Matt Kemp
Matthew Ryan Kemp (The Bison)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 23, 1984 in Midwest City, OK
High School: Midwest City (Midwest City, OK)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 2006
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
2006 21 LAD NL 52 166 154 30 39 7 1 7 23 6 0 9 53 .253 .289 .448 .737 85 69 1 0 0 3 1 879
2007 22 LAD NL 98 311 292 47 100 12 5 10 42 10 5 16 66 .342 .373 .521 .894 127 152 6 0 0 3 0 9/8
2008 23 LAD NL 155 657 606 93 176 38 5 18 76 35 11 46 153 .290 .340 .459 .799 110 278 11 1 1 3 6 *89
2009 24 LAD NL 159 667 606 97 180 25 7 26 101 34 8 52 139 .297 .352 .490 .842 125 297 14 3 0 6 6 *8/9 MVP-10,GG,SS
4 Seasons 464 1801 1658 267 495 82 18 61 242 85 24 123 411 .299 .346 .480 .826 116 796 32 4 1 15 13
162 Game Avg. 162 629 579 93 173 29 6 21 84 30 8 43 143 .299 .346 .480 .826 116 278 11 1 0 5 5

Advanced Batting

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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
2006 21 LAD NL 166 119 21 4.7 114 .330 .253 .273 .289 .344 .448 .444 .737 .788 85 .466 -4.1 -0.4 .724 .292 .195 6.5
2007 22 LAD NL 311 206 55 7.2 112 .411 .342 .274 .373 .343 .521 .438 .894 .781 127 .653 10.8 1.0 .852 .250 .178 10.0
2008 23 LAD NL 657 456 95 5.6 106 .361 .290 .265 .340 .336 .459 .423 .799 .759 110 .560 7.3 0.7 .772 .284 .168 23.8
2009 24 LAD NL 667 454 106 6.2 102 .345 .297 .260 .352 .332 .490 .413 .842 .745 125 .618 20.3 1.9 .844 .322 .193 29.5
4 Seasons 1801 1235 277 6.0 106 .361 .299 .265 .346 .337 .480 .424 .826 .760 116 .591 34.2 3.2 .807 .293 .182 71.0
162 Game Avg. 629 431 97 6.0 106 .361 .299 .265 .346 .337 .480 .424 .826 .760 116 .591 12 1 .807 .293 .182 25

