Matt Kata

Matthew John Kata

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 14, 1978 in Avon Lake, OH
High School: St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH)
School: Vanderbilt University
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2003
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Pirates/Astros/Rangers/Phillies 2003-2009
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.099 [*],
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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
1999	21	ARI-min	A	78	352	318	40	83	14	5	3	33	5	6	28	46	.261	.328	.365	.692		116	5	4	1	1	0	SBN · MIDW
2000	22	ARI-min	A	133	587	521	82	133	22	9	6	59	38	12	52	58	.255	.327	.367	.694		191	10	6	3	5	2	SBN · MIDW
2001	23	ARI-min	A+,AA	123	563	510	84	153	21	6	10	58	30	9	43	81	.300	.360	.424	.783		216	4	5	4	1	3	LNR,ELP · CALL,TL
2002	24	ARI-min	AA	136	628	578	95	172	33	9	11	57	12	7	37	79	.298	.341	.443	.784		256	6	4	4	5	4	ELP · TL
2003	25	ARI-min	AAA	48	214	201	31	58	13	5	3	25	2	3	9	29	.289	.327	.448	.775		90	1	3	0	1	1	TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI	NL	78	322	288	42	74	16	5	7	29	3	2	25	53	.257	.315	.420	.736	84	121	4	1	5	3	0	45/6
2004	26	ARI	NL	42	177	162	17	40	9	2	2	13	4	1	13	29	.247	.301	.364	.665	68	59	1	0	1	1	2	4/56
2005	27	ARI-PHI-min	AAA	70	316	296	35	92	15	4	3	32	7	2	10	39	.311	.332	.419	.751		124	4	1	6	3	0	TUC,SWB · PCL,IL
2005	27	TOT	NL	40	44	37	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	.189	.286	.297	.583	52	11	0	0	2	0	0	4/96
2005	27	ARI	NL	30	38	31	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	4	.194	.306	.323	.628	64	10	0	0	2	0	0	/4
2005	27	PHI	NL	10	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-14	1	0	0	0	0	0	/496

2007	29	PIT-min	AAA	19	81	72	12	20	5	1	2	5	2	1	7	8	.278	.338	.458	.796		33	2	0	1	1	3	INA · IL
2007	29	TOT	MLB	78	167	158	21	35	9	1	3	16	1	0	5	33	.222	.255	.348	.603	56	55	3	2	2	0	0	547/639
2007	29	TEX	AL	31	77	70	12	13	2	0	2	6	1	0	5	18	.186	.250	.300	.550	44	21	0	1	1	0	0	45/56364
2007	29	PIT	NL	47	90	88	9	22	7	1	1	10	0	0	0	15	.250	.258	.386	.645	66	34	3	1	1	0	0	45/56364

2009	31	HOU-min	AAA	66	244	227	22	61	10	1	2	22	8	0	12	25	.269	.313	.348	.661		79	4	3	1	1	1	RRK · PCL
2009	31	HOU	NL	40	52	50	2	10	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	.200	.212	.220	.432	16	11	3	1	0	1	0	/43
2010	32	HOU-min	AAA	132	530	485	63	131	25	2	6	47	4	0	26	50	.270	.319	.367	.686		178	7	11	3	5	1	RRK · PCL
2011	33	TEX-min	AAA	106	447	392	60	115	30	2	13	71	1	1	28	63	.293	.353	.480	.832		188	8	14	2	11	1	RRK · PCL
5 Seasons				278	762	695	89	166	37	9	12	63	9	4	48	126	.239	.290	.370	.660	68	257	11	4	10	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	444	405	52	97	22	5	7	37	5	2	28	73	.239	.290	.370	.660	68	150	6	2	6	3	1

ARI (3 yrs)				150	537	481	65	120	27	8	9	42	7	4	43	86	.249	.310	.395	.705	77	190	5	1	8	4	2
PIT (1 yr)				47	90	88	9	22	7	1	1	10	0	0	0	15	.250	.258	.386	.645	66	34	3	1	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				10	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-14	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				31	77	70	12	13	2	0	2	6	1	0	5	18	.186	.250	.300	.550	44	21	0	1	1	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				40	52	50	2	10	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	.200	.212	.220	.432	16	11	3	1	0	1	0

