Matt Luke

Matthew Clifford Luke

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 26, 1971 in Long Beach, CA
High School: El Dorado (Placentia, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 8th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1996
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Indians/Yankees 1996-1999

Final Game: September 30, 1999
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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
1992	21	NYY-min	A-	69	295	271	30	67	11	7	2	34	4	1	19	32	.247	.298	.362	.660		98	9	2	0	3	3	ONE · NYPL
1993	22	NYY-min	A	135	609	549	83	157	37	5	21	91	11	3	47	79	.286	.346	.486	.833		267	9	7	0	6	4	GBO · SALL
1994	23	NYY-min	AA,A+	120	522	458	86	135	22	4	24	82	10	5	56	77	.295	.374	.517	.891		237	13	3	3	2	2	ALC,TAM · EL,FLOR
1995	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	116	475	442	59	118	21	6	11	65	6	5	22	80	.267	.304	.416	.720		184	9	3	4	4	2	NCH,CLB · EL,IL
1996	25	NYY-min	AAA,A+	76	301	271	47	76	14	2	19	71	1	1	18	53	.280	.333	.557	.891		151	9	6	1	5	0	CLB,TAM · IL,FLOR
1996	25	NYY	AL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	27	TOT	MLB	104	259	239	34	56	12	1	12	34	2	1	17	60	.234	.287	.444	.730	93	106	4	1	1	1	2	739
1998	27	TOT	NL	102	257	237	34	56	12	1	12	34	2	1	17	60	.236	.289	.447	.736	95	106	4	1	1	1	2	739
1998	27	LAD	NL	33	81	77	10	22	7	0	3	11	0	0	3	18	.286	.313	.494	.806	113	38	1	0	1	0	0	793
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	27	LAD	NL	69	176	160	24	34	5	1	9	23	2	1	14	42	.213	.278	.425	.703	86	68	3	1	0	1	2	/3
1999	28	ANA-min	A+,AAA	19	88	74	17	27	7	4	5	22	2	0	13	18	.365	.466	.770	1.236		57	1	1	0	0	2	LEL,EDM · CALL,PCL
1999	28	ANA	AL	18	32	30	4	9	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	.300	.344	.600	.944	136	18	2	0	0	0	0	/397
2002	31	TBD-min	AAA	48	202	179	30	52	9	0	5	28	0	0	20	44	.291	.363	.425	.788		76	2	1	1	1	1	DHM,CMP · IL,MEX
3 Seasons				123	291	269	39	65	12	1	15	40	2	1	19	70	.242	.293	.461	.754	98	124	6	1	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	383	354	51	86	16	1	20	53	3	1	25	92	.242	.293	.461	.754	98	163	8	1	1	1	3

LAD (1 yr)				102	257	237	34	56	12	1	12	34	2	1	17	60	.236	.289	.447	.736	95	106	4	1	1	1	2
ANA (1 yr)				18	32	30	4	9	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	.300	.344	.600	.944	136	18	2	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (1 yr)				102	257	237	34	56	12	1	12	34	2	1	17	60	.236	.289	.447	.736	95	106	4	1	1	1	2
AL (3 yrs)				21	34	32	5	9	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	.281	.324	.563	.886	122	18	2	0	0	0	0

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
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1998	27	LAD	NL	257	-3	-1	1	1	10	-3	5	5	0.5	0	0.0	0.5	$170,000	793
1999	28	ANA	AL	32	1	-1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$250,000	/397
2 Seasons				291	-3	-2	1	1	12	-3	6	6	0.6	0	0.0	0.6	$420,000

LAD (1 yr)				257	-3	-1	1	1	10	-3	5	5	0.5	0	0.0	0.5	$170,000
ANA (1 yr)				32	1	-1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$250,000
CLE (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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
1998	27	TOT	MLB	259	190	31	4.4	103	.262	.234	.263	.287	.333	.444	.415	.730	.748	93	.452	-3.4	-0.3	.665	.285	.209	3.4
1998	27	TOT	NL	257	188	31	4.4	103	.265	.236	.263	.289	.333	.447	.415	.736	.747	95	.458	-2.8	-0.3	.672	.287	.211	3.4
1998	27	LAD	NL	81	57	12	5.6	103	.339	.286	.263	.313	.333	.494	.415	.806	.747	113	.568	1.2	0.1	.732	.247	.208	.0
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.000	.344	.000	.438	.000	.782	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1998	27	LAD	NL	176	131	19	3.9	103	.227	.213	.263	.278	.333	.425	.415	.703	.747	86	.401	-4.0	-0.4	.646	.306	.213	3.3
1999	28	ANA	AL	32	23	5	5.8	113	.353	.300	.274	.344	.346	.600	.438	.944	.785	136	.532	1.3	0.1	.870	.367	.300	.0
3 Seasons				291	213	36	4.5	104	.270	.242	.264	.293	.334	.461	.418	.754	.752	98	.462	-2.1	-0.2	.687	.294	.219	3.5
162 Game Avg.				383	281	47	4.5	104	.270	.242	.264	.293	.334	.461	.418	.754	.752	98	.462	-2.1	-0.2	.687	.294	.219	5

