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Matt Lawton
Matthew (III) Lawton

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 5, 1995
  vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born November 30, 1971 in Gulfport, MS

Brother of Marcus Lawton

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed August 12, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 23 MIN AL  21   60   11   19   4  1   1   12   1  1   7  11  .317  .414  .467  129   28   0   0   0   3   1
 1996 24 MIN AL  79  252   34   65   7  1   6   42   4  4  28  28  .258  .339  .365   78   92   0   2   1   4   6
 1997 25 MIN AL 142  460   74  114  29  3  14   60   7  4  76  81  .248  .366  .415  103  191   1   1   3  10   7
 1998 26 MIN AL 152  557   91  155  36  6  21   77  16  8  86  64  .278  .387  .478  123  266   0   4   6  15  10
 1999 27 MIN AL 118  406   58  105  18  0   7   54  26  4  57  42  .259  .353  .355   80  144   0   7   7   6  11
 2000 28 MIN AL 156  561   84  171  44  2  13   88  23  7  91  63  .305  .405  .460  116  258   0   5   8   7  10 AS
 2001 29 TOT    151  559   95  155  36  1  13   64  29  8  85  80  .277  .382  .415  110  232   0   2   6  11  16
         MIN AL 103  376   71  110  25  0  10   51  19  6  63  46  .293  .396  .439  119  165   0   2   6   3  14
         NYM NL  48  183   24   45  11  1   3   13  10  2  22  34  .246  .352  .366   90   67   0   0   0   8   2
 2002 30 CLE AL 114  416   71   98  19  2  15   57   8  9  59  34  .236  .342  .399   99  166   1   0   0   8  13
 2003 31 CLE AL  99  374   57   93  19  0  15   53  10  3  47  47  .249  .343  .420  104  157   0   1   0   7   8
 2004 32 CLE AL 150  591  109  164  25  0  20   70  23  9  74  84  .277  .366  .421  111  249   0   4   3  11  21 AS
 2005 33 TOT    141  500   67  127  30  1  13   53  18  9  69  77  .254  .356  .396   98  198   0   4   0  12  10
         TOT NL 120  452   61  121  30  1  11   49  17  9  62  69  .268  .366  .412  104  186   0   4   0  10  10
         PIT NL 101  374   53  102  28  1  10   44  16  9  58  61  .273  .380  .433  114  162   0   4   0   9   7
         CHC NL  19   78    8   19   2  0   1    5   1  0   4   8  .244  .289  .308   55   24   0   0   0   1   3
         NYY AL  21   48    6    6   0  0   2    4   1  0   7   8  .125  .263  .250   39   12   0   0   0   2   0
 2006 34 SEA AL  11   27    5    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   2  .259  .310  .259   52    7   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1334 4763  756 1273 267 17 138  631 165 66 681 613  .267  .368  .417  105 1988   2  30  34  94 113
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   92  155  32  2  17   77  20  8  83  74  .267  .368  .417  105  241   0   4   4  11  14
 Career High    156  591  109  171  44  6  21   88  29  9  91  84  .305  .405  .478  123  266   1   7   8  15  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 23 MIN AL   70   43   12   7.4   110| .317  .271| .414  .346| .467  .429| .881  .774| 129  .657   2.9   0.3  50%
 1996 24 MIN AL  286  199   31   4.2   117| .258  .278| .339  .352| .365  .447| .704  .799|  78  .369  -8.6  -0.8  50%
 1997 25 MIN AL  548  359   75   5.6   110| .248  .272| .366  .342| .415  .431| .781  .773| 103  .537   4.3   0.4  63%
 1998 26 MIN AL  662  424  108   6.8   111| .278  .273| .387  .342| .478  .434| .865  .776| 123  .620  22.1   2.0  66%
 1999 27 MIN AL  476  323   56   4.6   116| .259  .279| .353  .352| .355  .446| .708  .798|  80  .429 -10.7  -1.0  86%
