Matt Lawton
- Full Name: Matthew Lawton III
- Born: 11/3/1971
- Birthplace: Gulfport, MS
- Height: 5'9" Weight: 180
- Bats: Left
- Throws: Right
- College: Mississippi Gulf Coast JC
- Debut: 9/5/1995
- Final Game: 5/16/2006
- All-Star Selection:
2000, 2004
Batting Stats
| Year |
Age |
Team |
Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
HBP |
SO |
SH |
SF |
SB |
CS |
TB |
PA |
GIDP |
AVG |
SLG |
OBP |
| 1995 |
23 |
MIN |
AL |
21 |
60 |
11 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
28 |
70 |
1 |
.317 |
.467 |
.414 |
| 1996 |
24 |
MIN |
AL |
79 |
252 |
34 |
65 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
42 |
28 |
1 |
4 |
28 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
92 |
286 |
6 |
.258 |
.365 |
.339 |
| 1997 |
25 |
MIN |
AL |
142 |
460 |
74 |
114 |
29 |
3 |
14 |
60 |
76 |
3 |
10 |
81 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
191 |
548 |
7 |
.248 |
.415 |
.366 |
| 1998 |
26 |
MIN |
AL |
152 |
557 |
91 |
155 |
36 |
6 |
21 |
77 |
86 |
6 |
15 |
64 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
8 |
266 |
662 |
10 |
.278 |
.478 |
.387 |
| 1999 |
27 |
MIN |
AL |
118 |
406 |
58 |
105 |
18 |
0 |
7 |
54 |
57 |
7 |
6 |
42 |
0 |
7 |
26 |
4 |
144 |
476 |
11 |
.259 |
.355 |
.353 |
| 2000 |
28 |
MIN |
AL |
156 |
561 |
84 |
171 |
44 |
2 |
13 |
88 |
91 |
8 |
7 |
63 |
0 |
5 |
23 |
7 |
258 |
664 |
10 |
.305 |
.460 |
.405 |
| 2001 |
29 |
MIN |
AL |
103 |
376 |
71 |
110 |
25 |
0 |
10 |
51 |
63 |
6 |
3 |
46 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
6 |
165 |
444 |
14 |
.293 |
.439 |
.396 |
| |
|
NYM |
NL |
48 |
183 |
24 |
45 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
22 |
0 |
8 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
67 |
213 |
2 |
.246 |
.366 |
.352 |
| |
|
TOT |
|
151 |
559 |
95 |
155 |
36 |
1 |
13 |
64 |
85 |
6 |
11 |
80 |
0 |
2 |
29 |
8 |
232 |
657 |
16 |
.277 |
.415 |
.382 |
| 2002 |
30 |
CLE |
AL |
114 |
416 |
71 |
98 |
19 |
2 |
15 |
57 |
59 |
0 |
8 |
34 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
166 |
484 |
13 |
.236 |
.399 |
.342 |
| 2003 |
31 |
CLE |
AL |
99 |
374 |
57 |
93 |
19 |
0 |
15 |
53 |
47 |
0 |
7 |
47 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
157 |
429 |
8 |
.249 |
.420 |
.343 |
| 2004 |
32 |
CLE |
AL |
150 |
591 |
109 |
164 |
25 |
0 |
20 |
70 |
74 |
3 |
11 |
84 |
0 |
4 |
23 |
9 |
249 |
680 |
21 |
.277 |
.421 |
.366 |
| 2005 |
33 |
PIT |
NL |
101 |
374 |
53 |
102 |
28 |
1 |
10 |
44 |
58 |
0 |
9 |
61 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
9 |
162 |
445 |
7 |
.273 |
.433 |
.380 |
| |
|
CHC |
|
19 |
78 |
8 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
83 |
3 |
.244 |
.308 |
.289 |
| |
|
NYY |
AL |
21 |
48 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
57 |
0 |
.125 |
.250 |
.263 |
| |
|
TOT |
|
141 |
500 |
67 |
127 |
30 |
1 |
13 |
53 |
69 |
0 |
12 |
77 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
9 |
198 |
585 |
10 |
.254 |
.396 |
.356 |
| 2006 |
34 |
SEA |
AL |
11 |
27 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
29 |
0 |
.259 |
.259 |
.310 |
| 12 Seasons |
1334 |
4763 |
756 |
1273 |
267 |
17 |
138 |
631 |
681 |
34 |
94 |
613 |
2 |
30 |
165 |
66 |
1988 |
5570 |
113 |
.267 |
.417 |
.368 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year |
Team |
Lg |
POS |
G |
GS |
Innings |
PO |
A |
E |
DP |
FP |
| 1995 |
MIN |
AL |
CF |
12 |
10 |
90.2 |
23 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.958 |
| |
|
|
RF |
8 |
4 |
44.2 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
DH |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
LF |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1996 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
60 |
51 |
464.0 |
147 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
.980 |
| |
|
|
CF |
18 |
14 |
124.0 |
49 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
DH |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
LF |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| 1997 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
66 |
58 |
514.1 |
126 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