NL (5 yrs)				247	685	625	77	153	35	9	10	57	8	4	43	108	.245	.294	.378	.672	71	236	11	3	9	5	2
AL (1 yr)				31	77	70	12	13	2	0	2	6	1	0	5	18	.186	.250	.300	.550	44	21	0	1	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	25	ARI	NL	322	-9	1	0	0	-5	1	9	-3	-0.3	2	0.2	-0.5	$	45/6
2004	26	ARI	NL	178	-8	1	1	0	8	1	5	9	0.9	0	0.0	0.9	$315,000	4/56
2005	27	ARI	NL	38	-2	-1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	-2	-0.2	0.2	$330,000	/4
2005	27	PHI	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/496

2007	29	TEX	AL	77	-6	0	3	1	-2	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$415,000	45/56364
2007	29	PIT	NL	90	-5	0	-1	0	-2	0	3	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	45/56364

2009	31	HOU	NL	52	-6	-0	-0	0	2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$	/43
5 Seasons				763	-37	1	2	1	2	2	22	-4	-0.5	-9	-0.9	0.4	$1,060,000

ARI (3 yrs)				538	-19	1	1	0	5	2	15	6	0.6	0	0.0	0.6	$645,000
PIT (1 yr)				90	-5	0	-1	0	-2	0	3	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$
PHI (1 yr)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				77	-6	0	3	1	-2	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$415,000
HOU (1 yr)				52	-6	-0	-0	0	2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$

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
2003	25	ARI	NL	322	228	39	4.6	116	.290	.257	.278	.315	.351	.420	.446	.736	.797	84	.466	-8.0	-0.8	.673	.253	.163	4.2
2004	26	ARI	NL	177	126	19	4.0	115	.288	.247	.275	.301	.348	.364	.446	.665	.794	68	.401	-8.3	-0.8	.605	.216	.117	2.7
2005	27	TOT	NL	44	33	3	2.4	111	.226	.189	.272	.286	.343	.297	.434	.583	.777	52	.220	-2.8	-0.3	.484	.216	.108
2005	27	ARI	NL	38	28	3	2.9	111	.222	.194	.272	.306	.343	.323	.433	.628	.776	64	.277	-1.7	-0.2	.538	.258	.129
2005	27	PHI	NL	6	5	0	0.0	112	.250	.167	.274	.167	.346	.167	.437	.333	.782	-14	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

2007	29	TOT	MLB	167	128	14	2.9	108	.262	.222	.270	.255	.339	.348	.428	.603	.767	56	.268	-10.7	-1.0	.500	.165	.127	1.5
2007	29	TEX	AL	77	58	6	2.8	108	.220	.186	.272	.250	.340	.300	.425	.550	.765	44	.249	-6.0	-0.6	.491	.200	.114	1.3
2007	29	PIT	NL	90	70	8	3.1	108	.292	.250	.269	.258	.338	.386	.430	.645	.768	66	.285	-4.7	-0.4	.507	.136	.136	.0

2009	31	HOU	NL	52	44	2	1.2	105	.217	.200	.263	.212	.336	.220	.418	.432	.755	16	.075	-6.2	-0.6	.302	.040	.020	.0
5 Seasons				762	559	77	3.7	113	.274	.239	.274	.290	.346	.370	.439	.660	.785	68	.367	-35.9	-3.4	.577	.207	.131	10.3
162 Game Avg.				444	326	45	3.7	113	.274	.239	.274	.290	.346	.370	.439	.660	.785	68	.367	-35.9	-3.4	.577	.207	.131	6

ARI (3 yrs)				537	382	61	4.3	116	.285	.249	.277	.310	.349	.395	.445	.705	.794	77	.433	-18.0	-1.7	.641	.241	.146	7.9
PIT (1 yr)				90	70	8	3.1	108	.292	.250	.269	.258	.338	.386	.430	.645	.768	66	.285	-4.7	-0.4	.507	.136	.136	.0
PHI (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	112	.250	.167	.274	.167	.346	.167	.437	.333	.782	-14	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
TEX (1 yr)				77	58	6	2.8	108	.220	.186	.272	.250	.340	.300	.425	.550	.765	44	.249	-6.0	-0.6	.491	.200	.114	1.3
HOU (1 yr)				52	44	2	1.2	105	.217	.200	.263	.212	.336	.220	.418	.432	.755	16	.075	-6.2	-0.6	.302	.040	.020	.0

NL (5 yrs)				685	501	71	3.8	114	.279	.245	.274	.294	.347	.378	.441	.672	.788	71	.380	-29.9	-2.9	.587	.208	.133	8.9
AL (1 yr)				77	58	6	2.8	108	.220	.186	.272	.250	.340	.300	.425	.550	.765	44	.249	-6.0	-0.6	.491	.200	.114	1.3

