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Matt Murton

Matthew Henry Murton (twitter: @mmurton9)

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 3, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Eagle's Landing HS (McDonough, GA)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 8, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 2005
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Rockies/Athletics 2005-2009
Agents: ACES [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009
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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	Awards
2003	21	BOS-min	A-	53	227	189	30	54	11	2	2	29	9	3	27	39	.286	.374	.397	.771		75	5	4	0	7	0		LOW · NYPL
2004	22	BOS-CHC-min	A+	126	514	455	73	133	17	5	13	63	7	4	50	71	.292	.364	.437	.801		199	10	4	0	5	5		SAR,DYT · FLOR
2005	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	87	388	347	50	119	19	4	9	49	18	5	33	50	.343	.405	.499	.904		173	13	4	3	1	3		WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2005	23	CHC	NL	51	160	140	19	45	3	2	7	14	2	1	16	22	.321	.386	.521	.908	132	73	4	0	2	2	4	7
2006	24	CHC	NL	144	508	455	70	135	22	3	13	62	5	2	45	62	.297	.365	.444	.809	104	202	16	5	1	2	1	*7
2007	25	CHC-min	AAA	39	172	151	30	50	16	1	6	27	1	0	18	18	.331	.407	.570	.977		86	8	2	0	1	1		IWA · PCL
2007	25	CHC	NL	94	261	235	35	66	13	0	8	22	1	0	26	39	.281	.352	.438	.791	99	103	4	0	0	0	0	97/8
2008	26	OAK-CHC-min	AAA	86	370	321	45	93	23	3	2	28	7	3	42	40	.290	.377	.399	.775		128	15	4	1	2	0		SAC,IWA · PCL
2008	26	TOT	MLB	28	73	70	3	13	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	12	.186	.219	.229	.448	18	16	3	1	0	0	0	7/9
2008	26	CHC	NL	19	42	40	2	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	.250	.286	.300	.586	50	12	2	1	0	0	0	7/9
2008	26	OAK	AL	9	31	30	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.100	.129	.133	.262	-28	4	1	0	0	0	0	/7
2009	27	COL-min	AAA	97	424	373	72	121	27	1	12	79	12	2	39	52	.324	.389	.499	.888		186	6	5	0	7	3		CSP · PCL
2009	27	COL	NL	29	56	52	7	13	5	0	1	6	2	0	4	14	.250	.304	.404	.707	77	21	0	0	0	0	0	7/9
2010	28	HAN	Fgn	144	668	613	105	214	35	3	17	91	11	6	47	70	.349	.395	.499	.894		306	14	3	0	5	3		HAN · JPCL
2011	29	HAN	Fgn	142	606	579	66	180	24	1	13	60	6	4	24	76	.311	.339	.423	.762		245	13	1	1	1	0		HAN · JPCL
2012	30	HAN	Fgn	46	188	184	18	45	7	2	1	18	2	1	4	17	.245	.261	.321	.581		59	5	0	0	0	0		HAN · JPCL
5 Yrs				346	1058	952	134	272	46	5	29	112	10	3	93	149	.286	.352	.436	.788	100	415	27	6	3	4	5
162 Game Avg.				162	495	446	63	127	22	2	14	52	5	1	44	70	.286	.352	.436	.788	100	194	13	3	1	2	2

CHC (4 yrs)				308	971	870	126	256	40	5	28	104	8	3	88	128	.294	.362	.448	.810	105	390	26	6	3	4	5
COL (1 yr)				29	56	52	7	13	5	0	1	6	2	0	4	14	.250	.304	.404	.707	77	21	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				9	31	30	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.100	.129	.133	.262	-28	4	1	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				337	1027	922	133	269	45	5	29	110	10	3	92	142	.292	.358	.446	.804	103	411	26	6	3	4	5
AL (1 yr)				9	31	30	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.100	.129	.133	.262	-28	4	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2005	23	CHC	NL	51	160	4	-0	1	2	-2	6	0.6	4	10	1.0	.511	.503	0.8	0.0	8	$	7
2006	24	CHC	NL	144	508	6	0	0	2	-5	3	0.3	14	16	1.6	.502	.502	1.4	-0.3	14	$337,000	*7
2007	25	CHC	NL	94	261	2	-1	0	3	-3	1	0.1	7	8	0.8	.501	.501	0.5	-0.0	5	$415,000	97/8
2008	26	CHC	NL	19	42	-3	0	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	7/9
2008	26	OAK	AL	9	31	-5	0	-0	0	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.438	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$	/7
2009	27	COL	NL	29	56	-1	1	0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	7/9
5 Seasons				346	1058	3	1	2	8	-12	1	0.1	29	30	2.8	.500	.500	2.0	-0.3	22	$752,000

CHC (4 yrs)				308	971	9	-0	2	9	-11	9	0.9	26	35	3.4	.503	.501	2.5	-0.1	26	$752,000
COL (1 yr)				29	56	-1	1	0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$
OAK (1 yr)				9	31	-5	0	-0	0	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.438	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$

