Matt LeCroy

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 13, 1975 in Belton, SC
High School: Belton-Honea Path (Belton, SC)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed August 6, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
2000 24 MIN AL 56 190 167 18 29 10 0 5 17 0 0 17 38 .174 .254 .323 .577 43 54 6 2 1 3 2 2/3D
2001 25 MIN AL 15 42 40 6 17 5 0 3 12 0 1 0 8 .425 .429 .775 1.204 206 31 0 1 0 1 0 /D23
2002 26 MIN AL 63 196 181 19 47 11 1 7 27 0 2 13 38 .260 .306 .448 .754 98 81 5 0 0 2 1 D/32
2003 27 MIN AL 107 374 345 39 99 19 0 17 64 0 1 25 82 .287 .342 .490 .832 116 169 8 4 0 0 1 D23
2004 28 MIN AL 88 287 264 25 71 14 0 9 39 0 0 16 60 .269 .321 .424 .745 90 112 7 5 0 2 0 D23
2005 29 MIN AL 101 350 304 33 79 5 0 17 50 0 0 41 85 .260 .354 .444 .798 110 135 7 4 0 1 2 D3/2
2006 30 WSN NL 39 80 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 11 17 .239 .350 .373 .723 91 25 2 1 0 1 0 2/3D
2007 31 MIN AL 7 20 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .150 .150 .200 .350 -6 4 1 0 0 0 0 /23D
8 Seasons 476 1539 1388 146 361 68 1 60 218 0 4 123 332 .260 .326 .440 .766 98 611 36 17 1 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 524 472 50 123 23 0 20 74 0 1 42 113 .260 .326 .440 .766 98 208 12 6 0 3 2
MIN (7 yrs) 437 1459 1321 141 345 65 1 58 209 0 4 112 315 .261 .324 .444 .768 98 586 34 16 1 9 6
WSN (1 yr) 39 80 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 11 17 .239 .350 .373 .723 91 25 2 1 0 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 437 1459 1321 141 345 65 1 58 209 0 4 112 315 .261 .324 .444 .768 98 586 34 16 1 9 6
NL (1 yr) 39 80 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 11 17 .239 .350 .373 .723 91 25 2 1 0 1 0

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
2000 24 MIN AL 190 148 13 2.3 119 .189 .174 .281 .254 .355 .323 .452 .577 .807 43 .172 -15.4 -1.4 .507 .251 .150 .0
2001 25 MIN AL 42 25 13 13.9 109 .467 .425 .270 .429 .337 .775 .433 1.204 .770 206 .864 6.2 0.6 1.292 .325 .350 .0
2002 26 MIN AL 196 143 23 4.3 105 .290 .260 .264 .306 .332 .448 .425 .754 .757 98 .437 -1.0 -0.1 .652 .249 .188 .0
2003 27 MIN AL 374 255 56 5.9 108 .333 .287 .269 .342 .335 .490 .430 .832 .766 116 .570 7.0 0.7 .773 .272 .203 .0
2004 28 MIN AL 287 202 35 4.6 112 .315 .269 .274 .321 .342 .424 .440 .745 .782 90 .449 -4.4 -0.4 .665 .216 .155 .0
2005 29 MIN AL 350 233 49 5.6 107 .305 .260 .270 .354 .334 .444 .429 .798 .762 110 .562 4.2 0.4 .776 .319 .184 .0
2006 30 WSN NL 80 54 9 4.5 107 .286 .239 .265 .350 .335 .373 .430 .723 .765 91 .440 -0.3 -0.0 .698 .299 .134 .0
2007 31 MIN AL 20 18 0 0.0 103 .188 .150 .265 .150 .332 .200 .414 .350 .746 -6 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .222 .050 .050
8 Seasons 1539 1078 198 4.9 109 .299 .260 .271 .326 .338 .440 .434 .766 .772 98 .484 -6.8 -0.6 .700 .266 .180 .0
162 Game Avg. 524 367 67 4.9 109 .299 .260 .271 .326 .338 .440 .434 .766 .772 98 .484 -6.8 -0.6 .700 .266 .180
MIN (7 yrs) 1459 1024 189 4.9 109 .300 .261 .271 .324 .338 .444 .434 .768 .772 98 .486 -6.5 -0.6 .700 .264 .182 .0
WSN (1 yr) 80 54 9 4.5 107 .286 .239 .265 .350 .335 .373 .430 .723 .765 91 .440 -0.3 -0.0 .698 .299 .134 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1459 1024 189 4.9 109 .300 .261 .271 .324 .338 .444 .434 .768 .772 98 .486 -6.5 -0.6 .700 .264 .182 .0
NL (1 yr) 80 54 9 4.5 107 .286 .239 .265 .350 .335 .373 .430 .723 .765 91 .440 -0.3 -0.0 .698 .299 .134 .0