 2000 28 MIN AL  664  412  112   7.2   119| .305  .281| .405  .355| .460  .452| .865  .807| 116  .622  18.4   1.6  76%
 2001 29 TOT     657  430   94   5.8   108| .277  .268| .382  .336| .415  .433| .797  .769| 110  .567  11.8   1.1  78%
         MIN AL  444  288   67   6.2   109| .293  .270| .396  .337| .439  .433| .835  .770| 119  .594  13.5   1.3  76%
         NYM NL  213  142   27   5.1   108| .246  .264| .352  .334| .366  .432| .718  .766|  90  .505  -1.7  -0.2  83%
 2002 30 CLE AL  484  341   56   4.4   103| .236  .261| .342  .328| .399  .420| .741  .747|  99  .446   0.6   0.1  47%
 2003 31 CLE AL  429  293   56   5.1   103| .249  .263| .343  .328| .420  .421| .763  .749| 104  .507   3.2   0.3  76%
 2004 32 CLE AL  680  461   92   5.4   104| .277  .263| .366  .330| .421  .423| .787  .753| 111  .514  12.2   1.1  71%
 2005 33 TOT     585  396   76   5.1   107| .254  .268| .356  .338| .396  .427| .752  .764|  98  .527   1.2   0.1  66%
         TOT NL  528  354   72   5.4   108| .268  .268| .366  .339| .412  .427| .778  .766| 104  .553   5.5   0.5  65%
         PIT NL  445  292   65   5.9   107| .273  .267| .380  .338| .433  .426| .813  .763| 114  .594  11.0   1.0  64%
         CHC NL   83   62    7   3.0   111| .244  .273| .289  .344| .308  .435| .597  .779|  55  .297  -5.5  -0.5 100%
         NYY AL   57   42    4   2.5   103| .125  .266| .263  .328| .250  .422| .513  .750|  39  .231  -4.3  -0.4 100%
 2006 34 SEA AL   29   20    2   2.7   108| .259  .272| .310  .336| .259  .432| .569  .768|  52  .226  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5570 3701  770   5.6   110| .267  .270| .368  .340| .417  .433| .785  .773| 105  .532  55.6   5.0  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 23 MIN AL OF 19 34 1 1 0 .972 .983 1.84 1.99 2.29 2.33 14 137.3 CF 12 23 0 1 0 .958 .987 1.92 2.38 2.28 2.73 10 90.7 RF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.12 1.62 1.81 2.05 4 44.7 LF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 13.50 2.25 0 2.0 DH 1 1996 24 MIN AL OF 75 196 4 3 1 .985 .983 2.67 2.02 3.05 2.37 65 590.0 RF 60 147 3 3 0 .980 .979 2.50 1.72 2.91 2.17 51 464.0 CF 18 49 1 0 0 1.000 .990 2.78 2.35 3.63 2.78 14 124.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 DH 1 1997 25 MIN AL OF 138 278 9 7 3 .976 .982 2.08 2.02 2.30 2.32 126 1124.0 RF 67 129 4 2 1 .985 .978 1.99 1.79 2.33 2.18 58 514.3 LF 58 108 5 2 2 .983 .979 1.95 1.71 2.21 2.06 51 460.3 CF 23 43 0 3 0 .935 .989 1.87 2.31 2.59 2.71 17 149.3 1998 26 MIN AL OF 151 400 12 4 5 .990 .985 2.73 2.02 2.81 2.31 147 1320.0 RF 100 263 9 3 3 .989 .983 2.72 1.81 2.86 2.14 96 855.0 CF 47 113 2 1 2 .991 .987 2.45 2.36 2.84 2.69 40 365.0 LF 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.83 1.74 1.98 2.10 11 100.0 1999 27 MIN AL OF 109 213 3 4 0 .982 .984 1.98 2.03 2.16 2.30 103 901.3 RF 103 192 3 4 0 .980 .982 1.89 1.82 2.11 2.11 96 830.3 LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.73 2.47 2.08 5 51.0 CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.37 3.15 2.70 2 20.0 DH 6 2000 28 MIN AL OF 143 281 4 5 1 .983 .985 1.99 2.02 2.12 2.36 141 1209.0 AS RF 83 163 2 3 0 .982 .983 1.99 1.76 2.30 2.16 76 647.0 AS LF 67 107 2 1 1 .991 .985 1.63 1.76 1.81 2.16 62 541.0 AS DH 9 AS CF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 2.33 2.43 3.00 2.74 3 21.0 AS 2001 29 TOT OF 142 289 3 4 2 .986 .983 2.06 1.96 2.17 2.27 136 1210.4 TOT RF 142 289 3 4 2 .986 .982 2.06 1.79 2.17 2.10 136 1210.4 MIN AL RF 94 193 2 4 2 .980 .982 2.07 1.82 2.19 2.09 90 799.7 DH 7 NYM NL RF 48 96 