Matt
Lawton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 3, 1971 in Usa, MS, GULFPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 2006   
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 32 ARI NL $ 900,000   56 56 49 54 59 58 36 67 58 63 79 74 74 75 75
2005 33 ARI NL $ 5,538,900   45 45 39 47 54 52 27 57 48 50 66 61 67 69 68
2006 34 ARI NL $ 5,538,900   44 44 38 44 52 50 29 59 50 49 64 60 66 68 67
2007 35 ARI NL     45 45 39 44 52 50 29 59 50 50 66 61 65 67 66
OOTP6 Min Ratings     44 44 38 44 52 50 27 57 48 49 64 60 65 67 66
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,538,900   56 56 49 54 59 58 36 67 58 63 79 74 74 75 75
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
1995 23 MIN   21 60 11 19 4 1 1 12 1 1 7 11 .317 .388 .467 .855 10.2  
1996 24 MIN   79 252 34 65 7 1 6 42 4 4 28 28 .258 .332 .365 .697 31.2  
1997 25 MIN   142 460 74 114 29 3 14 60 7 4 76 81 .248 .354 .415 .770 70.8  
1998 26 MIN   152 557 91 155 36 6 21 77 16 8 86 64 .278 .375 .478 .852 99.4  
1999 27 MIN   118 406 58 105 18 0 7 54 26 4 57 42 .259 .350 .355 .705 56.9  
2000 28 MIN   156 561 84 171 44 2 13 88 23 7 91 63 .305 .402 .460 .862 103.9  
2001 29 MIN   151 559 95 155 36 1 13 64 29 8 85 80 .277 .373 .415 .788 91.0  
2002 30 CLE   114 416 71 98 19 2 15 57 8 9 59 34 .236 .331 .399 .730 56.5  
2003 31 CLE   99 374 57 93 19 0 15 53 10 3 47 47 .249 .333 .420 .752 54.6  
2004 32 ARI NL 138 221 44 69 18 1 11 48 7 3 50 21 .312 .445 .552 .997 52.3 11.1
2005 33 ARI NL 156 522 94 143 31 6 19 82 24 7 77 49 .274 .371 .466 .837 91.2 17.4
2006 34 ARI NL 155 511 58 113 21 2 9 70 12 5 72 82 .221 .324 .323 .647 56.8 5.5
2007 35 ARI NL 73 200 30 48 8 2 3 12 6 6 22 35 .240 .332 .345 .677 24.1 2.0
4 Years Sim 522 1454 226 373 78 11 42 212 49 21 221 187 .257 .362 .412 .774 224.3 35.9
13 Years Pro 1554 5099 801 1348 290 27 147 719 173 69 757 637 .264 .359 .418 .778 798.7  
162 Game Average 451 70 115 24 3 13 65 15 6 68 58 .257 .362 .412 .774 69.6  
Career Highs 156 522 94 143 31 6 19 82 24 7 77 82 .312 .445 .552 .997 91.2  
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   1188 189 319 72 9 33 178 44 16 200 159 .269 .380 .428 .808 198.6
vs LH   266 37 54 6 2 9 34 5 5 21 28 .203 .271 .342 .613 23.9
Home 263 725 108 182 32 9 23 111 22 11 103 91 .251 .351 .415 .766 107.9
Away 259 729 118 191 46 2 19 101 27 10 118 96 .262 .372 .409 .780 114.7
RISP   384 0 103 24 1 6 153 0 0 68 53 .268 .382 .383 .765 59.1
Pinch Hitting   99 20 25 3 1 4 17 3 1 21 20 .253 .388 .424 .813 17.7
Close/Late   167 27 41 10 1 5 30 0 0 25 25 .246 .354 .407 .761 24.3
Mar/Apr 97 254 48 71 15 3 7 33 13 3 45 33 .280 .397 .445 .842 46.1
May 102 306 47 80 16 2 13 44 12 9 43 49 .261 .362 .454 .817 49.0
June 90 220 33 53 11 3 5 31 5 6 38 29 .241 .355 .386 .742 31.1
July 75 202 31 58 12 1 6 35 3 2 24 27 .287 .374 .446 .819 32.1
August 78 218 25 48 11 1 1 29 11 0 28 23 .220 .316 .294 .610 23.1
Sep/Oct 80 254 42 63 13 1 10 40 5 1 43 26 .248 .359 .425 .784 41.2
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 ARI NL LF 47 35 331.7 72 3 0 1 1.000 2.04   1.2
    RF 12 10 85.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.91    
    SS 2 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
2005 33 ARI NL LF 141 132 1189.7 259 6 3 1 .989 2.00   2.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2006 34 ARI NL LF 149 149 1276.0 295 8 3 2 .990 2.14   2.4
    RF 7 0 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
2007 35 ARI NL LF 32 27 244.7 51 2 2 1 .964 1.95   0.7
    RF 29 27 222.3 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
  LF 369 343 3042.0 677 19 8 5 .989 2.06   6.2
  RF 50 37 324.3 62 1 0 1 1.000 1.75    
  SS 2 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
Career Totals   421 380 3370.6 742 20 8 6 .990 2.03   6.2
Career Highs   156 149 1290.0 300 8 3 2 1.000 2.15    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Juan Encarnacion (974)
  2. Tomoaki Kanemoto (965)
  3. Allan Dykstra (965)
  4. Ricky Ledee (962)
  5. Jonny Gomes (959)
  6. Nelson Cruz (958)
  7. Ricardo Velez (954)
  8. Joaquin Garcia (952)
  9. Dave Bosque (952)
  10. Jason Lane (951)
History
Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 2/9/2005 to a 3-year deal worth $5,538,900 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2006
Released by Arizona on 7/11/2007