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
2003	25	ARI	NL	322	2.2%	16.5%	7.8%	8.7%	38%	2.12	5.4	41.1	9.9	0.81	1.18	72%	21%	6.1%	12%
2004	26	ARI	NL	177	1.1%	16.4%	7.3%	7.3%	33%	2.23	5.6	81.0	12.5	0.79	0.94	75%	19%	3.2%	14%
2005	27	TOT	NL	44	0.0%	13.6%	11.4%	6.8%	43%	1.20	6.2			0.35	0.63	70%	15%	0.0%	9%
2005	27	ARI	NL	38	0.0%	10.5%	13.2%	7.9%	50%	0.80	7.8			0.42	0.77	71%	17%	0.0%	11%
2005	27	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			0.00	0.00	67%	0%	0.0%	0%

2007	29	TOT	MLB	167	1.8%	19.8%	3.0%	7.8%	37%	6.60	4.8	52.7	9.9	0.88	1.17	73%	13%	5.4%	14%
2007	29	TEX	AL	77	2.6%	23.4%	6.5%	5.2%	31%	3.60	3.9	35.0	11.7	0.67	0.71	65%	17%	8.0%	17%
2007	29	PIT	NL	90	1.1%	16.7%	0.0%	10.0%	41%		5.9	88.0	8.8	1.06	1.62	80%	9%	3.2%	11%

2009	31	HOU	NL	52	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	1.9%	10%		10.0		10.0	0.92	1.29	88%	20%	0.0%	8%
5 Seasons				762	1.6%	16.5%	6.3%	7.6%	35%	2.63	5.5	57.9	11.0	0.79	1.08	74%	18%	4.3%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.5	7.6	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	25	ARI	NL	-8.0	-0.8	330	-0.2	4.9	-5.1	.95	-0.4	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.87	-4.1	2.20	2
2004	26	ARI	NL	-8.3	-0.8	184	0.3	3.2	-3.0	1.04	-0.5	0.7	-2.2	-0.2	0.89	-5.1	1.22	1
2005	27	TOT	NL	-2.8	-0.3	46	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.84	-0.3	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.85	-4.3	0.86	23
2005	27	ARI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	40	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.95	-0.3	-0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.88	-3.3	0.97	20
2005	27	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	6	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	-0.0	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.64	-1.0	0.08	3

2007	29	TOT	MLB	-10.7	-1.0	170	0.1	2.8	-2.7	.93	-0.4	0.5	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-5.0	0.81	31
2007	29	TEX	AL	-6.1	-0.6	80	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.97	-0.2	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-1.1	1.10	6
2007	29	PIT	NL	-4.7	-0.4	90	0.3	1.8	-1.4	.89	-0.3	0.6	-2.6	-0.2	0.87	-3.9	0.74	25

2009	31	HOU	NL	-6.1	-0.6	53	-0.0	1.0	-1.0	1.09	-0.5	0.5	-5.7	-0.6	0.90	-6.1	1.14	28
5 Seasons				-35.9	-3.4	783	-0.3	12.2	-12.5	.97	-2.1	1.8	-14.2	-1.4	0.88	-24.7	0.97	85

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	25	ARI	NL	3	0	38%	128	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	49%	20	13	7	2	1	1	15	5	10
2004	26	ARI	NL	3	1	29%	64	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	60%	4	2	2	2	1	1	4	1	3
2005	27	TOT	NL	0	0	58%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	2
2005	27	ARI	NL	0	0	55%	14	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	60%	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2
2005	27	PHI	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

2007	29	TOT	MLB	4	0	46%	67	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	62%	4	3	1	0	0	0	9	2	7
2007	29	TEX	AL	4	0	59%	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	63%	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	5
2007	29	PIT	NL	0	0	36%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2

2009	31	HOU	NL	0	0	18%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Seasons				10	1	37%	300	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	11	52%	32	21	11	5	3	2	34	9	24

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2003	25	ARI	NL	322	100%	74	5	0	2	0	0	2	2.20	7	0	4	3	4	3	4	0	6	5	83%	38	4	11%	26	12	46%	123	22	18%	10	6	60%	4	2	50%	0
2004	26	ARI	NL	178	100%	40	4	1	1	0	0	0	1.22	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	50%	17	1	6%	9	3	33%	77	11	14%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
2005	27	TOT	NL	44	100%	7	0	0	23	4	0	0	0.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	3	2	67%	20	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	27	ARI	NL	38	100%	6	0	0	20	3	0	0	0.97	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	3	2	67%	19	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	27	PHI	NL	6	100%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2007	29	TOT	MLB	167	100%	35	4	1	31	10	1	5	0.81	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	2	2	100%	29	3	10%	15	6	40%	94	13	14%	8	2	25%	5	3	60%	0
2007	29	TEX	AL	77	100%	13	2	0	6	0	0	0	1.10	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	17	0	0%	6	3	50%	49	4	8%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
2007	29	PIT	NL	90	100%	22	2	1	25	10	1	5	0.74	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	12	3	25%	9	3	33%	45	9	20%	5	1	20%	3	2	67%	0

