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Matt Kemp

Matthew Ryan Kemp (The Bison)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 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
Team: Dodgers 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 2 yrs/$10.95M (10-11), 8 yrs/$160M (12-19) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.049, Free Agent: 2020 [*], Agents: Dave Stewart [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #212. Joe Mauer… #213. Amos Otis… #214. Babe Herman… #215. MATT KEMP… #216. Bill Freehan… #217. Jack Glasscock… #218. Bobby Veach… 

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
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
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 *
2009 24 LAD NL 159 667 606 97 180 25 7 26 101 34 8 52 139 .297 .352 .490 .842 124 297 14 3 0 6 6 * MVP-10,GG,SS
2010 25 LAD NL 162 668 602 82 150 25 6 28 89 19 15 53 170 .249 .310 .450 .760 106 271 14 4 0 9 4 *
2011 26 LAD NL 161 689 602 115 195 33 4 39 126 40 11 74 159 .324 .399 .586 .986 171 353 16 6 0 7 24 *8/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
6 Seasons 787 3158 2862 464 840 140 28 128 457 144 50 250 740 .294 .350 .496 .846 125 1420 62 14 1 31 41
162 Game Avg. 162 650 589 96 173 29 6 26 94 30 10 51 152 .294 .350 .496 .846 125 292 13 3 0 6 8

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 Awards
2006 21 LAD NL 166 -4 1 0 0 -8 0 5 -6 -0.6 2 0.2 -0.8 $
2007 22 LAD NL 311 11 1 1 0 -6 -3 9 13 1.3 19 1.9 -0.6 $383,000
2008 23 LAD NL 657 3 2 2 2 4 -1 18 30 3.0 26 2.7 0.3 $406,000 *
2009 24 LAD NL 667 23 2 5 0 5 2 18 56 5.7 51 5.2 0.5 $467,000 * MVP-10,GG,SS
2010 25 LAD NL 668 4 -2 2 -1 -2 2 18 22 2.3 24 2.5 -0.2 $4,000,000 *
2011 26 LAD NL 689 60 6 2 -2 9 2 19 97 10.0 87 9.0 1.0 $7,100,000 *8/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
6 Seasons 3158 97 10 12 0 3 3 88 212 21.7 209 21.5 0.2 $12,356,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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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
2006 LAD NL 21 OF 46 70 63 2 5 1 .929 -8 -2 1.41 .984 2.20
2006 LAD NL 21 CF 29 19 16 189.2 40 37 0 3 0 .925 -6 -2 -35 -13 1.76 1.28 .988 2.59 2.57
2006 LAD NL 21 LF 11 8 7 72.1 20 18 1 1 1 .950 -0 -2 -7 -33 2.36 1.73 .982 1.97 1.95
2006 LAD NL 21 RF 10 6 5 71.2 10 8 1 1 0 .900 -2 2 -32 33 1.13 0.90 .980 2.10 2.09
2007 LAD NL 22 OF 91 143 137 2 4 1 .972 -6 1 1.53 .984 2.29
2007 LAD NL 22 RF 88 66 59 619.2 135 129 2 4 1 .970 -6 -2 -11 -4 1.90 1.49 .981 2.18 2.17
2007 LAD NL 22 CF 6 0 0 17.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 14 208 4.15 1.33 .988 2.70 2.70
2008 LAD NL 23 OF 151 325 306 16 3 3 .991 4 11 2.13 .985 2.20
2008 LAD NL 23 CF 101 92 80 825.2 220 209 10 1 3 .995 -0 5 -0 7 2.39 2.17 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 LAD NL 23 RF 63 52 46 478.2 105 97 6 2 0 .981 4 6 10 15 1.94 1.63 .982 2.12 2.11
2009 LAD NL 24 OF 158 393 377 14 2 4 .995 5 2 2.47 .986 2.18 MVP-10,GG,SS
2009 LAD NL 24 CF 158 148 144 1355.1 383 367 14 2 4 .995 5 2 4 2 2.53 2.41 .989 2.60 2.57 MVP-10,GG,SS
2009 LAD NL 24 RF 7 7 0 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5 0 1.80 1.43 .986 2.09 2.06 MVP-10,GG,SS
2010 LAD NL 25 OF 158 338 330 3 5 2 .985 -2 -15 2.11 .987 2.15
2010 LAD NL 25 CF 158 149 148 1346.0 338 330 3 5 2 .985 -2 -15 -2 -13 2.23 2.11 .989 2.59 2.56
2011 LAD NL 26 CF 159 158 148 1380.0 361 345 11 5 5 .986 9 1 8 1 2.32 2.24 .988 2.55 2.54 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 LAD NL 26 OF 159 158 148 1380.0 361 345 11 5 5 .986 9 1 8 0 2.32 2.24 .986 2.16 2.15 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 LAD NL 26 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
6 Seasons OF 763 158 148 1380.0 1630 1558 48 24 16 .985 3 -2 3 0 2.32 2.10 .986 2.16 2.19
6 Seasons CF 611 566 536 5114.0 1350 1296 38 16 14 .988 7 -6 2 -1 2.35 2.18 .989 2.59 2.56
4 Seasons RF 168 131 110 1220.0 260 244 9 7 1 .973 -3 6 -3 5 1.87 1.51 .982 2.15 2.14
1 Season LF 11 8 7 72.1 20 18 1 1 1 .950 -0 -2 -7 -33 2.36 1.73 .982 1.97 1.95
6 Seasons TOT 763 158 148 1380.0 1630 1558 48 24 16 .985 3 -4 3 -3 2.32 2.10 .986 2.16 2.19
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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 (CF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 NL Hank Aaron Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (10, 11%)
2011 NL (2, 74%)
0.85 Career Shares (292nd)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (OF)
2011 NL (CF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2009 NL (OF)
2011 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 NL  10.0 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 NL  5.8 (9th)
2011 NL  10.0 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL  5.2 (9th)
2011 NL  9.0 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 NL  .324 (3rd)
Active  .294 (26th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2011 NL  .399 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2011 NL  .586 (2nd)
Active  .496 (29th)
Career  .496 (117th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 NL  .986 (2nd)
Active  .846 (36th)
Career  .846 (184th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  159 (7th)
2010 NL  162 (1st)
2011 NL  161 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL  606 (9th)
2010 NL  602 (8th)
2011 NL  602 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 NL  689 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 NL  115 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  180 (9th)
2011 NL  195 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 NL  353 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  39 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 NL  126 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  74 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  153 (6th)
2010 NL  170 (5th)
2011 NL  159 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  35 (7th)
2009 NL  34 (3rd)
2011 NL  40 (2nd)
Active  144 (38th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  122 (9th)
2011 NL  119 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 NL  171 (1st)
Active  125 (28th)
Career  125 (239th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2011 NL  141 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  60 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 NL  5.9 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  76 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  275 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 NL  .771 (2nd)
Active  .618 (36th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 NL  9 (3rd)
2011 NL  7 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  24 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (5th)
2010 NL  15 (2nd)
2011 NL  11 (2nd)
Active  50 (37th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL  23.8 (6th)
2009 NL  29.5 (2nd)
2010 NL  22.6 (7th)
2011 NL  39.5 (1st)
Active  135.5 (33rd)
Career  135.5 (228th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2011 NL  15.4 (3rd)
Active  22.4 (43rd)
Career  22.4 (190th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2010 NL  490 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 NL  66.22 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.2 (4th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Active  12.8 (47th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.6 (1st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  611 (18th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,296 (22nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  38 (15th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  16 (19th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2009 NL  158 (1st)
2010 NL  158 (1st)
2011 NL  159 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2009 NL  377 (2nd)
2011 NL  345 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (1st)
2009 NL  14 (2nd)
2011 NL  11 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Active  2.35 (24th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  2.18 (23rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  .996 (5th)
2009 NL  .995 (3rd)
Active  .988 (19th)
Career  .988 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
Active  2.32 (19th)
Career  2.32 (75th)

