Matt Lawton Stats

Matt Lawton was born on Tuesday, November 30, 1971, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Lawton was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 1995, with the Minnesota Twins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Matt Lawton baseball stats page.

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Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)

Matt Lawton Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Matthew Lawton, III
Nickname:   Matt
Born On:   11-30-1971
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gulfport, Mississippi
Zodiac:   Sagittarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   09-05-1995 (Age 23)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   1991 : 13th Round (337th)
Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1995 Twins 21 60 11 19 4 1 1 0 12 7 0 11 0 0 3 1 .317 .414 .467
1996 Twins 79 252 34 65 7 1 6 1 42 28 1 28 0 2 4 6 .258 .339 .365
1997 Twins 142 460 74 114 29 3 14 0 60 76 3 81 1 1 10 7 .248 .366 .415
1998 Twins 152 557 91 155 36 6 21 1 77 86 6 64 0 4 15 10 .278 .387 .478
1999 Twins 118 406 58 105 18 0 7 1 54 57 7 42 0 7 6 11 .259 .353 .355
2000 Twins 156 561 84 171 44 2 13 0 88 91 8 63 0 5 7 10 .305 .405 .460
2001 Twins 103 376 71 110 25 0 10 0 51 63 6 46 0 2 3 14 .293 .396 .439
2001 Mets 48 183 24 45 11 1 3 0 13 22 0 34 0 0 8 2 .246 .352 .366
2002 Indians 114 416 71 98 19 2 15 0 57 59 0 34 1 0 8 13 .236 .342 .399
2003 Indians 99 374 57 93 19 0 15 0 53 47 0 47 0 1 7 8 .249 .343 .420
2004 Indians 150 591 109 164 25 0 20 0 70 74 3 84 0 4 11 21 .277 .366 .421
2005 Pirates 101 374 53 102 28 1 10 1 44 58 0 61 0 4 9 7 .273 .380 .433
2005 Cubs 19 78 8 19 2 0 1 0 5 4 0 8 0 0 1 3 .244 .289 .308
2005 Yankees 21 48 6 6 0 0 2 0 4 7 0 8 0 0 2 0 .125 .263 .250
2006 Mariners 11 27 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .259 .310 .259
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 1,334 4,763 756 1,273 267 17 138 4 631 681 34 613 2 30 94 113 .267 .368 .417
Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1994 Twins LF 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50 1.000
1995 Twins CF 12 10 270 24 2.0 23 23 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.30 0.852
1995 Twins RF 8 4 132 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.84 0.900
1996 Twins CF 18 14 372 50 2.8 50 49 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.63 0.845
1996 Twins LF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 0.000
1996 Twins RF 60 51 1,392 153 2.6 150 147 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.91 0.886
1997 Twins CF 23 16 423 46 2.0 43 43 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.74 0.915
1997 Twins LF 58 51 1,380 115 2.0 113 108 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.21 0.806
1997 Twins RF 67 59 1,566 135 2.0 133 129 4 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.29 0.827
1998 Twins CF 47 40 1,095 116 2.5 115 113 2 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.84 0.843
1998 Twins LF 12 11 300 22 1.8 22 22 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.98 0.815
1998 Twins RF 100 96 2,565 275 2.8 272 263 9 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.86 0.901
1999 Twins CF 6 2 60 7 1.2 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.15 0.875
1999 Twins LF 10 5 153 14 1.4 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.47 0.875
1999 Twins RF 103 96 2,490 199 1.9 195 192 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.11 0.853
2000 Twins CF 3 3 63 8 2.7 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.00 0.636
2000 Twins LF 67 62 1,623 110 1.6 109 107 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .991 1.81 0.817
2000 Twins RF 83 76 1,941 168 2.0 165 163 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.30 0.835
2001 Twins RF 94 90 2,399 199 2.1 195 193 2 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.19 0.853
2001 Mets RF 48 46 1,232 97 2.0 97 96 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13 0.959
2002 Indians LF 23 23 608 47 2.0 47 45 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.09 0.840
2002 Indians RF 85 84 2,098 195 2.3 189 184 5 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.43 0.868
2003 Indians LF 62 61 1,596 120 1.9 119 116 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.01 0.801
2003 Indians RF 13 12 330 18 1.4 18 17 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.47 0.944
2004 Indians LF 124 123 3,211 241 1.9 238 231 7 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.00 0.798
2004 Indians RF 19 18 503 38 2.0 37 35 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.99 0.810
2005 Pirates RF 98 98 2,526 211 2.2 210 206 4 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .995 2.24 0.832
2005 Cubs LF 18 17 420 30 1.7 29 29 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.86 0.848
2005 Cubs RF 3 2 57 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89 0.800
2005 Yankees LF 8 5 132 11 1.4 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 0.846
2005 Yankees RF 12 10 279 21 1.8 20 20 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.94 0.704
2006 Mariners CF 5 5 105 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57 0.833
2006 Mariners LF 1 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 0.000
2006 Mariners RF 2 0 15 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80 1.000
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
RF Totals 795 742 19,525 1,723 2.2 1,695 1,659 36 28 11 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.34 --
LF Totals 385 359 9,462 713 1.9 705 685 20 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.01 --
CF Totals 114 90 2,388 261 2.3 255 252 3 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.88 --
13 Years 1,354 1,191 31,375 2,697 2.0 2,655 2,596 59 42 18 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.28 --
Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1995 Twins 1 1 .500 - - 1 60.0 5.5 5.0 - - -
1996 Twins 4 4 .500 - - 1 42.0 9.0 6.0 - - -
1997 Twins 7 4 .636 - - 0 32.9 5.7 7.7 - - -
1998 Twins 16 8 .667 - - 0 26.5 8.7 7.2 - - -
1999 Twins 26 4 .867 - - 6 58.0 9.7 7.5 - - -
2000 Twins 23 7 .767 - - 9 43.2 8.9 6.4 - - -
2001 Twins 19 6 .760 - - 7 37.6 8.2 7.4 - - -
2001 Mets 10 2 .833 - - 0 61.0 5.4 14.1 - - -
2002 Indians 8 9 .471 - - 3 27.7 12.2 7.3 - - -
2003 Indians 10 3 .769 4 - 21 24.9 8.0 7.1 - - -
2004 Indians 23 9 .719 5 - 3 29.6 7.0 8.4 - - -
2005 Pirates 16 9 .640 - - 0 37.4 6.1 8.5 - - -
2005 Cubs 1 0 1.000 - - 0 78.0 9.8 15.6 - - -
2005 Yankees 1 0 1.000 - - 0 24.0 6.0 12.0 - - -
2006 Mariners 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 13.5 27.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 165 66 .714 9 - 51 34.5 7.8 7.5 - - -
Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1995 Minnesota Twins 50 $109,000.00 - -
1996 Minnesota Twins 50 $115,000.00 - -
1997 Minnesota Twins 50 $150,000.00 - -
1998 Minnesota Twins 50 $215,000.00 - -
1999 Minnesota Twins 50 $1,700,000.00 - -
2000 Minnesota Twins 50 $2,000,000.00 Stats -
2001 Minnesota Twins 50 $3,900,000.00 - -
2001 New York Mets 23 Undetermined - -
2002 Cleveland Indians 11 $5,250,000.00 - -
2003 Cleveland Indians 11 $6,750,000.00 - -
2004 Cleveland Indians 11 $7,250,000.00 Stats -
2005 Pittsburgh Pirates 50 Undetermined - -
2005 Chicago Cubs 50 Undetermined - -
2005 New York Yankees 50 Undetermined - -
2006 Seattle Mariners 15 $400,000.00 - -


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