2009	31	HOU	NL	52	100%	10	1	0	28	7	0	4	1.14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	3	1	33%	29	5	17%	4	3	75%	1	0	0%	0
5 Seasons				763	100%	166	14	2	85	21	1	11	0.97	12	0	14	6	6	6	6	0	12	10	83%	99	11	11%	56	24	43%	343	51	15%	25	12	48%	13	6	46%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2003	25	ARI	NL	322	1137	3.53	756	66%	28%	12%	28%	32%	72%	0%	48%	83%	23%	5%	15	0	12%	40	14	4%	14	5	25%	0	0	0
2004	26	ARI	NL	178	663	3.72	419	63%	30%	10%	28%	32%	70%	2%	44%	86%	20%	6%	10	0	16%	29	11	7%	13	8	28%	0	0	1
2005	27	TOT	NL	44	164	3.73	101	62%	25%	15%	28%	33%	75%	0%	46%	80%	25%	7%	3	0	16%	7	2	9%	4	1	17%	0	0	0
2005	27	ARI	NL	38	144	3.79	88	61%	25%	13%	30%	33%	75%	0%	46%	83%	21%	8%	3	0	18%	7	2	11%	4	1	0%	0	0	0
2005	27	PHI	NL	6	20	3.33	13	65%	23%	31%	15%	31%	77%	0%	50%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2007	29	TOT	MLB	167	610	3.65	414	68%	27%	14%	29%	31%	73%	0%	50%	82%	23%	4%	6	0	11%	18	8	5%	8	8	12%	0	0	0
2007	29	TEX	AL	77	311	4.04	201	65%	28%	15%	31%	26%	72%	0%	47%	79%	19%	8%	6	0	17%	13	3	6%	5	5	11%	0	0	0
2007	29	PIT	NL	90	299	3.32	213	71%	25%	12%	28%	35%	75%	0%	53%	84%	26%	0%	0	0	6%	5	5	3%	3	3	13%	0	0	0

2009	31	HOU	NL	52	171	3.29	124	73%	20%	8%	35%	37%	80%	0%	58%	90%	37%	2%	1	0	8%	4	2	4%	2	2	20%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				763	2745	3.60	1814	66%	27%	12%	29%	32%	72%	1%	48%	84%	23%	5%	35	0	13%	98	37	5%	41	24	21%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2003	25	78	322	288	42	74	16	5	7	29	3	2	25	53	.257	.315	.420	.736	84	121	4	1	5	3	0
2004	26	120	499	450	59	114	25	7	9	42	7	3	38	82	.253	.310	.400	.710	78	180	5	1	6	4	2
2005	27	160	543	487	66	121	27	8	9	42	7	4	43	88	.248	.308	.392	.701	76	191	5	1	8	4	2
2006	28	160	543	487	66	121	27	8	9	42	7	4	43	88	.248	.308	.392	.701	76	191	5	1	8	4	2
2007	29	238	710	645	87	156	36	9	12	58	8	4	48	121	.242	.296	.381	.677	72	246	8	3	10	4	2
2008	30	238	710	645	87	156	36	9	12	58	8	4	48	121	.242	.296	.381	.677	72	246	8	3	10	4	2
2009	31	278	762	695	89	166	37	9	12	63	9	4	48	126	.239	.290	.370	.660	68	257	11	4	10	5	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	25	78	310	283	37	69	15	5	7	26	3	23	53	.244	.300	.406	.706	34	78
2004	26	42	172	159	15	37	8	2	2	12	4	12	29	.233	.285	.346	.631	16	42
2005	27	40	42	37	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	5	6	.189	.286	.297	.583	3	40

2007	29	78	164	157	20	34	9	1	3	15	1	5	33	.217	.250	.344	.594	13	78

2009	31	40	51	49	2	9	1	0	0	5	1	0	5	.184	.196	.204	.400	2	40
5 Seasons		278	739	685	81	156	35	9	12	58	9	45	126	.228	.277	.358	.635	68	278
162 Game Avg.		162	431	399	47	91	20	5	7	34	5	26	73	.228	.277	.358	.635	40	278

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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