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
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 3 9 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .444 .444 .444 .889 4 1 0 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 10 28 26 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .269 .321 .269 .591 7 1 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 9 25 23 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .261 .320 .261 .581 6 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 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
2000 24 MIN AL 190 2.6% 20.0% 9.0% 7.9% 52% 2.24 4.4 33.4 9.8 0.52 0.69 67% 22% 7.2% 17%
2001 25 MIN AL 42 7.1% 19.1% 0.0% 19.1% 47% 5.0 13.3 3.3 0.67 0.78 71% 27% 18.8% 11%
2002 26 MIN AL 196 3.6% 19.4% 6.6% 9.7% 40% 2.92 4.8 25.9 6.7 0.60 1.02 70% 26% 10.8% 24%
2003 27 MIN AL 374 4.6% 21.9% 6.7% 9.6% 36% 3.28 4.2 20.3 5.4 0.70 0.88 66% 19% 12.8% 14%
2004 28 MIN AL 287 3.1% 20.9% 5.6% 8.0% 32% 3.75 4.4 29.3 6.8 1.06 1.52 69% 15% 9.9% 9%
2005 29 MIN AL 350 4.9% 24.3% 11.7% 6.3% 28% 2.07 3.6 17.9 6.1 0.69 0.96 58% 19% 14.4% 9%
2006 30 WSN NL 80 2.5% 21.3% 13.8% 6.3% 31% 1.55 3.9 33.5 7.4 1.04 1.31 61% 14% 9.1% 12%
2007 31 MIN AL 20 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 5.0% 33% 5.0 1.29 3.33 80% 19% 0.0% 14%
8 Seasons 1539 3.9% 21.6% 8.0% 8.4% 36% 2.70 4.2 23.1 6.4 0.74 1.02 65% 19% 11.5% 14%
MLB Averages

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
2000 24 MIN AL 3 0 30% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 14% 7 6 1 1 1 0 6 4 1
2001 25 MIN AL 1 0 20% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
2002 26 MIN AL 1 0 23% 47 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 20% 8 8 0 3 1 2 4 2 1
2003 27 MIN AL 2 0 20% 131 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 32% 16 11 5 8 7 1 7 3 4
2004 28 MIN AL 2 0 19% 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 21% 9 8 1 2 0 2 8 6 1
2005 29 MIN AL 4 0 15% 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 7% 19 17 1 8 7 1 3 3 0
2006 30 WSN NL 0 0 12% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
2007 31 MIN AL 1 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 14 0 20% 468 0 4 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 13 30 22% 60 50 9 24 17 7 31 19 9
MLB Averages

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
2000 24 MIN AL 190 36% 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.03 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 50% 46 6 13% 29 8 28% 141 13 9% 12 7 58% 9 3 33% 0
2001 25 MIN AL 42 57% 17 1 0 3 1 0 0 1.64 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0% 3 3 100% 29 9 31% 2 2 100% 4 3 75% 0
2002 26 MIN AL 196 50% 47 1 0 11 2 0 1 1.79 7 0 4 2 5 2 5 0 0 0 41 5 12% 20 2 10% 134 20 15% 14 5 36% 9 2 22% 0
2003 27 MIN AL 374 39% 99 5 0 7 2 0 0 0.60 17 0 7 10 7 9 8 0 0 0 77 8 10% 28 7 25% 250 47 19% 20 14 70% 20 10 50% 0
2004 28 MIN AL 287 34% 71 8 0 14 5 4 4 1.39 9 1 9 5 4 5 4 0 0 0 41 7 17% 26 6 23% 175 33 19% 23 13 57% 18 5 28% 0
2005 29 MIN AL 350 42% 79 2 0 10 1 0 1 2.66 17 0 7 4 13 10 7 0 0 0 51 7 14% 27 6 22% 227 33 15% 19 8 42% 22 7 32% 0
2006 30 WSN NL 80 55% 16 1 0 14 5 0 3 1.04 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 2 18% 8 2 25% 47 7 15% 4 2 50% 7 0 0% 0
2007 31 MIN AL 20 40% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 16 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1539 41% 361 18 0 61 16 4 9 1.48 60 1 34 26 34 28 32 0 2 1 50% 281 36 13% 145 35 24% 1019 162 16% 94 51 54% 90 30 33% 0
MLB Averages

