#31 Matt Lawton, Rightfield, 31 yrs, New York (Y) Yankees

#31 Matt Lawton, Rightfield, 31 yrs, New York (Y) Yankees
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Matt Lawton

11/30/1971
31
USA,MS,Gulfport
5"10
185

Rightfield
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,420,420
2005
10 Year(s), 80 Days (1800 total Days)
80 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 80 Days (1800 total Days)
13 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

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

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7
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9
3
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Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
LF : 7 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 7 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 7 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 5

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
6/2	BOS	L 12-16	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	#1
6/3	BOS	W 6-5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#1
6/4	BAL	L 3-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/5	BAL	W 3-2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	#8
6/6	BAL	L 6-12	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	#1
6/8	@NYM	W 5-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
6/9	@NYM	W 5-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	#1
6/10	@NYM	W 7-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
6/11	@PHI	W 5-0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#1
6/12	@PHI	L 4-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#1

Batting Stats 2003

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	61	232	67	16	6	7	41	48	33	40	.289	.402	.500	.902	.978	.211
Projected	157	597	172	41	15	18	105	123	85	103	.289	.402	.500	.902	.978	.211

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	57	279	11	0	0	10	3	0	116	29	19	8	70.4	50.8	7.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	47	14	3	2	1	10	9	7	12	0	1	3	.298	.414	.511	.924
vs. RHP	185	53	13	4	6	31	39	26	28	0	2	8	.286	.397	.497	.895
Close/Late	17	6	0	0	1	6	5	4	4	0	2	1	.353	.458	.529	.988
Scoring Position	57	21	7	3	2	33	0	11	13	0	3	3	.368	.473	.702	1.175
Pinch Hitting	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	31	114	36	9	2	3	21	20	17	21	.316	.416	.509	.925
Road	30	118	31	7	4	4	20	28	16	19	.263	.380	.492	.872
This Week	5	20	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	.100	.250	.100	.350
Last Week	7	25	8	3	0	0	2	4	4	5	.320	.419	.440	.859
March/April	23	85	22	7	5	3	22	16	12	16	.259	.375	.565	.940
May	27	106	36	7	1	4	16	26	14	14	.340	.435	.538	.973
June	11	41	9	2	0	0	3	6	7	10	.220	.353	.268	.621

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1993	103	273	69	11	7	7	36	40	8	10	1	48	18	10	.253	.298	.421	.719	TEX
1994	136	472	136	35	10	15	80	77	44	21	3	81	0	1	.288	.372	.500	.872	TEX
1995	140	446	107	27	3	5	51	64	59	17	2	97	3	3	.240	.349	.348	.697	NYY
1996	153	539	158	32	11	12	74	114	57	29	3	98	1	2	.293	.389	.460	.849	NYY
1997	152	529	151	32	18	12	109	109	91	20	6	97	2	5	.285	.406	.482	.888	NYY
1998	139	447	114	23	10	10	72	85	73	14	5	83	6	4	.255	.373	.418	.791	NYY
1999	151	587	166	31	15	22	83	148	103	29	2	108	37	11	.283	.413	.499	.912	NYY
2000	155	587	140	29	9	16	69	125	92	23	4	115	45	15	.239	.361	.400	.762	NYY
2001	154	532	155	38	9	19	100	109	76	32	1	100	31	13	.291	.410	.504	.914	NYY
2002	154	517	125	27	7	23	87	136	98	29	1	109	39	20	.242	.391	.455	.845	NYY
2003	61	232	67	16	6	7	41	48	33	11	0	40	19	8	.289	.402	.500	.902	NYY
Total	1498	5161	1388	301	105	148	802	1055	734	235	28	976	201	92	.269	.383	.454	.837

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1991, A	131	478	143	25	6	26	75	83	54	80	22	5	.299	.352	.540	.892
1992, A	116	436	147	23	5	30	73	80	59	41	33	12	.337	.401	.619	1.020

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1994	3	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	.222	.417	.333	.750
1995	4	13	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.385	.467	.462	.928
1998	8	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333
Total	15	31	8	3	0	0	3	1	5	4	0	0	.258	.361	.355	.716

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Centerfield	8	8	15	1	0	17	1	.941	73.0	2.10
Rightfield	51	49	86	3	1	89	0	1.000	434.0	1.85

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Texas on 3/4/1991 to a minor league deal...
Had first career hit on 4/14/1993, off Doug Jones (BOS)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1993, off Jeff Innis (NYY)...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1994, hitting .611 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
2/2/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration...
10/19/1997: Signed a contract extension with New York (Y), $3,590,000 per year, for 2 years.
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 6/10/1999...
6/17/1999: Signed a contract extension with New York (Y), $3,090,000 per year, for 2 years.
8/8/2001: Signed a contract extension with New York (Y), $3,420,420 per year, for 4 years.
Drove in 6 runs against California on 9/1/2001...
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 6/26/2002...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/2002, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

OBP 1997 - .406 - 6th 1999 - .413 - 6th 2001 - .410 - 5th	Triples 1997 - 18 - 8th 1999 - 15 - 10th	Runs 1999 - 148 - 7th 2002 - 136 - 7th	BB 1997 - 91 - 7th 1999 - 103 - 8th	SB 1999 - 37 - 7th 2000 - 45 - 6th 2001 - 31 - 7th 2002 - 39 - 6th

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