Matt Lawton
Matt Lawton
Full name: Matthew Lawton
Born: November 3, 1971, Gulfport, Mississippi
First Game: September 5, 1995
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180
Brother of Marcus Lawton
Photo by Paul Richardson, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Matt Lawton
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1995 MIN A Daily Splits 21 60 11 19 4 1 1 12 7 0 11 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 .317 .414 .467 0.2 1995 MIN A
1996 MIN A Daily Splits 79 252 34 65 7 1 6 42 28 1 28 4 0 2 0 6 6 4 4 .258 .339 .365 -0.2 1996 MIN A
1997 MIN A Daily Splits 142 460 74 114 29 3 14 60 76 3 81 10 1 1 0 6 7 7 4 .248 .366 .415 0.0 1997 MIN A
1998 MIN A Daily Splits 152 557 91 155 36 6 21 77 86 6 64 15 0 4 0 14 10 16 8 .278 .387 .478 2.9 1998 MIN A
1999 MIN A Daily Splits 118 406 58 105 18 0 7 54 57 7 42 6 0 7 0 3 11 26 4 .259 .353 .355 -1.3 1999 MIN A
2000 MIN A Daily Splits 156 561 84 171 44 2 13 88 91 8 63 7 0 5 0 7 10 23 7 .305 .405 .460 0.9 2000 MIN A
2001 MIN A Daily Splits 103 376 71 110 25 0 10 51 63 6 46 3 0 2 0 3 14 19 6 .293 .396 .439 0.9 2001 MIN A
2001 NY N Daily Splits 48 183 24 45 11 1 3 13 22 0 34 8 0 0 0 1 2 10 2 .246 .352 .366 -0.3 2001 NY N
2001 Total 151 559 95 155 36 1 13 64 85 6 80 11 0 2 0 4 16 29 8 .277 .382 .415 0.6 2001 Total
2002 CLE A Daily Splits 114 416 71 98 19 2 15 57 59 0 34 8 1 0 0 6 13 8 9 .236 .342 .399 -0.2 2002 CLE A
2003 CLE A Daily Splits 99 374 57 93 19 0 15 53 47 0 47 7 0 1 0 8 8 10 3 .249 .343 .420 -0.4 2003 CLE A
2004 CLE A Daily Splits 150 591 109 164 25 0 20 70 74 3 84 11 0 4 0 8 21 23 9 .277 .366 .421 0.6 2004 CLE A
Total NL 48 183 24 45 11 1 3 13 22 0 34 8 0 0 0 1 2 10 2 .246 .352 .366 -0.3 Total NL
Total AL 1134 4053 660 1094 226 15 122 564 588 34 500 74 2 26 0 64 101 137 55 .270 .370 .423 3.4 Total AL
Total Splits 1182 4236 684 1139 237 16 125 577 610 34 534 82 2 26 0 65 103 147 57 .269 .370 .421 3.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2000 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 2000 AL
2004 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2004 AL
Total Splits 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1995 MIN A Daily OF 19 14 12 137.1 34 1 1 0 0 .972 1 12 8
1995 MIN A CF 12 10 8 90.2 23 0 1 0 0 .958
1995 MIN A RF 8 4 4 44.2 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 MIN A LF 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1995 MIN A DH 1 0 0 -
1996 MIN A Daily OF 75 65 58 590 196 4 3 1 0 .985 1 18 60
1996 MIN A RF 60 51 47 464 147 3 3 1 0 .980
1996 MIN A CF 18 14 11 124 49 1 0 0 0 1.000
1996 MIN A LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1996 MIN A DH 1 0 0 -
1997 MIN A Daily OF 138 126 110 1124 278 9 7 3 0 .976 58 24 66
1997 MIN A RF 66 58 46 514.1 126 4 2 1 0 .985
1997 MIN A LF 58 51 49 460.1 108 5 2 2 0 .983
1997 MIN A CF 24 17 15 149.1 44 0 3 0 0 .936
1998 MIN A Daily OF 151 147 135 1320 398 12 4 5 0 .990 12 47 100
1998 MIN A RF 100 96 89 855 264 9 3 3 0 .989
1998 MIN A CF 47 40 36 365 114 3 1 2 0 .992
1998 MIN A LF 12 11 10 100 22 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 MIN A Daily OF 109 103 86 901.1 213 3 4 0 0 .982 9 6 103
1999 MIN A RF 103 96 82 831.1 192 3 4 0 0 .980
1999 MIN A LF 9 5 4 50 14 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 MIN A CF 6 2 0 20 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 MIN A DH 6 6 6 -
2000 MIN A Daily OF 143 141 117 1209 281 4 5 1 0 .983 67 3 83
2000 MIN A RF 83 76 62 647 164 2 3 0 0 .982
2000 MIN A LF 67 62 54 541 110 2 1 1 0 .991
2000 MIN A DH 9 8 7 -
2000 MIN A CF 3 3 1 21 7 0 1 0 0 .875
2001 MIN A Daily OF 94 90 85 799.2 193 2 4 2 0 .980 0 0 94
2001 MIN A RF 94 90 85 799.2 193 2 4 2 0 .980
2001 MIN A DH 7 7 7 -
2001 NY N Daily OF 48 46 42 410.2 96 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 48
2001 NY N RF 48 46 42 410.2 96 1 0 0 0 1.000
2001 Total RF 142 136 127 1210.1 289 3 4 2 0 .986
2001 Total OF 142 136 127 1210.1 289 3 4 2 0 .986 0 0 142
2002 CLE A Daily OF 108 107 89 902 229 6 6 2 0 .975 23 0 85
2002 CLE A RF 85 84 67 699.1 184 4 6 2 0 .969
2002 CLE A LF 23 23 22 202.2 45 2 0 0 0 1.000
2002 CLE A DH 3 3 3 -
2003 CLE A Daily OF 74 73 65 643 133 4 1 0 0 .993 62 0 13
2003 CLE A LF 62 61 54 532.2 116 3 1 0 0 .992
2003 CLE A DH 21 21 21 -
2003 CLE A RF 13 12 11 110.1 17 1 0 0 0 1.000
2004 CLE A Daily OF 143 142 125 1238.1 266 9 4 3 0 .986 125 0 19
2004 CLE A LF 125 124 108 1070.2 231 7 3 2 0 .988
2004 CLE A RF 19 18 17 167.2 35 2 1 1 0 .974
2004 CLE A DH 3 3 3 -
Total OF 1102 1054 924 9275.1 2317 55 39 17 0 .984 358 110 679
Total RF 679 631 552 5544 1427 31 26 10 0 .982
Total LF 358 337 301 2961.1 648 20 7 5 0 .990
Total CF 110 86 71 770 244 4 6 2 0 .976
Total DH 51 48 47 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
2000 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
2000 AL CF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
2004 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
2004 AL CF 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Total CF 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the free-agent draft (June 3,
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 ).
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