LAD (1 yr)				257	188	31	4.4	103	.265	.236	.263	.289	.333	.447	.415	.736	.747	95	.458	-2.8	-0.3	.672	.287	.211	3.4
ANA (1 yr)				32	23	5	5.8	113	.353	.300	.274	.344	.346	.600	.438	.944	.785	136	.532	1.3	0.1	.870	.367	.300	.0
CLE (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.000	.344	.000	.438	.000	.782	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (1 yr)				257	188	31	4.4	103	.265	.236	.263	.289	.333	.447	.415	.736	.747	95	.458	-2.8	-0.3	.672	.287	.211	3.4
AL (3 yrs)				34	25	5	5.3	113	.316	.281	.274	.324	.346	.563	.438	.886	.784	122	.495	0.7	0.1	.800	.344	.281	.0

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
1998	27	TOT	MLB	259	4.6%	23.2%	6.6%	9.7%	45%	3.53	4.0	19.9	7.0	0.91	1.23	65%	14%	15.6%	18%
1998	27	LAD	NL	257	4.7%	23.4%	6.6%	9.7%	45%	3.53	4.0	19.8	7.0	0.91	1.24	65%	13%	15.8%	18%
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	1.00	100%	50%	0.0%	0%
1999	28	ANA	AL	32	9.4%	31.3%	6.3%	9.4%	33%	5.00	3.0	10.0	5.0	0.54	2.25	53%	45%	25.0%	8%
3 Seasons				291	5.2%	24.1%	6.5%	9.6%	43%	3.68	3.8	17.9	6.7	0.87	1.30	64%	17%	16.9%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	1.85	5.3	32.0	7.4	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	25	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1998	27	TOT	MLB	-3.4	-0.3	267	-0.8	4.8	-5.5	1.15	-0.1	-0.6	-4.1	-0.4	0.96	-2.8	1.39	28
1998	27	LAD	NL	-2.8	-0.3	265	-0.6	4.8	-5.4	1.14	0.0	-0.6	-3.4	-0.3	0.96	-2.2	1.33	26
1998	27	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.19	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.14	-0.6	2.19	2
1999	28	ANA	AL	1.3	0.1	32	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.97	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	0.5	1.54	7
3 Seasons				-2.1	-0.2	299	-0.9	5.4	-6.3	1.13	0.0	-0.8	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	-2.3	1.42	35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	27	TOT	MLB	4	36%	94	2	1	67%	2	1	3	4	41%	10	7	3	2	2	15	4	8
1998	27	LAD	NL	4	36%	94	2	1	67%	2	1	3	4	41%	10	7	3	2	2	15	4	8
1998	27	CLE	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	28	ANA	AL	0	13%	12	0	0		0	0	1	0	25%	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	1
3 Seasons				4	34%	108	2	1	67%	2	1	4	4	41%	11	8	3	4	4	17	4	10

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
1998	27	TOT	MLB	259	92%	56	15	0	28	6	1	3	1.39	12	0	8	12	0	7	5	0	1	1	100%	48	4	8%	27	6	22%	166	22	13%	14	6	43%	9	6	67%	0
1998	27	LAD	NL	257	91%	56	15	0	26	6	1	3	1.33	12	0	8	12	0	7	5	0	1	1	100%	47	4	9%	27	6	22%	164	22	13%	14	6	43%	9	6	67%	0
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	28	ANA	AL	32	72%	9	0	0	7	1	1	1	1.54	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		5	2	40%	3	0	0%	22	3	14%	4	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Seasons				291	89%	65	15	0	35	7	2	4	1.42	15	0	8	14	1	7	8	0	1	1	100%	53	6	11%	30	6	20%	188	25	13%	18	6	33%	9	6	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1998	27	TOT	MLB	259	1004	3.88	645	64%	22%	23%	27%	28%	78%	2%	50%	71%	28%	3%	8	0	11%	28	12	5%	13	9	18%	0	0	0
1998	27	LAD	NL	257	1000	3.89	641	64%	22%	23%	28%	28%	78%	2%	50%	71%	28%	3%	8	0	11%	28	12	5%	13	9	18%	0	0	0
1998	27	CLE	AL	2	4	2.00	4	100%	25%	25%	0%	50%	75%		75%	67%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1999	28	ANA	AL	32	124	3.88	83	67%	24%	23%	29%	24%	76%	0%	51%	70%	19%	0%	0	0	19%	6	5	3%	1	1	30%	0	0	0
2 Seasons				291	1128	3.88	728	65%	22%	23%	28%	28%	78%	2%	50%	71%	27%	3%	8	0	12%	34	17	5%	14	10	20%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

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
1998	27	105	259	239	35	56	12	1	12	34	2	1	17	60	.234	.287	.444	.730	93	106	4	1	1	1	2
1999	28	123	291	269	39	65	12	1	15	40	2	1	19	70	.242	.293	.461	.754	98	124	6	1	1	1	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
1998	27	104	259	240	34	57	12	1	12	34	2	17	60	.238	.290	.446	.735	31	104
1999	28	18	32	30	4	9	0	0	3	6	0	2	10	.300	.344	.600	.944	6	18
2 Seasons		122	291	270	38	66	12	1	15	40	2	19	70	.244	.296	.463	.758	37	122
162 Game Avg.		162	386	359	50	88	16	1	20	53	3	25	93	.244	.296	.463	.758	49	122

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