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 23 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 13 13 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .308 .462 4 1 0 0 0 0
2008 23 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 19 15 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 .333 .474 .400 .874 6 1 0 0 0 0
2009 24 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 14 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .357 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 21 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 8 .250 .286 .400 .686 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 16 67 62 5 14 3 0 2 5 0 2 5 25 .226 .284 .371 .655 23 2 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 6 27 27 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 13 .148 .148 .333 .481 9 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 40 35 3 10 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 12 .286 .375 .400 .775 14 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2006 21 LAD NL 166 4.2% 31.9% 5.4% 9.0% 39% 5.89 2.9 22.0 6.7 0.75 1.17 58% 22% 12.5% 5%
2007 22 LAD NL 311 3.2% 21.2% 5.1% 8.7% 27% 4.13 4.4 29.2 7.0 0.83 0.84 70% 18% 8.5% 6%
2008 23 LAD NL 657 2.7% 23.3% 7.0% 9.3% 35% 3.33 4.0 33.7 8.0 0.85 1.01 67% 20% 7.5% 3%
2009 24 LAD NL 667 3.9% 20.8% 7.8% 8.7% 32% 2.67 4.4 23.3 6.0 0.71 0.91 67% 22% 10.0% 6%
4 Seasons 1801 3.4% 22.8% 6.8% 8.9% 33% 3.34 4.0 27.2 6.9 0.78 0.95 67% 21% 9.1% 5%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 21 LAD NL 3 0 56% 45 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 60% 6 4 2 3 0 3 6 1 4
2007 22 LAD NL 3 0 35% 107 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 50% 15 8 7 8 3 4 9 4 5
2008 23 LAD NL 7 0 37% 216 35 11 76% 30 10 5 1 0 0 5 3 11 17 53% 28 17 10 6 2 4 24 4 17
2009 24 LAD NL 12 0 34% 246 34 8 81% 30 7 4 1 0 0 6 3 7 16 52% 34 21 12 10 3 6 18 4 14
4 Seasons 25 0 37% 614 85 24 78% 76 22 9 2 0 0 13 7 24 41 53% 83 50 31 27 8 17 57 13 40
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2006 21 LAD NL 166 30% 39 3 0 8 1 1 1 1.79 7 0 7 7 0 4 3 0 1 0 0% 37 1 3% 20 7 35% 120 18 15% 14 8 57% 15 4 27% 0
2007 22 LAD NL 311 36% 100 21 0 9 1 0 0 1.27 10 0 10 7 3 9 1 0 0 0 75 6 8% 36 10 28% 204 35 17% 28 14 50% 16 5 31% 0
2008 23 LAD NL 657 28% 176 21 0 6 2 0 0 1.35 18 1 18 12 6 14 4 0 1 1 100% 134 11 8% 59 16 27% 408 63 15% 25 12 48% 44 18 41% 0
2009 24 LAD NL 667 23% 180 25 3 3 1 0 0 3.10 26 3 19 18 8 13 13 0 1 0 0% 143 14 10% 71 17 24% 453 78 17% 40 21 53% 42 15 36% 0
4 Seasons 1801 28% 495 70 3 26 5 1 1 1.66 61 4 54 44 17 40 21 0 3 1 33% 389 32 8% 186 50 27% 1185 194 16% 107 55 51% 117 42 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2006 21 LAD NL 166 652 3.93 426 65% 22% 28% 26% 24% 78% 2% 51% 64% 28% 5% 9 1 17% 28 14 11% 18 11 15% 0 0 0
2007 22 LAD NL 311 1086 3.49 701 65% 23% 21% 24% 33% 77% 0% 50% 73% 35% 3% 8 2 13% 41 26 6% 18 13 26% 0 0 0
2008 23 LAD NL 657 2437 3.71 1584 65% 21% 21% 29% 29% 79% 3% 51% 74% 36% 4% 29 5 12% 77 43 5% 35 23 22% 0 0 0
2009 24 LAD NL 667 2633 3.95 1669 63% 25% 18% 28% 28% 75% 2% 47% 76% 24% 5% 32 11 15% 99 52 9% 57 35 27% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1801 6808 3.78 4380 64% 23% 21% 28% 29% 77% 2% 49% 73% 30% 4% 78 19 14% 245 135 7% 128 82 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2006 21 52 166 154 30 39 7 1 7 23 6 0 9 53 .253 .289 .448 .737 85 69 1 0 0 3 1
2007 22 150 477 446 77 139 19 6 17 65 16 5 25 119 .312 .344 .496 .839 113 221 7 0 0 6 1
2008 23 305 1134 1052 170 315 57 11 35 141 51 16 71 272 .299 .342 .474 .816 111 499 18 1 1 9 7
2009 24 464 1801 1658 267 495 82 18 61 242 85 24 123 411 .299 .346 .480 .826 116 796 32 4 1 15 13

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 21 52 166 154 28 39 7 1 7 21 6 9 53 .253 .289 .448 .737 20 52
2007 22 98 303 285 44 93 11 5 9 39 9 15 66 .326 .356 .495 .851 51 98
2008 23 155 655 605 92 175 38 5 18 76 35 46 153 .289 .339 .458 .797 94 155
2009 24 159 667 606 96 180 25 7 26 100 34 52 139 .297 .352 .490 .842 105 159
4 Seasons 464 1791 1650 260 487 81 18 60 236 84 122 411 .295 .342 .475 .817 270 464
162 Game Avg. 162 625 576 91 170 28 6 21 82 29 43 143 .295 .342 .475 .817 94 464

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
2009-NL-OF

Silver Sluggers
2009-NL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2009-NL-10-11%
0.11 Career Shares (872nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL--159--7th

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL--606--9th

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL--180--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL--153--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 NL--35--7th
2009 NL--34--3rd

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL--122--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL--11--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL--23.8--6th
2009 NL--29.5--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
2006 NL--born 1984-09-23--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Hunter Pence (964)
  2. Smead Jolley (950)
  3. Corey Hart (946)
  4. Rocco Baldelli (944)
  5. Cliff Lee (944)
  6. Josh Hamilton (940)
  7. Andre Ethier (934)
  8. Ed Coleman (930)
  9. Austin McHenry (929)
  10. Cody Ross (929)
Similar Batters through 24 
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  1. Nick Markakis (971)
  2. Carlos Beltran (961)
  3. Vernon Wells (960)
  4. Enos Slaughter (955) *
  5. Ellis Burks (954)
  6. Bobby Bonds (945)
  7. Ellis Valentine (944)
  8. Rocco Baldelli (944)
  9. Bug Holliday (941)
  10. Andre Dawson (938)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Nick Markakis (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Nick Markakis (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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