CF Matt Lawton #23
New York Mets VBL
Age: 33 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
06/05/2005
BNN Index | VBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
CF MATT LAWTON #23 - AGE: 33 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
55 197 48 10 1 5 24 35 27 .244 .368 .381 12 0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 5 5 5
Gap 5 5 5 5
Power 4 4 4 4
Eye 6 6 7 6
Avoid K's 6 6 6 6
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 4 5
Errors: - 5 6
Arm: 2 4 5
Turn DP: - 5 -
Framing: 2 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 6
1st Base: 5 Center Field: 4
2nd Base: 4 Right Field: 5
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 5
Stealing Aggressiveness: 6
Stealing Ability: 7
Baserunning Inst.: 6
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 2
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/04/2005 @ DET Loss, 5-10 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
06/02/2005 @ SD Loss, 1-7 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
06/01/2005 @ SD Win, 4-3 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
05/31/2005 @ SD Win, 8-4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/30/2005 SEA Loss, 3-9 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
05/29/2005 SEA Win, 7-4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
05/28/2005 SEA Loss, 3-11 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/27/2005 @ BAL Loss, 3-11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/26/2005 @ BAL Win, 5-4 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
05/25/2005 @ BAL Loss, 2-7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Lawton is the cerebral type.
High: Adaptability, Intelligence
Birthday:11/30/1971
Born in:Gulfport, MS
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$7,000,000
Signed Through:2007 Season
Major Service:10 Years, 63 Days
Service This Yr:63 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, 63 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2005 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 55 197 48 10 1 5 24 28 35 27 .244 .368 .381 .748 .332 .137 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 51 242 6 0 1 1 2 4 75 16 12 4 75.0 32.7 5.52 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   52 12 2 0 2 7 5 9 5 1 1 3 .231 .369 .385 .754
Versus Right   145 36 8 1 3 17 23 26 22 3 1 3 .248 .367 .379 .747
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   18 5 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 1 .278 .409 .444 .854
Last Week   23 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 2 .217 .357 .435 .792
April   81 18 5 0 1 11 12 24 9 2 2 0 .222 .393 .321 .714
May   103 26 5 1 3 11 14 10 14 2 0 5 .252 .342 .408 .749
June   13 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 1 .308 .400 .538 .938
Spring Training   14 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .333 .214 .548
Last Year   556 134 26 4 19 71 101 91 69 3 0 12 .241 .358 .405 .763
2 Years Ago   371 93 22 0 9 48 44 41 52 1 1 4 .251 .331 .383 .714
Career   2199 515 106 9 59 244 338 345 303 14 5 48 .234 .348 .371 .720
Home   97 28 7 1 2 14 17 21 6 3 2 3 .289 .419 .443 .863
Road   100 20 3 0 3 10 11 14 21 1 0 3 .200 .314 .320 .634
Grass   191 47 10 1 5 22 28 33 26 3 2 6 .246 .369 .387 .757
Turf   6 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .167 .333 .167 .500
Night   197 48 10 1 5 24 28 35 27 4 2 6 .244 .368 .381 .748
As Starter   193 48 10 1 5 24 28 34 27 4 1 6 .249 .371 .389 .760
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   43 10 4 0 1 8 3 5 5 2 0 0 .233 .300 .395 .695
Inning 1-3   77 23 5 1 1 5 15 18 9 1 1 2 .299 .439 .429 .867
Inning 4-6   55 12 0 0 2 9 8 8 10 1 1 2 .218 .333 .327 .661
Inning 7-9   58 12 5 0 1 9 4 9 8 2 0 2 .207 .324 .345 .669
Extra Innings   7 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .571 .714
0 Outs   85 20 6 0 2 6 19 19 13 3 2 2 .235 .376 .376 .753
1 Outs   52 16 2 0 3 13 6 9 4 1 0 2 .308 .422 .519 .941
2 Outs   60 12 2 1 0 5 3 7 10 0 0 2 .200 .304 .267 .571
Scoring Position   38 13 4 0 1 19 4 3 5 4 2 1 .342 .370 .526 .896
Bases Empty   138 33 6 1 3 3 23 31 20 0 0 4 .239 .393 .362 .755
Runner on 1st   21 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .095 .174 .238 .412
Runner on 2nd   19 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 .211 .250 .263 .513
Runner on 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   9 6 2 0 1 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.222 1.889
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 .750 .500 1.000 1.500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Bases Loaded   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   96 16 3 0 2 5 11 14 27 1 0 3 .167 .289 .260 .550
First Pitch   24 7 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .320 .417 .737
Count 0-1   18 6 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .316 .389 .705
Count 0-2   15 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 1-0   15 6 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .400 .733 1.133
