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Matt
Lawton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 3, 1971 in Usa, MS, GULFPORT
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 32 CLE AL $ 4,730,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 4 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
2005 33 PHI NL $ 4,730,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 4 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
2006 34 OAK AL $ 4,150,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 3 6 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
2007 35 OAK AL     6 6 5 3 4 4 3 6 6 6 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 3 4 4 3 6 5 6 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,730,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 4 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
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 32 CLE AL 139 489 99 138 30 3 19 76 26 18 74 55 .282 .382 .472 .854 85.8 14.9
2005 33 CLE AL 84 318 53 91 14 0 13 56 12 4 34 40 .286 .366 .453 .818 52.1 9.7
  PHI NL 69 200 38 55 13 1 4 30 8 3 24 27 .275 .361 .410 .771 30.2 4.1
  TOT   153 518 91 146 27 1 17 86 20 7 58 67 .282 .364 .436 .800 82.4 13.9
2006 34 OAK AL 138 472 68 115 17 3 11 65 10 8 63 79 .244 .342 .362 .704 59.9 8.7
2007 35 OAK AL 27 75 11 17 4 0 0 3 3 0 10 11 .227 .326 .280 .606 8.4 1.0
4 Years Sim 457 1554 269 416 78 7 47 230 59 33 205 212 .268 .361 .418 .779 236.5 38.5
162 Game Average 550 95 147 27 2 16 81 20 11 72 75 .268 .361 .418 .779 83.8  
Career Highs 153 518 99 146 30 3 19 86 26 18 74 79 .282 .382 .472 .854 85.8  
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   1293 236 370 73 6 41 207 54 27 179 167 .286 .381 .447 .828 216.2
vs LH   261 33 46 5 1 6 23 5 6 26 45 .176 .256 .272 .528 17.5
Home 234 784 148 221 41 3 34 130 31 15 106 104 .282 .375 .472 .847 135.9
Away 223 770 121 195 37 4 13 100 28 18 99 108 .253 .346 .362 .708 97.8
RISP   393 0 108 21 0 9 167 0 0 55 52 .275 .368 .397 .765 58.4
Pinch Hitting   32 8 10 1 0 1 7 3 0 9 3 .313 .452 .438 .890 7.6
Close/Late   194 28 49 10 1 3 28 0 0 23 32 .253 .342 .361 .703 24.0
Mar/Apr 70 245 40 63 13 0 6 28 12 4 32 33 .257 .348 .384 .731 34.3
May 89 324 50 84 13 1 11 46 9 10 39 47 .259 .346 .407 .753 44.4
June 82 283 54 83 15 1 8 46 9 7 32 36 .293 .375 .438 .813 43.9
July 65 223 42 54 13 2 8 38 13 6 31 34 .242 .342 .426 .768 33.2
August 75 237 48 63 9 1 8 32 8 2 43 31 .266 .391 .414 .805 40.3
Sep/Oct 76 242 35 69 15 2 6 40 8 4 28 31 .285 .365 .438 .803 37.6
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   DWS
2004 32 CLE AL LF 116 111 978.7 180 1 2 0 .989 1.66   1.6
    RF 7 1 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2005 33 CLE AL RF 35 25 264.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.8
    LF 20 18 182.5 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.8 3 1 0 1 1.000 20.00   0.0
  PHI NL RF 28 20 168.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.5
    LF 17 15 116.5 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 63 45 433.0 65 1 0 0 1.000 1.37   1.3
      LF 37 33 299.0 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.0
      1B 1 0 3.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
2006 34 OAK AL RF 103 92 835.7 171 4 0 1 1.000 1.88   1.8
    LF 24 19 175.7 43 2 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    CF 9 9 81.7 16 0 1 0 .941 1.76    
    SS 3 2 22.0 4 5 1 1 .900 3.68   0.1
2007 35 OAK AL RF 20 17 156.0 36 1 0 1 1.000 2.13   0.6
    CF 3 3 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 180 163 1457.3 278 3 2 0 .993 1.74   1.6
  RF 193 155 1442.7 274 6 0 2 1.000 1.75   3.7
  CF 12 12 111.7 24 0 1 0 .960 1.93    
  SS 3 2 22.0 4 5 1 1 .900 3.68   0.1
  1B 1 0 3.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   389 332 3036.6 585 15 4 4 .993 1.78   5.4
Career Highs   139 122 1115.0 234 11 2 2 1.000 2.13    
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
2006 34 OAK AL 12 35 6 11 3 0 2 8 1 0 6 9 .314 .429 .571 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 35 6 11 3 0 2 8 1 0 6 9 .314 .429 .571 1.000
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  1. Marcos Velasquez (976)
  2. Michael Murtha (975)
  3. Rusty Greer (967)
  4. Howard Wilson (966)
  5. Jeff Davanon (963)
  6. Jeff Cook (963)
  7. Cody Ross (961)
  8. Roy Dougherty (959)
  9. Kevin Mench (957)
  10. Tim Salmon (953)
History
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/6/2004, off Esteban Loaiza (CHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/4/2005, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Cleveland to Philadelphia on 7/9/2005 (Going to CLE: P Alfredo Simon. Going to PHI: LF Matt Lawton)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/22/2006 to a 4-year deal worth $4,150,000 per year
Released by Oakland on 7/2/2007
 
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