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Matt Kata \KAY-ta\

Matthew John Kata

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

Born: March 14, 1978 in Avon Lake, Ohio, US
High School: St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 9th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	21	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	78	352	318	40	83	14	5	3	33	5	6	28	46	.261	.328	.365	.692	116	5	4	1	1	0
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	133	587	521	82	133	22	9	6	59	38	12	52	58	.255	.327	.367	.694	191	10	6	3	5	2
2001	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ARI	123	563	510	84	153	21	6	10	58	30	9	43	81	.300	.360	.424	.783	216	4	5	4	1	3
2001	23	Lancaster	CALL	A+	ARI	119	545	494	80	146	19	6	10	54	30	8	41	79	.296	.355	.419	.774	207	4	5	4	1	3
2001	23	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	4	18	16	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	2	.438	.500	.563	1.063	9	0	0	0	0	0
2002	24	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	136	628	578	95	172	33	9	11	57	12	7	37	79	.298	.341	.443	.784	256	6	4	4	5	4
2003	25	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	48	214	201	31	58	13	5	3	25	2	3	9	29	.289	.327	.448	.775	90	1	3	0	1	1

2005	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,PHI	70	316	296	35	92	15	4	3	32	7	2	10	39	.311	.332	.419	.751	124	4	1	6	3	0
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	46	214	200	25	62	10	3	3	28	5	1	6	25	.310	.329	.435	.764	87	4	1	4	3	0
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	24	102	96	10	30	5	1	0	4	2	1	4	14	.313	.340	.385	.725	37	0	0	2	0	0
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	113	366	331	45	87	20	4	9	34	4	4	18	48	.263	.318	.429	.747	142	6	10	4	3	1
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	19	81	72	12	20	5	1	2	5	2	1	7	8	.278	.338	.458	.796	33	2	0	1	1	3
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	118	433	396	50	97	18	6	8	45	18	6	22	65	.245	.289	.381	.670	151	4	5	4	6	3
2009	31	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	66	244	227	22	61	10	1	2	22	8	0	12	25	.269	.313	.348	.661	79	4	3	1	1	1
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	132	530	485	63	131	25	2	6	47	4	0	26	50	.270	.319	.367	.686	178	7	11	3	5	1
2011	33	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	106	447	392	60	115	30	2	13	71	1	1	28	63	.293	.353	.480	.832	188	8	14	2	11	1
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	109	451	412	57	113	20	3	9	62	4	1	20	60	.274	.328	.403	.731	166	15	14	3	2	1
13 Seasons						1251	5212	4739	676	1315	246	57	85	550	135	52	312	651	.277	.330	.407	.737	1930	76	80	36	45	21
AAA (9 seasons)				AAA		781	3082	2812	375	774	156	28	55	343	50	18	152	387	.275	.323	.409	.732	1151	51	61	24	33	12
A (2 seasons)				A		211	939	839	122	216	36	14	9	92	43	18	80	104	.257	.327	.366	.693	307	15	10	4	6	2
AA (2 seasons)				AA		140	646	594	99	179	35	9	11	61	12	8	39	81	.301	.346	.446	.792	265	6	4	4	5	4
A+ (1 season)				A+		119	545	494	80	146	19	6	10	54	30	8	41	79	.296	.355	.419	.774	207	4	5	4	1	3

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1 Season						0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Rtz
1999	21	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	SS	75	347	95	230	22	31	.937	4.33
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	LF	1							0.00
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	SS	122	556	164	355	37	56	.933	4.25
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	2B	9	57	24	31	2	5	.965	6.11
2000	22	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	1	0	0%
2001	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ARI	2B	117	588	253	310	25	77	.957	4.81
2001	23	Lancaster	CALL	A+	ARI	SS	6	30	12	14	4	2	.867	4.33
2001	23	Lancaster	CALL	A+	ARI	2B	113	571	245	301	25	75	.956	4.83
2001	23	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	2B	4	17	8	9	0	2	1.000	4.25
2002	24	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	SS	9	34	13	19	2	7	.941	3.56
2002	24	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	3B	3	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.00
2002	24	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	2B	127	612	235	361	16	66	.974	4.69
2003	25	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	SS	11	46	22	22	2	9	.957	4.00
2003	25	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	2B	40	190	70	112	8	23	.958	4.55

