Matt Lawton

Full Name: Matthew Lawton	Primary Position: OF,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: September 5, 1995
Birthdate: November 30, 1971	MLB Experience: 12 years
Birthplace: Gulfport, Mississippi
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography[]

Matt Lawton (Matthew Lawton) was born on November 30, 1971 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1995 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 6 home runs and 42 RBI. Lawton played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Matt Lawton's best season was 2000, when he hit for a .305 average and knocked in 88 runs.

On November 2, 2005, Lawton was suspended for ten games for violating the Major League Baseball steroid policy. [1]

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	MIN	A	21	60	11	19	1	12	.317	.414	.467	4	1	7	11	3	0	1	0	1
1996	MIN	A	79	252	34	65	6	42	.258	.339	.365	7	1	28	28	4	0	4	1	6
1997	MIN	A	142	460	74	114	14	60	.248	.366	.415	29	3	76	81	10	1	7	3	7
1998	MIN	A	152	557	91	155	21	77	.278	.387	.478	36	6	86	64	15	0	16	6	10
1999	MIN	A	118	406	58	105	7	54	.259	.353	.355	18	0	57	42	6	0	26	7	11
2000	MIN	A	156	561	84	171	13	88	.305	.405	.460	44	2	91	63	7	0	23	8	10
2001	NY	N	48	183	24	45	3	13	.246	.352	.366	11	1	22	34	8	0	10	0	2
2001	MIN	A	103	376	71	110	10	51	.293	.396	.439	25	0	63	46	3	0	19	6	14
2001	Total		151	559	95	155	13	64	.277	.382	.415	36	1	85	80	11	0	29	6	16
2002	CLE	A	114	416	71	98	15	57	.236	.342	.399	19	2	59	34	8	1	8	0	13
2003	CLE	A	99	374	57	93	15	53	.249	.343	.420	19	0	47	47	7	0	10	0	8
2004	CLE	A	150	591	109	164	20	70	.277	.366	.421	25	0	74	84	11	0	23	3	21
2005	PIT	N	101	374	53	102	10	44	.273	.380	.433	28	1	58	61	9	0	16	0	7
2005	NY	A	21	48	6	6	2	4	.125	.263	.250	0	0	7	8	2	0	1	0	0
2005	CHI	N	19	78	8	19	1	5	.244	.289	.308	2	0	4	8	1	0	1	0	3
2005	Total		141	500	67	127	13	53	.254	.356	.396	30	1	69	77	12	0	18	0	10
2005	TOT	N	120	452	61	121	11	49	.268	.366	.412	30	1	62	69	10	0	17	0	10
2006	SEA	A	11	27	5	7	0	1	.259	.310	.259	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		168	635	85	166	14	62	.261	.362	.398	41	2	84	103	18	0	27	0	12
Total	AL		1166	4128	671	1107	124	569	.268	.369	.420	226	15	597	510	76	2	138	34	101
Total			1334	4763	756	1273	138	631	.267	.368	.417	267	17	681	613	94	2	165	34	113

