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)... |