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Matt LaPorta

Matthew Vincent LaPorta

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 8, 1985 in Port Charlotte, FL
High School: Port Charlotte HS (Port Charlotte, FL)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 2009
Team: Indians 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.063, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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	Awards
2007	22	MIL-min	A,Rk	30	130	115	22	35	9	0	12	31	0	1	8	30	.304	.369	.696	1.065		80	4	5	0	2	1		CHL,HEL · SALL,PION
2008	23	MIL-CLE-min	AA	101	433	362	62	101	24	2	22	74	2	1	49	75	.279	.386	.539	.924		195	10	17	0	5	4		HVL,AKR · SOUL,EL
2009	24	CLE-min	AAA	93	393	338	63	101	23	2	17	60	1	3	42	56	.299	.388	.530	.917		179	11	9	1	3	1		CLB · IL
2009	24	CLE	AL	52	198	181	29	46	13	0	7	21	2	0	12	37	.254	.308	.442	.750	99	80	6	3	0	2	0	739/D
2010	25	CLE-min	AAA	18	81	69	7	25	4	0	5	16	0	1	12	10	.362	.457	.638	1.094		44	2	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2010	25	CLE	AL	110	425	376	41	83	15	1	12	41	0	0	46	82	.221	.306	.362	.668	87	136	12	1	0	2	1	3/D7
2011	26	CLE-min	AAA	2	9	9	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.778	1.222		7	1	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2011	26	CLE	AL	107	385	352	34	87	23	1	11	53	1	0	23	87	.247	.299	.412	.711	97	145	2	5	0	5	1	3/D
2012	27	CLE-min	AAA	46	193	166	31	51	8	0	14	32	0	2	23	38	.307	.399	.608	1.007		101	6	3	0	1	2		CLB · IL
3 Yrs				269	1008	909	104	216	51	2	30	115	3	0	81	206	.238	.304	.397	.701	93	361	20	9	0	9	2
162 Game Avg.				162	607	547	63	130	31	1	18	69	2	0	49	124	.238	.304	.397	.701	93	217	12	5	0	5	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	24	CLE	AL	52	198	-0	-1	-0	1	-3	-3	-0.2	7	4	0.4	.495	.498	0.3	-0.1	3	$	739/D
2010	25	CLE	AL	110	425	-6	-1	-2	-4	-7	-19	-1.9	14	-5	-0.6	.482	.488	-0.2	-1.0	-1	$402,700	3/D7
2011	26	CLE	AL	107	385	0	-4	-0	-11	-7	-21	-2.1	13	-8	-0.9	.479	.486	0.3	-1.8	3	$431,400	3/D
3 Seasons				269	1008	-6	-5	-2	-14	-16	-43	-4.2	34	-9	-1.1	.483	.491	0.4	-3.0	5	$834,100

