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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2003	ARI	NL	25	2B	52				240	106	131	3	27	.988	-1	-4				4.56	.983		5.07
2003	ARI	NL	25	3B	23				52	10	41	1	3	.981	-2	2				2.22	.955		2.72
2003	ARI	NL	25	SS	6				12	7	5	0	1	1.000	-2	0				2.00	.973		4.48
2004	ARI	NL	26	2B	38				188	75	111	2	25	.989	8	4				4.89	.982		4.97
2004	ARI	NL	26	3B	3				8	4	4	0	0	1.000	-0	0				2.67	.956		2.73
2004	ARI	NL	26	SS	1				8	3	5	0	2	1.000	0	1				8.00	.972		4.40
2005	TOT	NL	27	2B	10	3	2	33.0	20	8	12	0	6	1.000	2	1	62	36	5.45	2.00	.981	0.00	4.92
2005	ARI	NL	27	2B	7	3	2	28.0	20	8	12	0	6	1.000	2	1	73	43	6.43	2.86	.981	0.00	4.91
2005	PHI	NL	27	2B	3	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	4.93
2005	PHI	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		29.10	2.20
2005	PHI	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
2005	PHI	NL	27	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	4.40
2007	TOT	MLB	29	3B	17				31	5	23	3	1	.903	-4	-7				1.65	.955		2.64
2007	TOT	MLB	29	OF	13				16	14	2	0	1	1.000	4	2				1.23	.987		2.28
2007	TOT	MLB	29	2B	12				33	17	15	1	8	.970	-3	-2				2.67	.984		4.85
2007	TOT	MLB	29	LF	12	5	5	64.0	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	4	2	75	37	2.25	1.33	.985	2.10	2.07
2007	TOT	MLB	29	SS	9				20	9	11	0	3	1.000	-1	-2				2.22	.972		4.42
2007	PIT	NL	29	2B	10				28	14	14	0	6	1.000	-1	-1				2.80	.984		4.84
2007	PIT	NL	29	3B	10				19	2	16	1	1	.947	-0	-2				1.80	.954		2.67
2007	TEX	AL	29	OF	10				14	12	2	0	1	1.000	3	3				1.40	.987		2.28
2007	TEX	AL	29	3B	7				12	3	7	2	0	.833	-4	-5				1.43	.957		2.60
2007	TEX	AL	29	SS	6				13	7	6	0	2	1.000	-0	0				2.17	.970		4.42
2007	TEX	AL	29	1B	4				25	25	0	0	2	1.000	-0	-1				6.25	.995		9.28
2007	PIT	NL	29	OF	3				2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1				0.67	.985		2.30
2007	PIT	NL	29	SS	3				7	2	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-2				2.33	.974		4.43
2007	TEX	AL	29	2B	2				5	3	1	1	2	.800	-1	-1				2.00	.984		4.90
2007	TEX	AL	29	LF	10	4	4	54.0	14	12	2	0	1	1.000	3	3	69	67	2.33	1.40	.985	2.12	2.09
2007	PIT	NL	29	LF	2	1	1	10.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1	108	-120	1.80	1.00	.985	1.98	2.00
2007	PIT	NL	29	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
2009	HOU	NL	31	2B	7				33	9	24	0	4	1.000	2	2				4.71	.984		4.81
2009	HOU	NL	31	OF	4				0	0	0	0	0		-0	0				0.00			2.17
2009	HOU	NL	31	1B	1				5	5	0	0	1	1.000	0	0				5.00	.992		9.20
2009	HOU	NL	31	LF	4	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	0	-45	0	0.00	0.00		2.02	1.90
	5 Seasons			2B	119	3	2	33.0	514	215	293	6	70	.988	7	1	265	36	5.45	4.27	.983	0.00	4.99
	3 Seasons			3B	43				91	19	68	4	4	.956	-6	-5				2.02	.955		2.69
	3 Seasons			OF	18	0	0	3.0	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	4	2	1560	33	0.00	0.89	.987	29.10	2.26
	4 Seasons			SS	17	0	0	1.0	40	19	21	0	6	1.000	-2	-1	-3000	-1200	0.00	2.35	.972	0.00	4.44
	2 Seasons			LF	16	5	5	66.2	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	4	2	70	36	2.16	1.00	.985	2.09	2.03
	2 Seasons			1B	5				30	30	0	0	3	1.000	-0	-1				6.00	.995		9.26
	2 Seasons			RF	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.02	2.15
	5 Seasons			TOT	202	3	2	37.0	691	297	384	10	84	.986	2	-2	78	-64	4.86	3.37	.979	2.36	4.32
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1999.
July 21, 2005: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tim Worrell and cash.
March 15, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
June 13, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
June 15, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 25, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
March 29, 2008: Sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 5, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
March 13, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$315,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	$330,000

2007	29	Texas Rangers	$415,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,060,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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