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.02 1.73 2.13 2.11 46 410.7 2002 30 CLE AL OF 108 229 6 6 2 .975 .985 2.18 2.05 2.34 2.35 107 902.0 RF 85 184 5 6 2 .969 .982 2.22 1.82 2.43 2.12 84 699.3 LF 23 45 2 0 0 1.000 .983 2.04 1.74 2.09 2.14 23 202.7 DH 3 2003 31 CLE AL OF 74 133 4 1 0 .993 .985 1.85 2.08 1.92 2.35 73 643.0 LF 62 116 3 1 0 .992 .985 1.92 1.84 2.01 2.17 61 532.7 DH 21 RF 13 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.38 1.79 1.47 2.11 12 110.3 2004 32 CLE AL OF 143 266 9 4 3 .986 .985 1.92 2.05 2.00 2.30 142 1238.3 AS LF 124 231 7 3 2 .988 .983 1.92 1.73 2.00 2.04 123 1070.3 AS RF 19 35 2 1 1 .974 .984 1.95 1.92 1.99 2.22 18 167.7 AS DH 3 AS 2005 33 TOT OF 136 270 4 3 2 .989 .985 2.01 1.89 2.17 2.20 131 1137.4 TOT RF 113 230 4 2 1 .992 .980 2.07 1.76 2.21 2.10 109 953.1 TOT LF 26 40 0 1 0 .976 .985 1.54 1.60 1.95 1.98 22 184.3 TOT NL OF 117 239 4 2 2 .992 .984 2.08 1.86 2.19 2.19 117 1000.4 TOT NL RF 101 210 4 1 1 .995 .980 2.12 1.75 2.24 2.10 100 860.4 PIT NL RF 98 206 4 1 1 .995 .980 2.14 1.75 2.25 2.10 98 841.7 CHC NL OF 19 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 1.74 1.86 1.87 2.19 19 158.7 LF 18 29 0 1 0 .967 .983 1.61 1.52 1.86 1.94 17 140.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.93 2.12 2 18.7 NYY AL OF 19 31 0 1 0 .969 .987 1.63 2.05 2.04 2.30 14 137.0 RF 12 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 1.67 1.83 1.94 2.12 9 92.7 LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .991 1.38 1.79 2.23 2.09 5 44.3 2006 34 SEA AL OF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.99 2.02 2.30 6 49.0 CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.28 2.57 2.65 5 35.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 1.80 2.16 0 5.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 1 9.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 23 MIN AL CF 12 23 0 1 0 .958 .987 1.92 2.38 2.28 2.73 10 90.7 1996 24 MIN AL CF 18 49 1 0 0 1.000 .990 2.78 2.35 3.63 2.78 14 124.0 1997 25 MIN AL CF 23 43 0 3 0 .935 .989 1.87 2.31 2.59 2.71 17 149.3 1998 26 MIN AL CF 47 113 2 1 2 .991 .987 2.45 2.36 2.84 2.69 40 365.0 1999 27 MIN AL CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.37 3.15 2.70 2 20.0 2000 28 MIN AL CF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 2.33 2.43 3.00 2.74 3 21.0 2006 34 SEA AL CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.28 2.57 2.65 5 35.0 1995 23 MIN AL DH 1 1996 24 MIN AL DH 1 1999 27 MIN AL DH 6 2000 28 MIN AL DH 9 2001 29 MIN AL DH 7 2002 30 CLE AL DH 3 2003 31 CLE AL DH 21 2004 32 CLE AL DH 3 2006 34 SEA AL DH 1 1995 23 MIN AL LF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 13.50 2.25 0 2.0 1996 24 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1997 25 MIN AL LF 58 108 5 2 2 .983 .979 1.95 1.71 2.21 2.06 51 460.3 1998 26 MIN AL LF 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.83 1.74 1.98 2.10 11 100.0 1999 27 MIN AL LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.73 2.47 2.08 5 51.0 2000 28 MIN AL LF 67 107 2 1 1 .991 .985 1.63 1.76 1.81 2.16 62 541.0 2002 30 CLE AL LF 23 45 2 0 0 1.000 .983 2.04 1.74 2.09 2.14 23 202.7 2003 31 CLE AL LF 62 116 3 1 0 .992 .985 1.92 1.84 2.01 2.17 61 532.7 2004 32 CLE AL LF 124 231 7 3 2 .988 .983 1.92 1.73 2.00 2.04 123 1070.3 2005 33 TOT LF 26 40 0 1 0 .976 .985 1.54 1.60 1.95 1.98 22 184.3 CHC NL LF 18 29 0 1 0 .967 .983 1.61 1.52 1.86 1.94 17 140.0 NYY AL LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .991 1.38 1.79 2.23 2.09 5 44.3 2006 34 SEA AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 1 9.0 1995 23 MIN AL OF 19 34 1 1 0 .972 .983 1.84 1.99 2.29 2.33 14 137.3 1996 24 MIN AL OF 75 196 4 3 1 .985 .983 2.67 2.02 3.05 2.37 65 590.0 1997 25 MIN AL OF 138 278 9 7 3 .976 .982 2.08 2.02 2.30 2.32 126 1124.0 1998 26 MIN AL OF 151 400 12 4 5 .990 .985 2.73 2.02 2.81 2.31 147 1320.0 1999 27 MIN AL OF 109 213 3 4 0 .982 .984 1.98 2.03 2.16 2.30 103 901.3 2000 28 MIN AL OF 143 281 4 5 1 .983 .985 1.99 2.02 2.12 2.36 141 1209.0 2001 29 TOT OF 142 289 3 4 2 .986 .983 2.06 1.96 2.17 2.27 136 1210.4 MIN AL OF 94 193 2 4 2 .980 .984 2.07 2.01 2.19 2.30 90 799.7 NYM NL OF 48 96 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.02 1.86 2.13 2.20 46 410.7 2002 30 CLE AL OF 108 229 6 6 2 .975 .985 2.18 2.05 2.34 2.35 107 902.0 2003 31 CLE AL OF 74 133 4 1 0 .993 .985 1.85 2.08 1.92 2.35 73 643.0 2004 32 CLE AL OF 143 266 9 4 3 .986 .985 1.92 2.05 2.00 2.30 142 1238.3 2005 33 TOT OF 136 270 4 3 2 .989 .985 2.01 1.89 2.17 2.20 131 1137.4 TOT NL OF 117 239 4 2 2 .992 .984 2.08 1.86 2.19 2.19 117 1000.4 PIT NL OF 98 206 4 1 2 .995 .984 2.14 1.86 2.25 2.19 98 841.7 CHC NL OF 19 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 1.74 1.86 1.87 2.19 19 158.7 NYY AL OF 19 31 0 1 0 .969 .987 1.63 2.05 2.04 2.30 14 137.0 2006 34 SEA AL OF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.99 2.02 2.30 6 49.0 1995 23 MIN AL RF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.12 1.62 1.81 2.05 4 44.7 1996 24 MIN AL RF 60 147 3 3 0 .980 .979 2.50 1.72 2.91 2.17 51 464.0 1997 25 MIN AL RF 67 129 4 2 1 .985 .978 1.99 1.79 2.33 2.18 58 514.3 1998 26 MIN AL RF 100 263 9 3 3 .989 .983 2.72 1.81 2.86 2.14 96 855.0 1999 27 MIN AL RF 103 192 3 4 0 .980 .982 1.89 1.82 2.11 2.11 96 830.3 2000 28 MIN AL RF 83 163 2 3 0 .982 .983 1.99 1.76 2.30 2.16 76 647.0 2001 29 TOT RF 142 289 3 4 2 .986 .982 2.06 1.79 2.17 2.10 136 1210.4 MIN AL RF 94 193 2 4 2 .980 .982 2.07 1.82 2.19 2.09 90 799.7 NYM NL RF 48 96 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.02 1.73 2.13 2.11 46 410.7 2002 30 CLE AL RF 85 184 5 6 2 .969 .982 2.22 1.82 2.43 2.12 84 699.3 2003 31 CLE AL RF 13 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.38 1.79 1.47 2.11 12 110.3 2004 32 CLE AL RF 19 35 2 1 1 .974 .984 1.95 1.92 1.99 2.22 18 167.7 2005 33 TOT RF 113 230 4 2 1 .992 .980 2.07 1.76 2.21 2.10 109 953.1 TOT NL RF 101 210 4 1 1 .995 .980 2.12 1.75 2.24 2.10 100 860.4 PIT NL RF 98 206 4 1 1 .995 .980 2.14 1.75 2.25 2.10 98 841.7 CHC NL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.93 2.12 2 18.7 NYY AL RF 12 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 1.67 1.83 1.94 2.12 9 92.7 2006 34 SEA AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 1.80 2.16 0 5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1245 2600 59 42 19 .984 .984 2.14 2.01 2.29 2.31 1191 10461.7 385 114 795# RF* 795 1659 36 28 10 .984 .981 2.13 1.79 2.35 2.13 740 6501.0 LF* 385 685 20 8 5 .989 .983 1.83 1.74 2.01 2.09 359 3155.3 CF* 114 252 3 6 2 .977 .988 2.24 2.35 2.85 2.71 91 805.0 DH 52 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1245 2600 59 42 19 .984 .984 2.14 2.01 2.29 2.31 1191 10462
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2000   MIN AL       2   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   1  0   0   0   0           
 2004   CLE AL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   4   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   1   1  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2000 *
2004 *