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
2009	24	CLE	AL	198	143	24	4.5	103	.281	.254	.261	.308	.329	.442	.419	.750	.749	99	.444	-0.2	-0.0	.688	.265	.188	3.1
2010	25	CLE	AL	425	307	41	3.6	95	.250	.221	.253	.306	.320	.362	.397	.668	.717	87	.379	-6.3	-0.6	.600	.263	.141	.0
2011	26	CLE	AL	385	272	46	4.5	94	.293	.247	.252	.299	.317	.412	.400	.711	.716	97	.492	-0.9	-0.1	.652	.233	.165	1.8
3 Yrs				1008	722	111	4.1	96	.273	.238	.255	.304	.321	.397	.402	.701	.723	93	.436	-7.4	-0.7	.637	.252	.160	5.5
162 Game Avg.				607	435	67	4.1	96	.273	.238	.255	.304	.321	.397	.402	.701	.723	93	.436	-7.4	-0.7	.637	.252	.160	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
2009	24	CLE	AL	198	3.5%	18.7%	6.1%	10.1%	44%	3.08	4.9	25.9	8.6	0.68	0.93	70%	20%	9.5%	15%
2010	25	CLE	AL	425	2.8%	19.3%	10.8%	6.6%	34%	1.78	4.6	31.3	9.2	0.71	0.87	67%	17%	8.4%	17%
2011	26	CLE	AL	385	2.9%	22.6%	6.0%	9.1%	40%	3.78	4.0	32.0	6.6	0.52	0.59	67%	19%	7.5%	17%
3 Yrs				1008	3.0%	20.4%	8.0%	8.2%	38%	2.54	4.4	30.3	7.9	0.63	0.77	68%	18%	8.2%	17%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.16	4.9	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	24	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	203	-0.9	2.8	-3.7	.96	-0.3	-0.6	-1.5	-0.1	0.91	-1.3	1.26	1
2010	25	CLE	AL	-6.3	-0.6	429	-0.2	7.0	-7.2	.92	-0.7	0.4	-13.0	-1.3	0.92	-9.1	3.28	2
2011	26	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	389	-0.8	6.7	-7.4	1.01	-0.2	-0.6	9.6	1.0	0.97	3.6	2.80	6
3 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	1021	-1.9	16.5	-18.4	.96	-1.2	-0.8	-5.0	-0.5	0.94	-6.8	2.73	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	24	CLE	AL	2	41%	72	2	100%	2	4	6	37%	10	6	4	2	2	0	7	2	3
2010	25	CLE	AL	3	25%	125	0		0	3	8	26%	24	21	3	7	5	1	12	5	7
2011	26	CLE	AL	6	22%	145	1	100%	1	6	3	35%	18	11	6	3	1	2	13	8	4
3 Yrs				11	27%	342	3	100%	3	13	17	31%	52	38	13	12	8	3	32	15	14

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	24	CLE	AL	198	23%	46	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	7	0	6	6	1	2	5	0	0	0		42	6	14%	13	7	54%	116	15	13%	8	5	63%	8	5	63%	0
2010	25	CLE	AL	425	28%	83	4	0	2	1	0	0	3.28	12	1	7	10	2	9	3	0	0	0		67	12	18%	35	9	26%	260	31	12%	20	8	40%	17	5	29%	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	385	25%	87	6	0	6	0	0	0	2.80	11	0	7	10	1	6	5	0	0	0		53	2	4%	25	7	28%	212	44	21%	23	16	70%	14	6	43%	0
3 Yrs				1008	26%	216	12	0	9	1	0	0	2.73	30	1	20	26	4	17	13	0	0	0		162	20	12%	73	23	32%	588	90	15%	51	29	57%	39	16	41%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	24	CLE	AL	198	774	3.91	500	65%	27%	16%	28%	29%	73%	0%	47%	78%	27%	4%	7	2	13%	26	11	9%	17	8	19%	0	0	0
2010	25	CLE	AL	425	1624	3.82	1019	63%	23%	20%	27%	29%	77%	1%	48%	74%	35%	5%	21	2	13%	56	18	9%	40	19	16%	0	0	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	388	1481	3.82	934	63%	19%	23%	28%	29%	81%	0%	51%	71%	39%	4%	15	2	13%	51	26	8%	30	19	13%	-3	0	0
3 Yrs				1011	3879	3.84	2453	63%	23%	21%	28%	29%	77%	0%	49%	73%	35%	4%	43	6	13%	133	55	9%	87	46	15%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	24	52	198	181	29	46	13	0	7	21	2	12	37	.254	.308	.442	.750	99	80	6	3	2	0
2010	25	162	623	557	70	129	28	1	19	62	2	58	119	.232	.307	.388	.694	91	216	18	4	4	1
2011	26	269	1008	909	104	216	51	2	30	115	3	81	206	.238	.304	.397	.701	93	361	20	9	9	2

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
2009	24	52	199	182	30	47	13	0	7	22	2	12	37	.258	.312	.445	.757	25	52
2010	25	110	434	382	46	89	16	1	13	46	0	49	82	.233	.320	.382	.702	47	110
2011	26	107	391	357	38	92	24	1	12	59	1	24	87	.258	.309	.431	.741	47	107
3 Yrs		269	1024	921	114	228	53	2	32	127	3	85	206	.248	.314	.414	.728	119	269
162 Game Avg.		162	617	555	69	137	32	1	19	76	2	51	124	.248	.314	.414	.728	72	269

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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