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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2000 MIN AL 24 C 49 48 410.2 337 317 16 4 8 .988 -4.0 -11.7 -4 7.30 6.80 .991 6.93 6.02 4 23 22 9 29%
2000 MIN AL 24 1B 3 1 12.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -40.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 9.75 4.33 .992 9.38 8.17
2000 MIN AL 24 DH 3
2001 MIN AL 25 DH 9
2001 MIN AL 25 C 3 0 9.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.00 2.33 .986 7.20 6.13 0 1 1 1 50%
2001 MIN AL 25 1B 2 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.25
2002 MIN AL 26 DH 40
2002 MIN AL 26 1B 8 5 45.0 41 39 1 1 8 .976 0.1 2.7 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 8.00 5.00 .993 9.34 8.02
2002 MIN AL 26 C 6 3 27.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -44.4 -1 7.00 3.50 .995 6.97 6.17 2 2 0 0
2003 MIN AL 27 DH 63
2003 MIN AL 27 C 22 20 158.0 101 95 4 2 0 .980 -1.0 -7.6 -1 5.64 4.50 .991 6.79 5.88 2 4 14 4 22%
2003 MIN AL 27 1B 17 12 105.1 103 99 3 1 7 .990 0.9 10.3 0.9 0.1 0.8 0 8.72 6.00 .993 9.54 8.29
2004 MIN AL 28 DH 30
2004 MIN AL 28 C 26 16 144.1 122 114 4 4 0 .967 -3.0 -24.9 -3 7.36 4.54 .992 7.12 6.19 1 3 15 1 6%
2004 MIN AL 28 1B 23 20 181.2 176 172 3 1 17 .994 -1.3 -8.6 -1.3 -0.5 -0.8 0 8.67 7.61 .994 9.31 8.01
2005 MIN AL 29 DH 63
2005 MIN AL 29 1B 23 21 179.0 214 203 8 3 18 .986 -1.3 -8.7 -1.3 1.6 -2.9 0 10.61 9.17 .994 9.60 8.11
2005 MIN AL 29 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 6.00 0 0 0 0
2006 WSN NL 30 C 13 9 88.0 63 60 1 2 0 .968 -4.0 -54.5 -4 6.24 4.69 .992 7.37 6.36 0 4 20 1 5%
2006 WSN NL 30 1B 6 2 22.0 21 19 1 1 2 .952 -0.2 -10.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 8.18 3.33 .995 9.41 8.05
2006 WSN NL 30 DH 2
2007 MIN AL 31 C 4 4 35.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -2.0 -68.6 -2 5.66 5.50 .991 7.28 6.40 1 1 8 0 0%
2007 MIN AL 31 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 7.90
2007 MIN AL 31 DH 1
8 Seasons DH 211
8 Seasons C 124 100 873.0 674 634 27 13 8 .981 -15.0 -20.6 -15 6.81 5.33 .991 7.00 6.09 10 38 80 16 17%
8 Seasons 1B 83 61 553.0 575 552 16 7 53 .988 -2.4 -5.2 -2.4 1.5 -3.9 0 9.24 6.84 .994 9.46 8.11
8 Seasons TOT 207 161 1426.0 1249 1186 43 20 61 .984 -17.4 -14.6 -2.4 1.5 -3.9 0 -15 7.76 5.94 .976 7.95 6.90 10 38 80 16 17%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2000 MIN AL 24 56 51 56 52 0 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2001 MIN AL 25 15 9 15 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0
2002 MIN AL 26 63 43 63 14 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 17 0
2003 MIN AL 27 107 88 107 38 0 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 15 0
2004 MIN AL 28 88 65 88 48 0 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 19 0
2005 MIN AL 29 101 82 101 24 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 17 0
2006 WSN NL 30 39 13 39 19 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 0
2007 MIN AL 31 7 5 7 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
8 Seasons 476 356 476 205 0 124 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195 97 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2000 MIN AL 24 1885 5.08 5.44 12 92% 2 0 318 8 3 7 300 15 4 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 8 0 1 2 2 50%
2001 MIN AL 25 38 3.00 3.00 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN AL 26 122 6.00 6.00 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 MIN AL 27 729 4.96 5.35 7 86% 0 0 95 5 1 1 88 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 MIN AL 28 627 3.55 4.12 5 100% 0 0 114 4 0 2 108 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIN AL 29 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 WSN NL 30 403 4.09 4.09 2 100% 0 0 60 2 0 0 58 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 31 158 2.57 2.83 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3965 4.61 4.95 26 92% 2 0 636 19 4 10 603 25 6 0 0 2 13 1 3 9 0 8 0 1 2 3 33%
MLB Averages 4.44 4.84 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2000 MIN AL 24 4 23 712 22 9 7 29% 21 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 70 9 1.19 1.53
2001 MIN AL 25 0 1 15 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.35 0.13
2002 MIN AL 26 2 2 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 MIN AL 27 2 4 275 14 4 3 22% 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 0.95 1.52
2004 MIN AL 28 1 3 209 15 1 1 6% 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 4 1.41 1.81
2005 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 WSN NL 30 0 4 129 20 1 0 5% 15 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 28 2 1.37 1.44
2007 MIN AL 31 1 1 46 8 0 0 0% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.91
8 Seasons 10 38 1432 80 16 12 17% 71 9 8 7 1 0 0 0 167 21 1.40 1.45
MLB Averages 30% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 MIN AL 24 56 61% 73% 36% 1 100% 0 13 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 MIN AL 25 26 62% 54% 12% 1 100% 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN AL 26 201 54% 75% 24% 10 100% 0 39 3 37 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 MIN AL 27 468 57% 74% 28% 19 100% 0 99 6 92 2 10 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0
2004 MIN AL 28 781 55% 73% 33% 28 93% 0 172 6 164 2 17 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 17 1 0 0 17 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 MIN AL 29 782 57% 79% 35% 38 87% 0 204 10 192 2 15 8 7 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 18 0 0 0 15 0 3 1 2 5 60%
2006 WSN NL 30 107 60% 68% 25% 3 100% 0 19 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
2007 MIN AL 31 7 57% 57% 29% 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2428 56% 75% 32% 100 93% 0 553 27 520 8 50 16 12 2 2 3 7 2 4 1 4 54 1 0 0 48 2 5 2 3 7 71%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 95% 82%

* 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.

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