Matt
Lawton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 3, 1971 in Usa, MS, GULFPORT
 
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
2007 35 TEX AL $ 300,000   51 51 47 34 54 48 34 61 53 51 78 70 64 65 65
2008 36 TEX AL     46 46 42 22 44 37 34 61 53 48 74 66 65 66 66
OOTP6 Min Ratings     46 46 42 22 44 37 34 61 53 48 74 66 64 65 65
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   51 51 47 34 54 48 34 61 53 51 78 70 65 66 66
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
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   131 395 75 96 28 0 15 53 8 4 71 26 .243 .358 .428 .786 63.9  
2005 33 CLE   102 322 45 81 14 3 11 45 5 5 42 43 .252 .338 .416 .754 46.0  
2006 34 CLE   44 116 8 17 6 0 2 12 0 0 3 14 .147 .168 .250 .418 3.2  
2007 35 TEX AL 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 1.3 0.1
    AAA   95 170 34 54 11 0 5 30 9 6 41 20 .318 .450 .471 .921 36.6  
2008 36 AAA   134 447 88 124 17 6 19 66 13 16 109 79 .277 .419 .470 .889 90.1  
1 Years Sim 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 1.3 0.1
11 Years Pro 1193 4053 637 1059 237 18 117 554 126 53 600 476 .261 .357 .415 .772 624.0  
2 Years AAA 229 617 122 178 28 6 24 96 22 22 150 99 .288 .432 .470 .902 126.7  
162 Game Average 364 81 81 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 40 .222 .333 .222 .556 53.5  
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   8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .364 .250 .614 1.1
vs LH   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6
Away 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .286 .200 .486 0.5
RISP   3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 0.6
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2007 35 TEX AL RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
  RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00   0.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
Career Totals   3 2 20.0 8 1 1 1 .900 4.05   0.1
Career Highs   3 2 20.0 8 1 1 1 .900 4.05    
History
Released by Cleveland on 7/2/2007
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 7/9/2007 to a minor league deal