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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: Charlotte (Port Charlotte, FL)
School: University of Florida
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   vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Indians 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$431k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.063, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #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 Awards
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 3
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/
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
3 Seasons 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: 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
2009 24 CLE AL 198 0 -1 0 -0 1 -3 7 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 3
2010 25 CLE AL 425 -6 -0 -0 -2 -3 -7 14 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $402,700 3/
2011 26 CLE AL 385 -1 -4 2 -0 -1 -7 13 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $431,400 3/D
3 Seasons 1008 -7 -6 2 -2 -3 -17 34 2 0.2 5 0.4 -0.2 $834,100

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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
2009 CLE AL 24 OF 39 82 77 3 2 0 .976 0 -1 2.05 .987 2.30
2009 CLE AL 24 1B 10 84 78 4 2 8 .976 1 1 8.20 .994 9.02
2009 CLE AL 24 LF 29 29 27 256.2 56 53 2 1 0 .982 -1 -2 -5 -9 1.93 1.90 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 CLE AL 24 RF 10 10 9 82.1 26 24 1 1 0 .962 2 1 22 15 2.73 2.50 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 CLE AL 24 DH 1 1
2010 CLE AL 25 1B 93 876 815 58 3 80 .997 -0 0 9.39 .994 9.23
2010 CLE AL 25 OF 7 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 0.71 .986 2.29
2010 CLE AL 25 DH 8 8
2010 CLE AL 25 LF 7 7 4 53.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 -59 -45 0.85 0.71 .984 2.07 2.04
2011 CLE AL 26 1B 97 89 86 802.2 855 807 41 7 69 .992 -1 -7 -2 -10 9.51 8.74 .993 9.30 9.24
2011 CLE AL 26 DH 8 7
3 Seasons 1B 200 89 86 802.2 1815 1700 103 12 157 .993 -1 -6 -1 -8 9.51 9.02 .994 9.30 9.22
2 Seasons OF 46 87 82 3 2 0 .977 -2 -3 -9 1.85 .987 2.30
2 Seasons LF 36 36 31 309.2 61 58 2 1 0 .984 -4 -4 -14 -15 1.74 1.67 .987 2.11 2.08
1 Season RF 10 10 9 82.1 26 24 1 1 0 .962 2 1 22 14 2.73 2.50 .982 2.13 2.10
3 Seasons TOT 246 89 86 802.2 1902 1782 106 14 157 .993 -3 -12 -4 -17 9.51 7.67 .993 9.30 7.93
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

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  7 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2010 AL  9.93 (3rd)
2011 AL  9.51 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2010 AL  9.39 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2010 AL  .997 (4th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Len Matuszek (976)
  2. Jim Marshall (972)
  3. Joe Lis (972)
  4. Jeff Liefer (965)
  5. Orestes Destrade (964)
  6. Mark Johnson (963)
  7. Joe Vitiello (962)
  8. Justin Smoak (957)
  9. Dave Hostetler (957)
  10. Gary Gray (956)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Steve Bilko (975)
  2. Randy Bush (959)
  3. Joe Lis (955)
  4. Jake Jones (955)
  5. Laynce Nix (955)
  6. Norm Zauchin (954)
  7. Jim Hickman (954)
  8. Pete O'Brien (953)
  9. J.T. Snow (953)
  10. Marv Throneberry (952)
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  1. Pete O'Brien (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Bilko (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
201025Cleveland Indians$402,700
201126Cleveland Indians$431,400
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$834,100
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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