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  NAME     : Matt Lawton
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 11/3/1971
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 5"9
  WEIGHT   : 180
 
  POSITION : Rightfield
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $4,725,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Leftfield : B (Fielding Pct. : .989) Range at Centerfield : C (Fielding Pct. : .978) Range at Rightfield : B (Fielding Pct. : .985) Outfield Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : B Stealing Ability : B Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : A Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Good) Hitting Homeruns : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Fair) Getting BB's : 9 (VS. RHP : 9, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good) Avoiding Strikeouts : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .306 3 13 98 30 5 0 11 7 2 11 6 .384 .449 vs RHP .315 3 11 92 29 5 0 11 7 2 11 5 .396 .467 vs LHP .167 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 At Home .370 1 5 46 17 3 0 6 3 2 6 1 .453 .500 Away .250 2 8 52 13 2 0 5 4 0 5 5 .322 .404 R.I.S.P. .217 2 12 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .208 .478 Pinch Hitting .500 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Close/Late .143 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .571 This Week .167 1 1 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .500 Last Week .333 0 0 18 6 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 .429 .389 Apr/Mar .306 3 13 98 30 5 0 11 7 2 11 6 .384 .449 May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1995 .317 1 12 21 60 19 4 1 11 1 1 7 11 .388 .467 MIN 1996 .258 6 42 79 252 65 7 1 34 4 4 28 28 .332 .365 MIN 1997 .248 14 60 142 460 114 29 3 74 7 4 76 81 .354 .415 MIN 1998 .278 21 77 152 557 155 36 6 91 16 8 86 64 .374 .478 MIN 1999 .259 7 54 118 406 105 18 0 58 26 4 57 42 .349 .355 MIN 2000 .305 13 88 156 561 171 44 2 84 23 7 91 63 .401 .460 MIN 2001 .277 13 64 151 559 155 36 1 95 29 8 85 80 .372 .415 NYN 2002 .236 15 57 114 416 98 19 2 71 8 9 59 34 .342 .399 CLE 2003 .225 7 45 159 515 116 24 2 76 22 7 70 45 .318 .320 CLE,BAL 2004 .257 12 48 152 463 119 27 0 65 27 10 69 38 .353 .393 BAL,HOU,PIT Total AB : 4347 Total AVG : .264 Total Hits: 1147 Total HR : 112 Total RBI : 560 Total Runs: 670 Total SB : 170
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Cleveland to Baltimore on 3/31/2003 (Going to BAL: 3B T. Fryman, 2B R. Gutierrez, RF M. Lawton, 2B B. Selby, P B. Tallet. Going to CLE: P E. Loaiza, 2B M. Mora)... Traded from Baltimore to Houston on 1/30/2004 (Going to HOU: RF M. Lawton. Going to BAL: P P. Munro)... Traded from Houston to Pittsburgh on 3/31/2004 (Going to PIT: RF M. Lawton. Going to HOU: C J. House, P J. Mann)...