Matt Lawton

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: November 30, 1971 in Gulfport, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Perkinston, MS).

High School: Harrison Central HS (Gulfport, MS)

School: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Perkinston, MS)

Debut: September 5, 1995 (Age 23-279d, 16,778th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 2006 (Age 34-167d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Levinsons

Full Name: Matthew Lawton

Pronunciation: \LAW-ton\

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Relatives: Brother of Marcus Lawton

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

4763

1273

138

.267

756

RBI

631

165

OBP

.368

SLG

.417

OPS

.785

OPS+

105

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
2	2	Apr 2	CLE	@	ANA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 3	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 5	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 6	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	7	Apr 8	CLE		MIN	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 9	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 10	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
10	10	Apr 11	CLE		MIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	11	Apr 12	CLE		KCR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 13	CLE		KCR	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	13	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
14	14	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	16	Apr 19	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
17	17	Apr 20	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	18	Apr 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	19	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	20	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	RF
21	21	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	22	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	23	Apr 26	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	Apr 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	25	Apr 28	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	Apr 30	CLE		ANA	L,2-21	CG	59	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	27	May 1	CLE		ANA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	28	May 2	CLE		ANA	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	29	May 3	CLE		TEX	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	31 (1)	May 5	CLE		TEX	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
31	32	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	RF
32	34 (1)	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
33	35	May 9	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	36	May 10	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
35	37	May 12	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	38	May 14	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
37	39	May 15	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
38	40	May 17	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	41	May 18 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
40	42	May 18 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	43	May 19	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	44	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
43	45	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
44	46	May 22	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	47	May 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	48	May 25	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-0	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	49	May 26	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
48	51 (1)	May 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	52	May 29	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	53	May 30	CLE		DET	W,11-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	54	May 31	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	55	Jun 1	CLE		CHW	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	56	Jun 2	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
54	57	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-23	CG	57	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	58	Jun 5	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	59	Jun 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	61 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		NYM	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
58	62	Jun 9	CLE		NYM	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	64 (1)	Jun 11	CLE		PHI	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	65	Jun 12	CLE		PHI	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	66	Jun 13	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	67	Jun 14	CLE	@	COL	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	68	Jun 15	CLE	@	COL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	70 (1)	Jun 18	CLE	@	FLA	L,0-4	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	72 (1)	Jun 20	CLE	@	FLA	L,0-3	CG	23	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	73	Jun 21	CLE	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	74	Jun 22	CLE	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	75	Jun 23	CLE	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	81 (5)	Jul 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	82	Jul 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,8-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	83	Jul 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	84	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	85	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	86	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
75	87	Jul 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
76	102 (14)	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	103	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
78	104	Jul 29	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	105	Jul 30	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	106	Jul 31	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	107	Aug 1	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	108	Aug 2	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	109	Aug 3	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	110	Aug 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	111	Aug 6	CLE		TBD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	112	Aug 7	CLE		TBD	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	113	Aug 8	CLE		TBD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	114	Aug 9	CLE		TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	115	Aug 10	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	116	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
91	117	Aug 13	CLE	@	TBD	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
92	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	TBD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	119	Aug 15	CLE	@	TBD	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	120	Aug 16	CLE	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	121	Aug 17	CLE	@	ANA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	122	Aug 18	CLE	@	ANA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	124 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	125	Aug 21	CLE		OAK	L,0-6	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	126	Aug 22	CLE		OAK	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	127	Aug 23	CLE		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	128	Aug 24	CLE		SEA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
102	129	Aug 25	CLE		SEA	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	130	Aug 26	CLE		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	131	Aug 27	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	132	Aug 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	133	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	L,5-15	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	135 (1)	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	136	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							108gm		902.0	230	6	6	242	2