231 .295 .370 .665 34.7
August 151 387 58 98 28 2 11 61 1 2 42 69 .253 .326 .421 .747 52.7
Sep/Oct 113 255 30 63 20 1 5 35 1 0 19 53 .247 .300 .392 .692 29.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 26 ARI NL SS 22 18 155.7 27 50 3 12 .963 4.45 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 15 8 81.0 3 24 0 2 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 15 6 59.7 10 20 0 5 1.000 4.53 0 0 .000 0 0.3
2005 27 ARI NL 3B 23 16 149.0 11 34 2 1 .957 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 18 15 137.0 27 43 2 13 .972 4.60 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 16 16 125.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 8 1 21.7 6 8 0 2 1.000 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2006 28 ARI NL SS 53 48 412.0 59 160 5 33 .978 4.78 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 18 14 134.0 23 51 0 10 1.000 4.97 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 16 14 125.7 9 29 1 0 .974 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 29 ARI NL 2B 103 103 896.3 201 345 11 64 .980 5.48 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 30 ARI NL 2B 21 7 79.0 16 21 0 5 1.000 4.22 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 14 1 46.7 6 13 0 4 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 4 3 28.0 1 9 2 1 .833 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2009 31 ARI NL 2B 42 39 358.7 62 98 6 14 .964 4.01 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 41 27 256.0 37 89 5 17 .962 4.43 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 23 12 130.3 7 31 2 1 .950 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 1 0 5.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 10.80 6 2 .333 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 32 SDN NL 2B 34 29 232.0 55 74 1 16 .992 5.00 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 27 22 200.0 22 52 3 6 .961 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 21 16 141.7 9 36 1 4 .978 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.8
2011 33 SDN NL 3B 28 17 175.0 7 37 3 1 .936 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 21 14 130.7 29 45 2 10 .974 5.10 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 4 3 22.7 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 262 213 1912.0 402 662 20 126 .982 5.01 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  SS 180 134 1234.0 180 417 18 86 .971 4.35 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  3B 131 86 832.3 47 201 11 10 .958 2.68 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  LF 18 16 129.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 1 0 5.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 10.80 6 2 .333 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   594 449 4114.3 656 1282 49 222 .975 4.24 6 2 .333 0 19.3
Career Highs   109 103 902.0 201 347 13 64 .982 5.47 6 2 .333 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 26 ARI NL 6 17 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .235 .278 .471 .748
2009 31 ARI NL 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 9 22 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .364 .614
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  1. Aaron Boone (961)
  2. Mark Derosa (952)
  3. Alva Chavez (952)
  4. Matthew Moses (950)
  5. Ty Wigginton (946)
  6. Javier Valdivieso (941)
  7. David Bell (929)
  8. Rudy Guillen (927)
  9. Andrew Sommerfield (926)
  10. Melvin Mora (926)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/2004, off Al Leiter (NYN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/2004, off Chris Capuano (MIL)
Hit for the cycle against San Francisco on 4/30/2007
Injured on 7/8/2007 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/12/2007 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,620,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,620,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 1/31/2010 to a 3-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Injured on 8/27/2011 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/8/2012 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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