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1995	MIN	A	OF	19	14	137.1	34	1	1	0	.972
1995	MIN	A	LF	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1.000
1995	MIN	A	CF	12	10	90.2	23	0	1	0	.958
1995	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	MIN	A	RF	8	4	44.2	9	0	0	0	1.000
1996	MIN	A	RF	60	51	464	147	3	3	1	.980
1996	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	MIN	A	CF	18	14	124	49	1	0	0	1.000
1996	MIN	A	OF	75	65	590	196	4	3	1	.985
1996	MIN	A	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	MIN	A	LF	58	51	460.1	108	5	2	2	.983
1997	MIN	A	OF	138	126	1124	278	9	7	3	.976
1997	MIN	A	CF	24	17	149.1	44	0	3	0	.936
1997	MIN	A	RF	66	58	514.1	126	4	2	1	.985
1998	MIN	A	OF	151	147	1320	398	12	4	5	.990
1998	MIN	A	LF	12	11	100	22	0	0	0	1.000
1998	MIN	A	RF	100	96	855	264	9	3	3	.989
1998	MIN	A	CF	47	40	365	114	3	1	2	.992
1999	MIN	A	LF	9	5	50	14	0	0	0	1.000
1999	MIN	A	OF	109	103	901.1	213	3	4	0	.982
1999	MIN	A	CF	6	2	20	7	0	0	0	1.000
1999	MIN	A	RF	103	96	831.1	192	3	4	0	.980
1999	MIN	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	MIN	A	OF	143	141	1209	281	4	5	1	.983
2000	MIN	A	DH	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	MIN	A	RF	83	76	647	164	2	3	0	.982
2000	MIN	A	CF	3	3	21	7	0	1	0	.875
2000	MIN	A	LF	67	62	541	110	2	1	1	.991
2001	NY	N	RF	48	46	410.2	96	1	0	0	1.000
2001	NY	N	OF	48	46	410.2	96	1	0	0	1.000
2001	MIN	A	RF	94	90	799.2	193	2	4	2	.980
2001	MIN	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	MIN	A	OF	94	90	799.2	193	2	4	2	.980
2001	Total		OF	142	136	1210.1	289	3	4	2	.986
2001	Total		RF	142	136	1210.1	289	3	4	2	.986
2002	CLE	A	LF	23	23	202.2	45	2	0	0	1.000
2002	CLE	A	OF	108	107	902	229	6	6	2	.975
2002	CLE	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	CLE	A	RF	85	84	699.1	184	4	6	2	.969
2003	CLE	A	LF	62	61	532.2	116	3	1	0	.992
2003	CLE	A	DH	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	CLE	A	OF	74	73	643	133	4	1	0	.993
2003	CLE	A	RF	13	12	110.1	17	1	0	0	1.000
2004	CLE	A	OF	143	142	1238.1	266	9	4	3	.986
2004	CLE	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	CLE	A	LF	125	124	1070.2	231	7	3	2	.988
2004	CLE	A	RF	19	18	167.2	35	2	1	1	.974
2005	PIT	N	RF	98	98	841.2	206	4	1	2	.995
2005	PIT	N	OF	98	98	841.2	206	4	1	2	.995
2005	NY	A	LF	8	5	44.1	11	0	0	0	1.000
2005	NY	A	OF	19	14	137	31	0	1	0	.969
2005	NY	A	RF	12	9	92.2	20	0	1	0	.952
2005	CHI	N	RF	3	2	18.2	4	0	0	0	1.000
2005	CHI	N	OF	19	19	158.2	33	0	1	0	.971
2005	CHI	N	LF	18	17	140	29	0	1	0	.967
2005	Total		LF	26	22	184.1	40	0	1	0	.976
2005	Total		OF	136	131	1137.1	270	4	3	2	.989
2005	Total		RF	113	109	953	230	4	2	2	.992
2005	TOT	N	RF	101	100	860.1	210	4	1	2	.995
2005	TOT	N	OF	117	117	1000.1	239	4	2	2	.992
2006	SEA	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	SEA	A	OF	7	6	49	11	0	0	0	1.000
2006	SEA	A	RF	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	1.000
2006	SEA	A	CF	5	5	35	10	0	0	0	1.000
2006	SEA	A	LF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	115	91	805	254	4	6	2	.977
Total			OF	1245	1191	10461.2	2598	59	42	19	.984
Total			DH	53	49	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	794	740	6502	1658	35	28	12	.984
Total			LF	385	360	3154.2	688	20	8	5	.989

Transactions[]

Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed August 12, 1991).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Mets in exchange for Rick Reed (July 30, 2001).
Traded by New York Mets with Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and 2 players to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Roberto Alomar, Michael Bacsik and Danny Peoples (December 11, 2001); Cleveland Indians received Earl Snyder and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Arthur Rhodes (December 11, 2004).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jody Gerut and cash (July 31, 2005).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees in exchange for Justin Berg (August 27, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 11, 2006).
Released by Seattle Mariners (May 30, 2006).

Trivia[]

Brother of Marcus Lawton