Count 1-1   19 5 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 .263 .318 .526 .844
Count 1-2   32 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 5 1 0 2 .156 .200 .312 .512
Count 2-0   10 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .700 1.100
Count 2-1   12 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .333 .583
Count 2-2   28 6 0 0 1 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 .214 .241 .321 .563
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 1 0 0 .333 .812 .333 1.146
Full Count   21 2 1 0 0 1 3 14 6 0 0 0 .095 .457 .143 .600
Behind in Count   65 14 3 0 1 6 6 0 13 2 0 2 .215 .232 .308 .540
Ahead in Count   40 14 3 0 2 10 11 21 0 1 2 0 .350 .565 .575 1.140
Batting Leadoff   193 48 10 1 5 24 28 34 27 4 1 6 .249 .371 .389 .760
Batting 7th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Low Leverage   77 16 3 1 1 6 9 14 11 2 0 4 .208 .351 .312 .662
Medium Leverage   91 26 6 0 3 9 16 18 13 1 2 2 .286 .411 .451 .861
High Leverage   28 6 1 0 1 9 3 3 3 1 0 0 .214 .281 .357 .638
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2001 Minnesota - VBL 29 108 397 91 18 3 8 36 66 66 12 2 52 21 3 .229 .354 .350 .704 94 100 1.2
2001 Colorado - VBL 29 44 176 42 11 0 6 22 29 24 1 1 25 9 0 .239 .332 .403 .735 101 99 0.7
2001 Total - VBL 29 152 573 133 29 3 14 58 95 90 13 3 77 30 3 .232 .348 .366 .714 96 100 1.8
2002 Kansas City - VBL 30 144 502 107 19 1 12 43 70 88 13 3 78 14 4 .213 .343 .327 .670 85 90 -0.1
2003 Seattle - VBL 31 119 371 93 22 0 9 48 44 41 4 1 52 13 5 .251 .331 .383 .714 96 99 1.2
2004 Tampa Bay - VBL 32 159 556 134 26 4 19 71 101 91 12 3 69 21 2 .241 .358 .405 .763 111 112 2.2
2005 New York - VBL 33 55 197 48 10 1 5 24 28 35 6 4 27 12 4 .244 .368 .381 .748 103 113 0.1
Total VBL 629 2199 515 106 9 59 244 338 345 48 14 303 90 18 .234 .348 .371 .720 98 102 5.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2001 Minnesota - MLB 2B 60 60 132 169 33 306 5 .984 538.2 5.03 -0.9 .980
2001 Colorado - MLB 2B 12 11 11 29 9 41 1 .976 95.0 3.79 -1.5 .926
2001 Minnesota - MLB LF 31 31 71 1 0 72 0 1.000 279.0 2.32 +1.2 1.000
2001 Colorado - MLB LF 31 30 51 3 0 57 3 .947 261.0 1.86 +0.8 1.017
2001 Minnesota - MLB CF 13 10 33 0 0 35 2 .943 92.0 3.23 -3.4 .942
2001 Colorado - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2001 Colorado - MLB RF 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 -0.2 .964
2002 Kansas City - MLB 2B 4 1 4 3 1 7 0 1.000 12.1 5.11 +0.2 .973
2002 Kansas City - MLB LF 59 59 108 0 0 108 0 1.000 505.1 1.92 -0.5 1.014
2002 Kansas City - MLB CF 64 63 153 7 0 163 3 .982 561.1 2.57 -9.8 .934
2002 Kansas City - MLB RF 8 8 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 72.0 1.38 -0.6 1.074
2003 Seattle - MLB 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .990
2003 Seattle - MLB LF 85 80 147 6 1 154 1 .994 724.1 1.90 +0.6 .987
2003 Seattle - MLB RF 12 12 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 106.0 1.78 +1.1 1.140
2004 Tampa Bay - MLB 1B 149 148 1183 76 102 1267 8 .994 1286.0 8.81 -2.4 .993
2004 Tampa Bay - MLB 2B 4 0 4 7 2 11 0 1.000 11.0 9.00 -0.2 .814
2004 Tampa Bay - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2004 Tampa Bay - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2005 New York - MLB 1B 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.2 .994
2005 New York - MLB 2B 12 10 32 41 10 74 1 .986 103.2 6.34 -1.2 .912
2005 New York - MLB LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.1 5.40 -0.0 .981
2005 New York - MLB CF 41 41 116 2 0 120 2 .983 353.2 3.00 -8.5 .887
2005 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 150 148 1185 77 102 1270 8 .994 1289.0 8.81 -2.2 .993
TOTAL 2B 93 82 183 250 55 440 7 .984 761.2 5.12 -3.6 .958
TOTAL LF 207 200 379 10 1 393 4 .990 1773.0 1.97 +2.1 1.001
TOTAL CF 119 114 302 9 0 318 7 .978 1008.0 2.78 -21.7 .916
TOTAL RF 24 22 36 0 0 36 0 1.000 196.0 1.65 +0.3 1.098
PLAYER HISTORY
07/31/2001 Was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for 2B Clint Barmes.
10/17/2001 Became a free agent.
01/01/2002 OSA scouting updated potential ratings: Contact: 5; Power: 4; Eye: 6.
03/17/2002 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,040,000 with the Kansas City Royals organization.
10/23/2002 Became a free agent.
01/01/2003 OSA scouting updated potential ratings: Contact: 5; Power: 4; Eye: 7.
03/22/2003 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,400,000 with the Seattle Mariners organization.
10/22/2003 Became a free agent.
01/01/2004 OSA scouting updated potential ratings: Contact: 5; Power: 4; Eye: 6.
02/13/2004 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization.
10/20/2004 Became a free agent.
11/24/2004 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $21,000,000 with the New York Mets organization.
01/01/2005 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
01/01/2005 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the New York Mets development complex.
03/05/2005 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the New York Mets development complex.
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