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Matt
Murton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 3, 1981 in N/a
 
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 22 BOS AL     3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 3
2005 23 DET AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 3
2006 24 DET AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
2007 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
2008 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
2009 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2010 28 MIN AL     7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2011 29 BAL AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2012 30 BAL AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2013 31 BAL AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2014 32 NYN NL $ 1,850,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2015 33 NYN NL $ 1,850,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
2016 34 SEA AL $ 310,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4
2017 35 BAL AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
2018 36 BAL AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4
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 22 A   128 479 56 133 18 2 15 50 10 6 57 100 .278 .354 .418 .772 71.7  
2005 23 AA   116 460 72 125 15 1 8 47 14 5 44 110 .272 .335 .361 .696 57.6  
    A   14 53 7 14 0 0 3 7 3 2 8 11 .264 .361 .434 .795 8.7  
2006 24 AAA   105 451 70 127 20 1 20 63 6 6 37 118 .282 .336 .463 .799 67.9  
    AA   31 98 15 34 4 0 3 8 5 2 15 27 .347 .434 .480 .913 19.9  
2007 25 MIN AL 47 144 18 45 10 0 2 17 0 0 11 44 .313 .365 .424 .789 20.3 3.2
    AAA   103 371 47 101 16 0 13 49 8 10 47 102 .272 .354 .420 .775 54.5  
2008 26 MIN AL 151 565 67 166 22 2 8 65 0 0 45 113 .294 .357 .382 .739 74.6 10.2
2009 27 MIN AL 112 284 44 98 21 1 3 45 6 2 22 56 .345 .406 .458 .863 48.5 9.8
2010 28 MIN AL 116 359 57 115 23 0 7 42 4 4 31 54 .320 .384 .443 .827 58.1 9.0
2011 29 BAL AL 152 542 83 171 23 3 6 75 0 0 53 101 .315 .383 .402 .785 79.3 17.3
2012 30 BAL AL 114 419 67 121 24 3 9 61 1 1 45 96 .289 .361 .425 .786 60.6 9.9
2013 31 BAL AL 141 504 70 147 26 0 6 61 6 4 36 121 .292 .350 .379 .729 63.9 9.5
2014 32 NYN NL 151 462 50 141 24 1 9 60 17 10 42 98 .305 .370 .420 .790 69.9 12.8
2015 33 NYN NL 156 563 53 156 22 1 1 50 18 9 43 108 .277 .332 .325 .657 59.7 7.1
2016 34 SEA AL 72 187 16 56 6 0 5 27 1 0 15 32 .299 .355 .412 .766 26.6 4.6
    AAA   36 105 18 42 2 1 2 14 3 3 13 18 .400 .466 .495 .961 21.8  
2017 35 BAL AL 88 283 46 99 11 1 7 38 6 2 35 54 .350 .422 .470 .892 52.6 11.8
2018 36 BAL AL 63 128 15 39 3 0 2 15 2 3 11 32 .305 .357 .375 .732 16.2 2.3
12 Years Sim 1363 4440 586 1354 215 12 65 556 61 35 389 909 .305 .368 .403 .770 630.3 107.6
3 Years AAA 244 927 135 270 38 2 35 126 17 19 97 238 .291 .365 .450 .814 144.2  
2 Years AA 147 558 87 159 19 1 11 55 19 7 59 137 .285 .358 .382 .739 77.5  
2 Years A 142 532 63 147 18 2 18 57 13 8 65 111 .276 .361 .419 .780 80.4  
7 Years Minors 533 2017 285 576 75 5 64 238 49 34 221 486 .286 .362 .423 .785 302.1  
162 Game Average 527 69 160 25 1 7 66 7 4 46 108 .305 .368 .403 .770 74.9  
Career Highs 156 565 83 171 26 3 9 75 18 10 53 121 .350 .422 .470 .892 79.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2942 360 844 144 5 35 345 36 21 258 637 .287 .351 .375 .726 375.4
vs LH   1498 226 510 71 7 30 211 25 14 131 272 .340 .401 .457 .858 252.3
Home 676 2194 307 683 103 5 33 281 33 15 190 451 .311 .374 .408 .781 318.6
Away 687 2246 279 671 112 7 32 275 28 20 199 458 .299 .362 .398 .759 309.1
RISP   1113 0 364 52 1 15 460 0 0 106 210 .327 .386 .416 .802 172.2
Pinch Hitting   179 16 55 6 0 3 29 2 1 13 38 .307 .359 .391 .750 24.2
Close/Late   572 65 163 22 0 11 77 0 0 63 131 .285 .361 .381 .742 78.8
Mar/Apr 196 615 84 171 25 2 5 68 8 3 60 136 .278 .351 .350 .701 75.0
May 226 739 102 213 36 5 12 90 12 10 56 162 .288 .346 .399 .745 95.9
June 207 686 84 213 31 1 10 89 9 4 52 138 .310 .366 .402 .768 95.9
July 200 664 90 210 35 1 7 82 11 7 66 127 .316 .381 .404 .785 98.4
August 261 862 109 258 41 1 19 131 10 5 78 174 .299 .360 .415 .776 125.2
Sep/Oct 273 874 117 289 47 2 12 96 11 6 77 172 .331 .395 .430 .825 137.3
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
2007 25 MIN AL LF 8 8 70.7 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 13 6 63.7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 6 60.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