2005	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,PHI	2B	25	135	53	78	4	24	.970	5.24				-8
2005	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,PHI	3B	10	25	4	18	3	2	.880	2.20				-8
2005	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,PHI	CF	19	38	36	1	1	0	.974	1.95				-8
2005	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,PHI	SS	17	70	20	45	5	7	.929	3.82				-8
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	RF	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00				0
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	CF	13	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.92				-1
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	SS	11	51	16	32	3	6	.941	4.36				-1
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	3B	6	20	3	15	2	2	.900	3.00				0
2005	27	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	2B	14	73	30	39	4	13	.945	4.93				-3
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	CF	6	13	11	1	1	0	.923	2.00				-1
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	SS	6	19	4	13	2	1	.895	2.83				-2
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	3B	4	5	1	3	1	0	.800	1.00				-2
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	2B	11	62	23	39	0	11	1.000	5.64				2
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	RF	42	81	74	5	2	2	.975	1.88				4
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	CF	11	25	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.27				3
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	LF	18	37	35	2	0	0	1.000	2.06				4
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	SS	3	11	1	9	1	1	.909	3.33				0
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	3B	3	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.00				1
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	2B	25	118	49	69	0	17	1.000	4.72				0
2006	28	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00				0
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33				-1
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	CF	8	23	22	0	1	0	.957	2.75				0
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	LF	5	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.80				-2
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	3B	1	5	1	3	1	0	.800	4.00				0
2007	29	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2B	1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	6.00				0
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	RF	25	45	43	2	0	0	1.000	1.80				3
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	CF	4	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.25				2
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	LF	24	43	41	1	1	0	.977	1.75				2
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	SS	1	2	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00				0
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	3B	11	34	7	27	0	2	1.000	3.09				5
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2B	52	239	97	138	4	29	.983	4.52				4
2008	30	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	1B	6	32	28	4	0	1	1.000	5.33				1
2009	31	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	RF	17	23	21	2	0	1	1.000	1.35				-5
2009	31	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	LF	4	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.75				-2
2009	31	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	3B	13	26	10	15	1	3	.962	1.92				-2
2009	31	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2B	31	145	52	86	7	16	.952	4.45				-1
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	CF	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	LF	15	32	28	2	2	0	.938	2.00
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	3B	58	168	46	112	10	11	.940	2.72
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2B	34	151	66	83	2	19	.987	4.38
2010	32	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	1B	20	188	170	17	1	18	.995	9.35
2011	33	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	LF	31	68	66	1	1	1	.985	2.16
2011	33	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	SS	4	17	5	10	2	2	.882	3.75
2011	33	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	3B	2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50
2011	33	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	2B	66	359	144	207	8	41	.978	5.32
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	CF	5	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.60
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	LF	6	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.33
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	SS	3	17	6	8	3	2	.824	4.67
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	3B	56	154	37	107	10	15	.935	2.57
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	2B	17	103	38	61	4	17	.961	5.82
2012	34	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	1B	2	10	8	1	1	3	.900	4.50
13 Seasons							1223	4963	2183	2586	194	510	.961	3.90	1	0	0%	8
2B (12 seasons)						2B	544	2703	1082	1541	80	334	.970	4.82				2
SS (10 seasons)						SS	251	1130	338	713	79	117	.930	4.19				-3
3B (9 seasons)						3B	157	424	107	292	25	33	.941	2.54				2
LF (8 seasons)						LF	104	215	205	6	4	1	.981	2.03				2
CF (6 seasons)						CF	48	105	101	2	2	0	.981	2.15				3
RF (6 seasons)						RF	89	154	143	9	2	3	.987	1.71				1
1B (4 seasons)						1B	29	230	206	22	2	22	.991	7.86				1
P (1 season)						P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	1	0	0%
OF (1 season)						OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00				6

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1999	21	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	A	ARI
2000	22	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	A	ARI
2001	23	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	AA	ARI
2001	23	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	A+	ARI
2002	24	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	AA	ARI
2003	25	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI
2003	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2003-06-15	2003-09-28
2004	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2004-04-06	2004-05-29
2005	27	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI		2005-05-10	2005-07-21
2005	27	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	International League	AAA	PHI		2005-08-06	2005-08-30
2005	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2005-04-04	2005-06-28
2005	27	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	2	2005-07-24	2005-09-16
2006	28	Louisville Bats	International League	AAA	CIN		2006-04-17	2006-09-04
2007	29	Indianapolis Indians	International League	AAA	PIT		2007-06-16	2007-08-13
2007	29	Texas Rangers	American League	MLB	TEX	1	2007-04-03	2007-06-03
2007	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	2	2007-07-02	2007-09-29
2008	30	Indianapolis Indians	International League	AAA	PIT		2008-04-03	2008-08-31
2009	31	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	HOU		2009-04-09	2009-09-07
2009	31	Houston Astros	National League	MLB	HOU	1	2009-05-05	2009-08-11
2010	32	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	HOU		2010-04-08	2010-09-06
2011	33	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	TEX		2011-04-10	2011-09-05
2012	34	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	TEX		2012-04-07	2012-09-03

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