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
2000 24 MIN AL 190 714 3.76 437 61% 16% 21% 32% 30% 84% 3% 51% 75% 38% 4% 7 2 16% 31 23 10% 19 15 24% 0 0 0
2001 25 MIN AL 42 138 3.29 93 67% 18% 29% 17% 35% 82% 0% 55% 64% 40% 0% 0 0 7% 3 2 7% 3 2 25% 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL 196 687 3.51 457 67% 15% 20% 33% 32% 85% 1% 56% 76% 47% 4% 7 0 12% 24 14 5% 10 7 24% 0 0 0
2003 27 MIN AL 374 1425 3.81 892 63% 23% 22% 26% 29% 77% 1% 48% 72% 29% 3% 10 0 9% 33 19 6% 24 20 35% 0 0 0
2004 28 MIN AL 287 1051 3.66 669 64% 24% 19% 25% 31% 76% 0% 48% 74% 25% 4% 11 0 14% 39 24 7% 19 14 28% 0 0 0
2005 29 MIN AL 350 1473 4.21 897 61% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 1% 45% 72% 23% 6% 22 2 16% 56 21 11% 39 28 33% 0 0 0
2006 30 WSN NL 80 301 3.76 182 60% 25% 21% 26% 28% 75% 0% 45% 72% 18% 3% 2 0 10% 8 4 6% 5 1 24% 0 0 0
2007 31 MIN AL 20 66 3.30 42 64% 21% 17% 24% 38% 79% 0% 50% 79% 35% 0% 0 0 15% 3 2 5% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1539 5855 3.80 3669 63% 22% 21% 28% 29% 78% 1% 49% 73% 30% 4% 59 4 13% 197 109 8% 120 88 30% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2000 24 56 190 167 18 29 10 0 5 17 0 0 17 38 .174 .254 .323 .577 43 54 6 2 1 3 2
2001 25 71 232 207 24 46 15 0 8 29 0 1 17 46 .222 .286 .411 .696 73 85 6 3 1 4 2
2002 26 134 428 388 43 93 26 1 15 56 0 3 30 84 .240 .295 .428 .723 84 166 11 3 1 6 3
2003 27 241 802 733 82 192 45 1 32 120 0 4 55 166 .262 .317 .457 .774 99 335 19 7 1 6 4
2004 28 329 1089 997 107 263 59 1 41 159 0 4 71 226 .264 .318 .448 .766 96 447 26 12 1 8 4
2005 29 430 1439 1301 140 342 64 1 58 209 0 4 112 311 .263 .327 .447 .774 100 582 33 16 1 9 6
2006 30 469 1519 1368 145 358 67 1 60 218 0 4 123 328 .262 .328 .444 .772 99 607 35 17 1 10 6
2007 31 476 1539 1388 146 361 68 1 60 218 0 4 123 332 .260 .326 .440 .766 98 611 36 17 1 10 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2000 24 56 184 164 15 26 9 0 4 14 0 15 38 .159 .234 .287 .520 11 56
2001 25 15 42 40 6 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 .000 .024 .000 .024 12 15
2002 26 63 193 179 19 45 11 1 7 27 0 12 38 .251 .295 .441 .737 23 63
2003 27 107 370 342 38 96 18 0 16 62 0 24 82 .281 .335 .474 .809 54 107
2004 28 88 283 261 23 68 13 0 9 36 0 15 60 .261 .311 .414 .725 32 88
2005 29 101 352 305 32 80 5 0 17 49 0 42 85 .262 .358 .446 .804 48 101
2006 30 39 80 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 0 11 17 .239 .350 .373 .723 9 39
2007 31 7 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
8 Seasons 476 1524 1378 138 331 59 1 55 208 0 119 332 .240 .306 .404 .711 189 476
162 Game Avg. 162 519 469 47 113 20 0 19 71 0 41 113 .240 .306 .404 .711 64 476

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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