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Matt Kata
Matthew John Kata

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Vanderbilt

MLB Debut June 15, 2003
Final Game August 11, 2009
Born March 14, 1978 in Avon Lake, OH (age 46)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 25 PIN NL  120  280   35   74   9   3   5   32   1   0   31   59  .264  .339  .371  .710    89   104   6   1   1   1   4  
 2004 26 PIN NL   55  154   20   40  12   3   1   23   4   1   12   22  .260  .308  .396  .704    91    61   0   3   1   0   3  
 2005 27 OAA AL   21   39    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .128  .227  .179  .407    54     7   0   0   0   0   0  
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 29 OAA AL   14   59    5   15   5   2   0   10   0   0    2   11  .254  .274  .407  .681    86    24   0   1   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  4 Seasons      210  532   63  134  28   8   6   68   5   1   50   96  .252  .315  .368  .683         196   6   5   2   1   9
 Per 600 PA           537   64  135  28   8   6   69   5   1   51   97                                 198   6   5   2   1   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN      175  434   55  114  21   6   6   55   5   1   43   81  .263  .328  .380  .708         165   6   4   2   1   7
   With OAA       35   98    8   20   7   2   0   13   0   0    7   15  .204  .255  .316  .571          31   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      278  695   89  166  37   9  12   63   9   4   48  126  .239  .290  .370  .660         257  10   5   2   4  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 2003 25 PIN NL  41   37   4.6  17   6   0  .353   3   78   66  .846    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -26   
 2004 26 PIN NL   7   19   4.3   9   3   0  .333   4   40   31  .775    0    0  .000  2B   3e8        38   
 2005 27 OAA AL  66    1   1.5   1   0   0  .000   1   14   11  .786    0    0  .000  2B   2e8      -176   
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 29 OAA AL  21    6   3.5   0   0   0  .000   5   20   11  .550    0    0  .000  SS   4e26       78   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  4 Seasons           64   4.1  27   9   0  .333  13  152  119  .783    0    0  .000                  -8   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 0.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 2003 25 PIN NL  2B   106   153   236    2   50   .995    70   668.2   5.24
                 3B     6     1     3    0    1  1.000     0    13.2   2.63
                 SS     5     4     4    1    0   .889     0     9.2   7.45
 2004 26 PIN NL  2B    47    86   109    4   30   .980    41   354.1   4.95
                 3B     3     3     1    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   2.77
 2005 27 OAA AL  2B    20    28    30    0    4  1.000     7   108.0   4.83
                 SS     1     1     1    1    1   .667     0     2.0   9.00
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 29 OAA AL  SS    12    23    32    4    5   .932    12   104.0   4.76
                 3B     2     1     0    1    0   .500     1    11.0   0.82
                 2B     1     3     5    0    3  1.000     1     8.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   174   270   380    6   87   .991   119  1139.0   5.14
                 SS    18    28    37    6    6   .915    12   115.2   5.06
                 3B    11     5     4    1    1   .900     2    37.2   2.15
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 2003  PIN   83-79   Mike Mashanic
 2004  PIN   78-84   Mike Mashanic
 2005  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 2007  OAA   67-95   Drew Kennedy

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