2008 26 MIN AL LF 146 145 1288.7 244 18 8 3 .970 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2009 27 MIN AL RF 51 34 320.3 66 3 1 0 .986 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 30 15 149.7 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 0 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
2010 28 MIN AL LF 25 9 125.7 28 1 1 0 .967 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 15 13 116.7 38 0 1 0 .974 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 16 10 106.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
2011 29 BAL AL LF 147 143 1248.0 238 7 7 1 .972 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 3 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2012 30 BAL AL LF 95 93 801.3 145 5 0 1 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 17 15 125.3 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0  
2013 31 BAL AL RF 112 101 933.0 220 4 9 1 .961 2.16 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 20 18 155.3 41 0 1 0 .976 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2014 32 NYN NL RF 119 116 953.7 200 5 10 1 .953 1.93 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 13 5 63.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 3 30.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
2015 33 NYN NL RF 115 115 999.0 213 8 4 3 .982 1.99 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 21 21 192.3 44 2 2 0 .958 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 14 10 99.7 28 2 0 1 1.000 2.71 0 0 .000 0  
2016 34 SEA AL SS 6 6 52.0 7 12 2 4 .905 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 13 0 21.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 5.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.77 0 0 .000 0  
2017 35 BAL AL RF 62 46 428.3 103 0 2 0 .981 2.16 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    1B 7 7 57.0 45 3 0 2 1.000 7.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 7 54.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
2018 36 BAL AL RF 38 20 213.7 60 4 4 0 .941 2.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 13 0 21.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 555 463 4165.6 931 25 31 6 .969 2.07 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  LF 522 453 4097.3 789 35 19 6 .977 1.81 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  CF 78 44 468.3 121 3 4 0 .969 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 7 7 57.0 45 3 0 2 1.000 7.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 7 6 56.0 7 13 2 4 .909 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1171 975 8862.2 1900 79 56 18 .972 2.01 1 0 .000 2 15.3
Career Highs   152 146 1291.0 285 18 12 4 1.000 3.20 1 0 .000 2  
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
2017 35 BAL AL 7 21 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 .238 .273 .286 .558
Career Post-Season Batting 7 21 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 .238 .273 .286 .558
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2011-6-.315
CAR-30-.305
 On-Base Pct
2011-9-.383
 Singles
2011-5-139
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Nick Swisher (947)
  2. Reid Gorecki (942)
  3. Shannon Stewart (938)
  4. Louis Simms (933)
  5. Marlon Byrd (929)
  6. Mickey Hall (926)
  7. Chris Snelling (917)
  8. Jay Garthwaite (917)
  9. Randy Winn (916)
  10. Vincent Blue (910)
History
Injured on 8/4/2004 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Boston to Detroit on 4/12/2005 (Going to DET: P Jon Lester, RF Matt Murton. Going to BOS: 2B Placido Polanco)
Injured on 4/5/2006 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 7/31/2007 (Going to MIN: P Boof Bonser, LF Matt Murton. Going to DET: P Franklyn German)
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/2007, off Ben Howard (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/2007, off Zach Day (ANA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/9/2008, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 6/12/2009
Released by Minnesota on 10/22/2010
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/1/2011 to a 3-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Injured on 5/23/2012 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/23/2014 to a 2-year deal worth $1,850,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/12/2016 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/9/2017 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/13/2018 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Released by Baltimore on 8/10/2018
 
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