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

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 12 (197), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (578), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (782), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Hunter Pence (957)
  2. Corey Hart (950)
  3. Andre Ethier (937)
  4. Hank Leiber (934)
  5. George Selkirk (929)
  6. Brad Hawpe (925)
  7. Shane Mack (921)
  8. Ellis Valentine (918)
  9. Monte Irvin (914) *
  10. Wally Judnich (913)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Carlos Beltran (960)
  2. Andre Dawson (940) *
  3. Jim Ray Hart (940)
  4. Jack Clark (939)
  5. Grady Sizemore (937)
  6. Bobby Bonds (936)
  7. Reggie Smith (935)
  8. Harold Baines (934)
  9. Shawn Green (931)
  10. Gus Bell (927)
* - 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
  3. Carlos Beltran (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Carlos Beltran (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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 Notes
200722Los Angeles Dodgers$383,000
200823Los Angeles Dodgers$406,000
200924Los Angeles Dodgers$467,000
201025Los Angeles Dodgers$4,000,000
201126Los Angeles Dodgers$7,100,000
201227Los Angeles Dodgers$10,000,000
201328Los Angeles Dodgers$20,000,000
201429Los Angeles Dodgers$21,000,000
201530Los Angeles Dodgers$21,000,000
201631Los Angeles Dodgers$21,500,000
201732Los Angeles Dodgers$21,500,000
201833Los Angeles Dodgers$21,500,000
201934Los Angeles Dodgers$21,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,356,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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