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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 HS (Placentia, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Indians/Yankees 1996-1999

Final Game: September 30, 1999 (Age 28)
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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
1996 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /D
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 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
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
3 Yrs 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 Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1996 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $109,000 /D
1998 27 LAD NL 102 257 -1 -0 1 10 -4 6 0.5 8 14 1.3 .506 .504 0.2 0.6 3 $170,000 793
1998 27 CLE AL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1
1999 28 ANA AL 18 32 1 -1 -0 2 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $250,000 /397
3 Seasons 123 291 -1 -1 0 12 -4 6 0.5 9 16 1.4 .505 .501 0.3 0.7 4 $529,000
LAD (1 yr) 102 257 -1 -0 1 10 -4 6 0.5 8 14 1.3 .506 .504 0.2 0.6 3 $170,000
ANA (1 yr) 18 32 1 -1 -0 2 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $250,000
CLE (1 yr) 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $109,000

Standard Fielding

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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 NYY AL 25 DH 1 0
1998 TOT NL 27 OF 63 51 26 441.1 104 97 6 1 0 .990 6 17 2.10 1.63 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 TOT NL 27 1B 18 6 5 82.0 77 64 13 0 5 1.000 4 61 8.45 4.28 .993 9.46 9.41
1998 LAD NL 27 LF 50 41 20 347.0 81 76 4 1 0 .988 2 7 2.07 1.60 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 LAD NL 27 OF 15 51 26 441.1 24 21 2 1 0 .958 3 8 0.47 1.53 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 LAD NL 27 RF 14 10 6 94.1 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.19 1.64 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 LAD NL 27 1B 12 6 5 82.0 64 54 10 0 5 1.000 2 31 7.02 5.33 .993 9.46 9.41
1998 LAD NL 27 OF 48 80 76 4 0 0 1.000 3 1.67 .980 2.16
1998 LAD NL 27 1B 6 13 10 3 0 0 1.000 2 2.17 .993 9.42
1999 ANA AL 28 OF 6 5 2 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 49 2.12 1.33 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 ANA AL 28 1B 4 2 2 23.0 24 20 4 0 5 1.000 0 5 9.39 6.00 .992 9.51 9.35
1999 ANA AL 28 RF 4 3 1 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 73 3.00 1.50 .982 2.10 2.08
1999 ANA AL 28 LF 2 2 1 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 23 1.12 1.00 .985 2.08 2.05
2 Seasons OF 69 56 28 475.1 112 105 6 1 0 .991 8 19 2.10 1.61 .980 2.18 2.17
2 Seasons LF 52 43 21 363.0 83 78 4 1 0 .988 2 7 2.03 1.58 .975 1.90 1.89
2 Seasons 1B 22 8 7 105.0 101 84 17 0 10 1.000 4 49 8.66 4.59 .993 9.47 9.40
2 Seasons RF 18 13 7 112.1 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 2 25 2.32 1.61 .977 2.08 2.07
3 Seasons TOT 91 64 35 580.1 213 189 23 1 10 .995 12 25 3.29 2.33 .986 3.50 3.92
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1998 NL  4 (5th)

                                         

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/Other Sources
199625New York Yankees$109,0004/1/96 NY Times
199827Los Angeles Dodgers$170,0004/3/98 USA Today
199928Anaheim Angels$250,00011/19/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$529,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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