Matt Carson

Matthew Reese Carson

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 1, 1981 in Newport Beach, CA
High School: Yucaipa HS (Yucaipa, CA)
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2009
Team: Athletics 2009-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.111 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2002	20	NYY-min	A-	48	193	177	19	36	8	4	1	11	4	1	11	48	.203	.264	.311	.575		55	6	4	0	1	1		STI · NYPL
2003	21	NYY-min	A	119	482	432	61	112	20	1	11	52	1	1	37	100	.259	.322	.387	.708		167	5	6	0	7	3		BTC · MIDW
2004	22	NYY-min	A,A+	132	551	510	75	138	30	2	15	75	23	8	28	111	.271	.320	.425	.745		217	6	10	1	2	1		BTC,TAM · MIDW,FLOR
2005	23	NYY-min	A+,AA	112	467	420	53	100	19	3	9	44	12	5	31	93	.238	.303	.362	.665		152	8	10	2	4	0		TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2006	24	NYY-min	A+,AA	69	262	222	25	55	12	2	10	30	5	3	25	56	.248	.331	.455	.786		101	6	4	8	3	1		TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2007	25	NYY-min	AA	129	521	471	72	117	24	3	16	76	9	0	33	109	.248	.306	.414	.720		195	13	9	2	6	0		TRE · EL
2008	26	NYY-min	AAA,AA	111	461	417	70	119	17	10	15	64	11	4	30	83	.285	.343	.482	.825		201	10	8	3	3	4		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2009	27	OAK-min	AAA	118	493	440	68	116	29	3	25	77	15	4	38	94	.264	.327	.514	.841		226	6	6	4	5	1		SAC · PCL
2009	27	OAK	AL	10	22	21	1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.286	.273	.429	.701	83	9	0	0	0	1	0	/9D7
2010	28	OAK-min	AAA	64	276	244	53	74	18	2	13	36	13	4	24	58	.303	.377	.553	.930		135	7	6	0	2	1		SAC · PCL
2010	28	OAK	AL	36	83	79	7	14	2	0	4	9	4	0	2	23	.177	.193	.354	.547	46	28	0	0	0	2	0	9/78D
2011	29	OAK-TBD-min	AAA	112	495	452	76	126	41	1	24	75	11	1	36	113	.279	.337	.533	.871		241	6	5	0	2	0		SAC,DHM · PCL,IL
2012	30	MIN-min	AAA	49	188	164	22	48	14	2	1	14	4	1	20	41	.293	.372	.421	.793		69	1	2	0	2	0		ROC · IL
2 Yrs				46	105	100	8	20	2	0	5	14	4	0	2	30	.200	.210	.370	.580	54	37	0	0	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	370	352	28	70	7	0	18	49	14	0	7	106	.200	.210	.370	.580	54	130	0	0	0	11	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	27	OAK	AL	10	22	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.1	.477	.499	0.0	-0.1	-1	$	/9D7
2010	28	OAK	AL	36	83	-5	1	1	0	-1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	9/78D
2 Seasons				46	105	-6	1	1	-1	-2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	27	OAK	AL	22	16	3	5.0	106	.357	.286	.265	.273	.334	.429	.425	.701	.759	83	.494	-0.6	-0.1	.600	.143	.143	.0
2010	28	OAK	AL	83	67	6	2.4	99	.185	.177	.259	.193	.327	.354	.406	.547	.733	46	.226	-6.3	-0.6	.523	.253	.177	4.0
2 Yrs				105	83	9	2.9	100	.221	.200	.260	.210	.328	.370	.410	.580	.738	54	.288	-6.9	-0.7	.538	.230	.170	4.4
162 Game Avg.				370	292	32	2.9	100	.221	.200	.260	.210	.328	.370	.410	.580	.738	54	.288	-6.9	-0.7	.538	.230	.170	15

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	27	OAK	AL	22	4.6%	31.8%	0.0%	4.6%	17%		3.0	21.0	4.2	0.36	0.25	64%	20%	11.1%	18%
2010	28	OAK	AL	83	4.8%	27.7%	2.4%	7.2%	43%	11.50	3.4	19.8	8.8	0.61	0.75	65%	19%	12.1%	8%
2 Yrs				105	4.8%	28.6%	1.9%	6.7%	35%	15.00	3.3	20.0	7.1	0.55	0.63	65%	19%	11.9%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.7%	7.7%	33%	2.10	4.9	34.3	8.0	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	27	OAK	AL	-0.6	-0.1	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.75	-0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.10	-1.1		1
2010	28	OAK	AL	-6.3	-0.6	88	-0.8	0.8	-1.5	.84	-0.6	-0.3	-7.0	-0.7	0.98	-4.2	1.02	8
2 Yrs				-6.9	-0.7	110	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.82	-0.7	-0.5	-7.6	-0.8	1.00	-5.3	0.91	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2009	27	OAK	AL	0	0%	7	0		0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
2010	28	OAK	AL	2	25%	16	4	100%	4	1	40%	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				2	18%	23	4	100%	4	2	25%	5	3	2	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	27	OAK	AL	22	64%	6	1	0	1	1	0	1		1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	1	33%	20	4	20%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
2010	28	OAK	AL	83	77%	14	0	0	8	1	0	3	1.02	4	0	4	0	4	2	2	0	0	0		19	0	0%	7	2	29%	57	5	9%	5	3	60%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				105	74%	20	1	0	9	2	0	4	0.91	5	0	7	0	5	3	2	0	0	0		26	0	0%	10	3	30%	77	9	12%	8	5	63%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	27	OAK	AL	22	93	4.23	69	74%	23%	23%	32%	22%	77%	0%	57%	70%	41%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
2010	28	OAK	AL	84	299	3.56	199	67%	22%	23%	26%	29%	78%	0%	52%	71%	30%	1%	1	0	5%	4	1	4%	3	1	17%	-1	0	0
2 Yrs				106	392	3.70	268	68%	22%	23%	28%	27%	78%	0%	53%	71%	32%	1%	1	0	4%	4	1	3%	3	1	17%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	27	10	22	21	1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.286	.273	.429	.701	83	9	0	0	0	1	0
2010	28	46	105	100	8	20	2	0	5	14	4	0	2	30	.200	.210	.370	.580	54	37	0	0	0	3	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	27	10	23	22	1	7	0	1	6	0	0	7	.318	.304	.455	.759	3	10
2010	28	36	84	80	8	15	2	4	10	4	2	23	.188	.202	.363	.565	6	36
2 Yrs		46	107	102	9	22	2	5	16	4	2	30	.216	.224	.382	.607	9	46
162 Game Avg.		162	377	359	32	77	7	18	56	14	7	106	.216	.224	.382	.607	32	46

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