On-base %
1998 AL-.387-10

Runs
2004 AL-109-8

Doubles
2000 AL-44-5

Triples
1998 AL-6-10

Bases on Balls
1998 AL-86-9

Stolen Bases
2004 AL-23-6

Hit By Pitch
1997 AL-10-9
1998 AL-15-4
Car-94-74

Grounded into Double Plays
2004 AL-21-5

Caught Stealing
2002 AL-9-9
2004 AL-9-10
2005 NL-9-10

Power/Speed Number
2004 AL-21.4-6

At Bats per Strikeout
2000 AL-8.9-10

Outs
2004 AL-461-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1370) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.8 (862) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (938) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed August 12, 1991.

July 30, 2001: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets for Rick Reed.

December 11, 2001: Traded by the New York Mets with players to be named later, Alex Escobar, and Jerrod Riggan to the Cleveland Indians for Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik, and Danny Peoples (minors). The New York Mets sent Earl Snyder (December 13, 2001) and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

December 11, 2004: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arthur Rhodes.

July 31, 2005: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Jody Gerut and cash.

August 27, 2005: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Justin Berg (minors).

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

May 30, 2006: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Minnesota Twins$109,000
1996Minnesota Twins$115,000
1997Minnesota Twins$150,000
1998Minnesota Twins$215,000
1999Minnesota Twins$1,700,000
2000Minnesota Twins$2,000,000
2001Minnesota Twins$3,900,000
2002Cleveland Indians$5,250,000
2003Cleveland Indians$6,750,000
2004Cleveland Indians$7,250,000
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$7,750,000
2006Seattle Mariners$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$35,589,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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