Matt Kata
Matthew John Kata
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 ARI NL 25 2B 52 45 409.1 240 106 131 3 27 .988 -1.4 -4.1 -0.4 -1.8 1.4 -1 5.21 4.56 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 ARI NL 25 3B 23 19 173.1 52 10 41 1 3 .981 -1.7 -11.8 -0.7 -1.3 0.6 -1 2.65 2.22 .954 2.74 2.36
2003 ARI NL 25 SS 6 4 37.2 12 7 5 0 1 1.000 -1.6 -51.0 -1.6 -1.1 -0.5 0 2.87 2.00 .975 4.52 3.98
2004 ARI NL 26 2B 38 35 320.2 188 75 111 2 25 .989 7.7 28.8 6.7 1.3 5.4 1 5.22 4.89 .982 5.01 4.31
2004 ARI NL 26 3B 3 2 17.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -20.8 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 0 4.15 2.67 .950 2.75 2.33
2004 ARI NL 26 SS 1 1 9.1 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 0.5 64.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 7.71 8.00 .975 4.44 3.90
2005 TOT NL 27 2B 10 3 33.0 20 8 12 0 6 1.000 1.7 61.8 0.7 -0.5 1.2 1 5.45 2.00 .980 4.99 4.30
2005 ARI NL 27 2B 7 3 28.0 20 8 12 0 6 1.000 1.7 72.9 0.7 -0.5 1.2 1 6.43 2.86 .980 4.98 4.30
2005 ARI NL 27 DH 1
2005 PHI NL 27 2B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.04 4.30
2005 PHI NL 27 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
2005 PHI NL 27 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
2005 PHI NL 27 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
2007 TOT MLB 29 3B 17 14 125.0 31 5 23 3 1 .903 -4.2 -40.3 -4.2 -4.6 0.4 0 2.02 1.65 .958 2.66 2.29
2007 TOT MLB 29 OF 13 5 65.0 16 14 2 0 1 1.000 4.0 73.8 3.0 0.8 2.2 1 2.22 1.23 .988 2.30 1.98
2007 TOT MLB 29 2B 12 3 47.0 33 17 15 1 8 .970 -2.7 -68.9 -2.7 -0.4 -2.3 0 6.13 2.67 .982 4.90 4.28
2007 TOT MLB 29 LF 12 5 64.0 16 14 2 0 1 1.000 4.0 75.0 3.0 0.8 2.2 1 2.25 1.33 .988 2.10 1.68
2007 TOT MLB 29 SS 9 3 41.2 20 9 11 0 3 1.000 -1.4 -40.3 -1.4 -1.1 -0.3 0 4.32 2.22 .970 4.45 3.98
2007 TEX AL 29 LF 10 4 54.0 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 3.1 68.9 2.1 0.0 2.1 1 2.33 1.40 .986 2.12 1.71
2007 TEX AL 29 OF 10 4 54.0 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 3.1 68.9 2.1 0.0 2.1 1 2.33 1.40 .986 2.30 2.00
2007 TEX AL 29 3B 7 6 44.1 12 3 7 2 0 .833 -3.9 -105.6 -3.9 -3.9 0.0 0 2.03 1.43 .967 2.62 2.34
2007 TEX AL 29 SS 6 2 25.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -9.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.68 2.17 .969 4.46 3.97
2007 TEX AL 29 1B 4 1 20.0 25 25 0 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 11.25 6.25 .996 9.36 7.92
2007 TEX AL 29 2B 2 1 13.0 5 3 1 1 2 .800 -1.3 -120.0 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 2.77 2.00 .980 4.98 4.55
2007 PIT NL 29 2B 10 2 34.0 28 14 14 0 6 1.000 -1.4 -49.4 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 0 7.41 2.80 .982 4.87 4.23
2007 PIT NL 29 3B 10 8 80.2 19 2 16 1 1 .947 -0.3 -4.5 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 0 2.01 1.80 .953 2.68 2.25
2007 PIT NL 29 OF 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 98.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 1.64 0.67 1.000 2.29 1.93
2007 PIT NL 29 SS 3 1 16.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -86.4 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 0 3.78 2.33 .971 4.43 4.00
2007 PIT NL 29 LF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 108.0 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.98 1.55
2007 PIT NL 29 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2009 HOU NL 31 2B 7 5 47.0 33 9 24 0 4 1.000 6.32 4.71 .985 4.86 4.16
2009 HOU NL 31 LF 4 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.52
2009 HOU NL 31 OF 4 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.36 1.90
2009 HOU NL 31 1B 1 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 5.00 1.000 9.22 8.30
5 Seasons 2B 119 91 857.0 514 215 293 6 70 .988 5.3 7.4 4.3 -1.4 5.7 1 5.33 4.27 .982 5.05 4.33
3 Seasons 3B 43 35 315.2 91 19 68 4 4 .956 -6.2 -23.6 -5.2 -5.4 0.2 -1 2.48 2.02 .955 2.71 2.33
3 Seasons OF 18 5 70.2 16 14 2 0 1 1.000 4.0 67.9 3.0 0.8 2.2 1 2.04 0.89 .988 2.29 1.96
4 Seasons SS 17 8 89.2 40 19 21 0 6 1.000 -2.5 -33.5 -2.5 -1.7 -0.8 0 4.01 2.35 .972 4.48 3.98