.985 |
| |
|
|
LF |
58 |
51 |
460.1 |
108 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
.983 |
| |
|
|
CF |
24 |
17 |
149.1 |
44 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
.936 |
| 1998 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
100 |
96 |
855.0 |
264 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
.989 |
| |
|
|
CF |
47 |
40 |
365.0 |
114 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
.992 |
| |
|
|
LF |
12 |
11 |
100.0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1999 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
103 |
96 |
831.1 |
192 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
.980 |
| |
|
|
LF |
9 |
5 |
50.0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
CF |
6 |
2 |
20.0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
DH |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2000 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
83 |
76 |
647.0 |
163 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
.982 |
| |
|
|
LF |
67 |
62 |
541.0 |
107 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
.991 |
| |
|
|
DH |
9 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
CF |
3 |
3 |
21.0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.875 |
| 2001 |
MIN |
AL |
RF |
94 |
90 |
799.2 |
193 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
.980 |
| |
|
|
DH |
7 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
NYM |
NL |
RF |
48 |
46 |
410.2 |
96 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
TOT |
|
RF |
149 |
143 |
1210.1 |
289 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
.986 |
| 2002 |
CLE |
AL |
RF |
85 |
84 |
699.1 |
184 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
.969 |
| |
|
|
LF |
23 |
23 |
202.2 |
45 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
DH |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2003 |
CLE |
AL |
LF |
62 |
61 |
532.2 |
116 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
.992 |
| |
|
|
DH |
21 |
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
RF |
13 |
12 |
110.1 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2004 |
CLE |
AL |
LF |
124 |
123 |
1070.1 |
231 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
.988 |
| |
|
|
RF |
19 |
18 |
167.2 |
35 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
.974 |
| |
|
|
DH |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005 |
PIT |
NL |
RF |
98 |
98 |
841.2 |
206 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
.995 |
| |
CHC |
|
LF |
18 |
17 |
140.0 |
29 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.967 |
| |
|
|
RF |
3 |
2 |
18.2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
NYY |
AL |
RF |
12 |
9 |
92.2 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.952 |
| |
|
|
LF |
8 |
5 |
44.1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
TOT |
|
LF |
26 |
22 |
184.1 |
40 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.976 |
| |
TOT |
|
RF |
113 |
109 |
953.0 |
230 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
.992 |
| 2006 |
SEA |
AL |
CF |
5 |
5 |
35.0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
RF |
2 |
0 |
5.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| |
|
|
DH |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
LF |
1 |
1 |
9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals |
RF |
794 |
740 |
6502.0 |
1657 |
36 |
28 |
11 |
.984 |
| |
LF |
384 |
359 |
3154.1 |
685 |
20 |
8 |
5 |
.989 |
| |
CF |
115 |
91 |
805.0 |
254 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
.977 |
| |
DH |
53 |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 12 Seasons |
|
1293 |
1239 |
10461.1 |
2596 |
60 |
42 |
18 |
.984 |
All-Star Batting Statistics
| Year |
Team |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
HBP |
SO |
SH |
SF |
SB |
CS |
TB |
PA |
GIDP |
AVG |
SLG |
OBP |
| 2000 |
AL |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
.500 |
.500 |
| 2004 |
AL |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
.500 |
.500 |
| Totals |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
.500 |
.500 |
.500 |