Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Matt
Lawton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 3, 1971 in Usa, MS, GULFPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1999    2000   
Gold Glove Award 2000    2001   
All-Star Selections 1999    2002    2003   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title 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 BOS AL 93 353 60 99 16 5 4 37 0 0 22 59 .280 .354 .388 .743 45.4 6.7
1996 24 BOS AL 150 502 84 147 32 1 19 86 0 0 41 72 .293 .361 .474 .835 83.1 13.3
1997 25 BOS AL 127 473 82 135 28 4 19 82 0 1 46 100 .285 .373 .482 .855 83.4 14.8
1998 26 BOS AL 153 584 132 198 47 2 29 109 0 1 69 108 .339 .429 .575 1.004 130.4 25.7
1999 27 BOS AL 154 599 138 181 33 8 27 91 1 1 77 119 .302 .413 .519 .932 123.4 20.6
2000 28 BOS AL 147 538 131 163 39 10 23 98 0 0 90 112 .303 .431 .541 .972 121.6 24.1
2001 29 BOS AL 158 583 139 178 32 4 32 127 0 0 90 96 .305 .436 .539 .974 134.5 25.4
2002 30 PIT NL 158 558 132 181 42 7 34 114 2 1 97 91 .324 .464 .608 1.072 148.1 26.3
2003 31 PIT NL 157 526 125 150 30 2 29 86 1 0 91 108 .285 .439 .515 .954 121.3 23.0
2004 32 PIT NL 98 337 78 101 22 3 14 49 1 1 71 58 .300 .458 .507 .965 81.0 14.2
  DET AL 52 185 39 47 12 0 7 30 0 0 23 48 .254 .381 .432 .813 32.6 5.4
  TOT   150 522 117 148 34 3 21 79 1 1 94 106 .284 .432 .481 .913 113.6 19.6
2005 33 DET AL 13 48 7 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 8 11 .250 .379 .354 .733 6.7 1.0
11 Years Sim 1460 5286 1147 1592 338 46 237 914 5 5 725 982 .301 .418 .517 .935 1111.3 200.7
162 Game Average 586 127 176 37 5 26 101 0 0 80 108 .301 .418 .517 .935 123.3  
Career Highs 158 599 139 198 47 10 34 127 2 1 97 119 .339 .464 .608 1.072 148.1  
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
1995 23 BOS AL RF 93 93 824.7 161 2 0 0 1.000 1.78   3.4
1996 24 BOS AL RF 144 139 1211.0 238 11 2 1 .992 1.85   5.0
1997 25 BOS AL RF 126 122 1065.7 222 12 0 1 1.000 1.98   3.8
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1998 26 BOS AL RF 150 147 1279.0 276 7 0 2 1.000 1.99   5.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1999 27 BOS AL RF 113 110 969.3 220 5 0 0 1.000 2.09   5.0
    LF 32 32 283.7 61 0 5 0 .924 1.94    
    CF 6 0 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2000 28 BOS AL RF 145 139 1212.3 244 13 1 2 .996 1.91   3.4
2001 29 BOS AL RF 145 141 1248.0 234 8 0 2 1.000 1.75   3.3
    CF 9 8 73.0 13 0 4 0 .765 1.60    
    3B 2 1 9.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2002 30 PIT NL RF 153 153 1354.7 225 9 2 1 .992 1.55   4.3
    2B 2 2 18.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 3.50   0.0
2003 31 PIT NL RF 90 87 768.0 132 7 0 1 1.000 1.63   6.9
    CF 63 60 535.7 99 2 4 2 .962 1.70    
2004 32 PIT NL CF 35 33 292.7 66 1 7 0 .905 2.06   1.5
    RF 30 29 264.5 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.74   0.0
  DET AL CF 19 17 150.0 34 1 3 0 .921 2.10   0.6
    RF 16 16 135.5 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.0
  RF 1205 1176 10332.6 2028 76 5 11 .998 1.83   40.2
  CF 135 118 1072.4 216 4 18 2 .924 1.85   2.1
  LF 32 32 283.7 61 0 5 0 .924 1.94    
  2B 2 2 18.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 3.50   0.0
  3B 2 1 9.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1376 1329 11716.0 2310 82 28 14 .988 1.84   42.3
Career Highs   156 155 1372.7 285 13 10 3 1.000 2.06    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1995 23 BOS AL 5 16 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .313 .389 .563 .951
1996 24 BOS AL 11 44 7 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 7 .205 .314 .364 .677
1997 25 BOS AL 12 43 9 13 4 0 2 11 0 0 5 10 .302 .392 .535 .927
1999 27 BOS AL 14 55 16 22 4 2 5 13 0 1 10 8 .400 .493 .818 1.311
2000 28 BOS AL 15 61 12 18 3 0 4 14 0 0 8 16 .295 .397 .541 .938
2001 29 BOS AL 5 18 6 7 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 3 .389 .500 .944 1.444
Career Post-Season Batting 62 237 53 74 17 2 16 54 0 1 30 45 .312 .411 .603 1.015
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1998-4-.339
2002-10-.324
 On-Base Pct
1998-1-.429
1999-5-.413
2000-4-.431
2001-3-.436
2002-1-.464
2003-3-.439
CAR-6-.418
 Slugging Pct
1998-8-.575
2002-8-.608
CAR-43-.517
 OPS
1998-3-1.004
2001-9-.974
2002-5-1.072
CAR-20-.935
 XR
1998-4-130.4
2001-5-134.5
2002-4-148.1
 Games
2001-10-158
Runs
1998-4-132
1999-4-138
2000-8-131
2001-4-139
2002-5-132
2003-8-125
 Hits
1998-9-198
 Total Bases
1998-7-336
 Triples
2000-4-10
 Walks
2002-10-97
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Johnny Damon (926)
  2. Bobby Abreu (915)
  3. Reggie Jackson (874)
  4. Rusty Greer (869)
  5. Scott Spiezio (861)
  6. Tim Salmon (860)
  7. Al Martin (856)
  8. Jason Giambi (852)
  9. Mark Kotsay (848)
  10. Jermaine Dye (848)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1995
Traded from New Orleans to Boston on 4/1/1995 (Going to NOR: P Mike Jeffcoat, P Rick Helling, LF Lee Tinsley, RF Darryl Strawberry, LF Scott Cooper. Going to BOS: P Gene Nelson, P Dave Mlicki, CF Matt Lawton)
Had first career hit on 6/16/1995, off Jeff Fassero (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1995, off Tom Niedenfuer (SEA)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 7/19/1995
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Baltimore on 9/10/1996
Injured on 9/18/1996 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/29/1997 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5 weeks
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/18/1998
Injured on 7/28/1998 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 10/11/1998
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,507,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Boston in 1999
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,507,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Texas on 10/25/2000
Won World Championship with Boston in 2000
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2000
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,507,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/2001, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/2001, hitting .529 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2001, hitting .391 with 10 HR, 29 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2001
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/4/2002 to a 4-year deal worth $11,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/11/2002
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/27/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/2002, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/2003, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/2003, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/31/2004 (Going to PIT: SS Tomas De la rosa. Going to DET: RF Matt Lawton)
Injured on 10/1/2004 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Injured on 4/22/2005 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for full season
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.