2 Seasons LF 16 5 66.2 16 14 2 0 1 1.000 4.0 72.0 3.0 0.8 2.2 1 2.16 1.00 .988 2.09 1.64
2 Seasons 1B 5 1 24.0 30 30 0 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -5.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 11.25 6.00 .997 9.34 8.00
2 Seasons RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
1 Season DH 1
5 Seasons TOT 202 140 1357.0 691 297 384 10 84 .986 0.5 0.4 -0.5 -8.0 7.5 1 0 4.52 3.37 .965 4.39 3.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 ARI NL 25 78 68 78 75 0 0 0 52 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
2004 ARI NL 26 42 38 42 41 0 0 0 38 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2005 ARI NL 27 30 3 30 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
2005 PHI NL 27 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3
2007 PIT NL 29 47 12 47 26 0 0 0 10 10 3 2 0 1 3 0 25 0
2007 TEX AL 29 31 14 31 26 0 0 4 2 7 6 10 0 0 10 0 7 3
2009 HOU NL 31 40 5 40 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 29 3
5 Seasons 278 140 278 191 0 0 5 119 43 17 16 0 2 18 0 92 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 ARI NL 25 1801 56% 70% 31% 166 92% 0 106 43 38 25 130 113 16 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 27 10 8 8 0 27 9 18 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 26 1436 59% 72% 30% 127 94% 0 75 25 37 13 111 101 9 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 25 7 7 5 2 23 8 15 1 0 1
2005 ARI NL 27 122 71% 72% 29% 10 90% 0 8 2 5 1 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
2005 PHI NL 27 19 74% 79% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 155 72% 75% 35% 12 92% 0 14 4 8 2 14 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 5 0 5 1 1 0
2007 TEX AL 29 59 71% 73% 32% 1 0% 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2009 HOU NL 31 196 58% 71% 28% 25 92% 0 9 3 5 1 24 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3788 59% 71% 31% 341 93% 0 215 77 96 42 292 256 31 0 4 6 1 3 2 5 70 22 21 17 2 66 21 45 3 1 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 ARI NL 25 787 62% 68% 29% 58 86% 1 10 8 1 1 41 33 7 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 60%
2004 ARI NL 26 81 57% 68% 28% 7 100% 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 343 71% 74% 32% 20 90% 0 2 2 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2007 TEX AL 29 216 56% 75% 37% 18 61% 0 3 3 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
3 Seasons 1427 63% 70% 31% 103 84% 1 19 15 2 2 68 56 11 1 1 4 0 2 2 4 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 6 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 8 5 62.5% 2 1 12.5% 1 238 53% 72% 38% 26 50%
2007 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 63% 79% 39% 3 67%
2009 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 11 45% 55% 9% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9 6 66.7% 2 1 11.1% 1 287 54% 72% 37% 30 50%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 ARI NL 25 169 69% 73% 27% 13 85% 0 7 6 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 ARI NL 26 44 45% 70% 34% 4 100% 0 3 1 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
2005 PHI NL 27 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TEX AL 29 114 47% 76% 30% 8 100% 0 7 4 2 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 83 75% 73% 29% 10 60% 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 413 62% 74% 29% 35 83% 1 19 13 5 1 21 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 4 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2007 TEX AL 29 100 45% 78% 38% 1 100% 0 25 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
2009 HOU NL 31 18 89% 72% 44% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 118 52% 77% 39% 1 100% 0 30 0 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 80% 90% 80% 0
2007 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 100% 67% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 92% 77% 0
MLB Averages 48.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 49%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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