#48 Gary "Little Sarge" Matthews Jr., Leftfield, 28 yrs, Seattle Mariners

#48 Gary "Little Sarge" Matthews Jr., Leftfield, 28 yrs, Seattle Mariners
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Gary Matthews Jr.
Little Sarge
8/24/1974
28
USA,CA,San Francisco
6"3
225

Leftfield
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,260,000
2003 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days)
77 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	7	4	7	7
Versus LHP	6	7	3	7	7
Versus RHP	7	7	4	7	8
Talent	8	6	4	8	7

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7
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7
3
1
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
LF : 8 (Range), .964 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 7 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 7 (Range), .968 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 7

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/8	NYY	L 3-16	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	#2
5/11	@CLE	L 7-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
5/18	BAL	W 9-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#4
5/26	@DET	L 7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
6/4	@CAL	L 0-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#2
6/5	@CAL	W 7-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
6/8	@SD	L 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
6/9	@SD	W 9-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
6/10	@SD	W 8-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/12	@SF	W 8-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#3

Batting Stats 2003

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	33	97	22	5	1	0	7	8	9	25	.227	.292	.299	.591	.494	.072
Projected	85	249	57	13	3	0	18	21	23	64	.227	.292	.299	.591	.494	.072

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	22	107	0	0	0	2	1	0	29	6	2	4	33.3	10.0	3.3

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHP	85	22	5	1	0	7	8	9	19	0	1	0	.259	.330	.341	.671
Close/Late	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	.182	.231	.182	.413
Scoring Position	22	2	0	0	0	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
Pinch Hitting	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	14	51	10	2	1	0	5	3	3	9	.196	.241	.275	.515
Road	19	46	12	3	0	0	2	5	6	16	.261	.340	.326	.666
This Week	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Last Week	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200
March/April	19	70	17	4	0	0	6	6	5	17	.243	.289	.300	.589
May	8	22	4	1	1	0	1	2	2	6	.182	.250	.318	.568
June	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.429	.200	.629

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	131	411	97	12	5	5	44	55	60	1	2	71	18	11	.236	.333	.326	.659	CAL
2000	152	489	115	27	10	8	54	83	77	1	1	111	19	9	.235	.340	.380	.720	CAL DET
2001	88	341	94	18	10	5	36	53	32	0	0	66	8	13	.276	.338	.431	.769	DET
2002	84	241	71	12	11	2	26	51	35	1	1	44	14	6	.295	.385	.461	.845	DET SEA
2003	33	97	22	5	1	0	7	8	9	0	0	25	2	4	.227	.292	.299	.591	SEA
Total	488	1579	399	74	37	20	167	250	213	3	4	317	61	43	.253	.342	.384	.726

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1993, A	106	350	86	12	4	10	44	49	41	48	21	1	.246	.322	.389	.711
1994, A	111	429	135	22	2	20	75	69	80	55	18	7	.315	.416	.515	.931
1995, A	109	446	175	20	12	18	61	75	61	57	18	13	.392	.463	.612	1.075
1996, A	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
1996, AAA	116	455	158	26	2	19	63	70	41	92	20	10	.347	.399	.538	.937
1997, AAA	128	510	136	15	3	15	56	75	62	85	32	10	.267	.344	.396	.740
1998, AAA	131	518	181	17	7	30	99	110	83	77	34	9	.349	.434	.583	1.017

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2002	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	23	21	28	2	0	31	1	.968	189.0	1.48
Centerfield	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	10.0	0.90
Rightfield	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 3/4/1993 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 9/4/1994 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week...
Traded from Chicago (C) to California on 8/9/1998 (Going to CHC: P Joel Pineiro, P Kyle Lohse, P Winston Abreu, 1B Sean Casey. Going to CAL: P Ben Weber, 1B Cecil Fielder, LF Bobby Abreu, CF Gary
Matthews Jr., RF Marvin Benard)...
Had first career hit on 4/3/1999, off John Smoltz (SEA)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1999, off Steve Karsay (OAK)...
Traded from California to Detroit on 2/8/2000 (Going to CAL: P Steve Trachsel, RF Shawn Green. Going to DET: P Eric DuBose, P Oscar Villarreal, 1B Eric Munson, RF Nelson R. Cruz, CF Gary Matthews
Jr.)...
Injured on 7/16/2001 with a Broken Hip, out for full season...
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 4/19/2002 (Going to SEA: LF Gary Matthews Jr.. Going to DET: P Andy Pettitte)...
2/2/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,260,000 through salary arbitration...

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