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
2005	23	CHC	NL	160	104	28	7.2	112	.336	.321	.273	.386	.344	.521	.435	.908	.779	132	.674	6.4	0.6	.900	.321	.200	3.1
2006	24	CHC	NL	508	341	72	5.7	116	.319	.297	.276	.365	.347	.444	.448	.809	.795	104	.548	2.8	0.3	.754	.253	.147	7.2
2007	25	CHC	NL	261	173	37	5.8	115	.309	.281	.279	.352	.349	.438	.445	.791	.794	99	.556	-0.5	-0.1	.751	.272	.157	1.8
2008	26	TOT	MLB	73	60	3	1.3	108	.224	.186	.269	.219	.340	.229	.427	.448	.766	18	.084	-8.5	-0.8	.317	.071	.043
2008	26	CHC	NL	42	32	3	2.5	114	.286	.250	.275	.286	.348	.300	.439	.586	.788	50	.227	-3.1	-0.3	.438	.075	.050
2008	26	OAK	AL	31	28	0	0.0	100	.130	.100	.261	.129	.328	.133	.410	.262	.738	-28	.000	-5.5	-0.5	.179	.067	.033
2009	27	COL	NL	56	39	7	4.8	117	.324	.250	.279	.304	.354	.404	.444	.707	.798	77	.500	-1.9	-0.2	.692	.269	.154	1.3
5 Yrs				1058	717	147	5.5	114	.312	.286	.276	.352	.347	.436	.444	.788	.791	100	.540	-1.7	-0.2	.734	.255	.150	14.9
162 Game Avg.				495	336	69	5.5	114	.312	.286	.276	.352	.347	.436	.444	.788	.791	100	.540	-1.7	-0.2	.734	.255	.150	7

CHC (4 yrs)				971	650	140	5.8	115	.318	.294	.276	.362	.347	.448	.445	.810	.792	105	.562	5.7	0.5	.760	.261	.154	12.4
COL (1 yr)				56	39	7	4.8	117	.324	.250	.279	.304	.354	.404	.444	.707	.798	77	.500	-1.9	-0.2	.692	.269	.154	1.3
OAK (1 yr)				31	28	0	0.0	100	.130	.100	.261	.129	.328	.133	.410	.262	.738	-28	.000	-5.5	-0.5	.179	.067	.033

NL (5 yrs)				1027	689	147	5.7	115	.318	.292	.276	.358	.348	.446	.445	.804	.792	103	.559	3.8	0.4	.757	.261	.154	14.9
AL (1 yr)				31	28	0	0.0	100	.130	.100	.261	.129	.328	.133	.410	.262	.738	-28	.000	-5.5	-0.5	.179	.067	.033

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2007	25	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	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
2005	23	CHC	NL	160	4.4%	13.8%	10.0%	7.5%	27%	1.38	6.4	20.0	10.0	1.61	2.52	71%	11%	17.5%	13%
2006	24	CHC	NL	508	2.6%	12.2%	8.9%	7.5%	28%	1.38	7.3	35.0	7.3	1.39	1.91	75%	17%	8.6%	8%
2007	25	CHC	NL	261	3.1%	14.9%	10.0%	8.1%	32%	1.50	6.0	29.4	10.7	0.94	1.03	72%	19%	9.0%	12%
2008	26	TOT	MLB	73	0.0%	16.4%	2.7%	4.1%	23%	6.00	5.8		8.8	1.38	1.61	79%	12%	0.0%	4%
2008	26	CHC	NL	42	0.0%	11.9%	2.4%	4.8%	20%	5.00	8.0		6.7	1.50	2.00	83%	14%	0.0%	0%
2008	26	OAK	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	3.2%	3.2%	33%	7.00	4.3		15.0	1.20	1.22	74%	9%	0.0%	10%
2009	27	COL	NL	56	1.8%	25.0%	7.1%	10.7%	46%	3.50	3.7	52.0	8.7	0.73	1.00	66%	16%	5.3%	14%
5 Yrs				1058	2.7%	14.1%	8.8%	7.6%	29%	1.60	6.4	32.8	8.5	1.25	1.63	74%	16%	9.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	23	CHC	NL	6.4	0.6	165	0.1	2.9	-2.8	1.11	0.7	-0.6	-3.3	-0.3	0.94	6.1	1.37	10
2006	24	CHC	NL	2.8	0.3	521	1.4	9.6	-8.2	.97	0.7	0.8	7.8	0.7	0.94	5.5	1.40	12
2007	25	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	269	-0.2	4.5	-4.7	.97	0.5	-0.6	-3.2	-0.3	0.92	3.0	1.45	29
2008	26	TOT	MLB	-8.6	-0.8	73	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.88	-0.7	0.3	-8.1	-0.8	1.05	-8.2	1.25	13
2008	26	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	42	-0.1	0.6	-0.6	.92	-0.2	0.2	-4.4	-0.4	1.11	-3.1	1.48	11
2008	26	OAK	AL	-5.5	-0.5	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.81	-0.5	0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.96	-5.1	0.02	2
2009	27	COL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	59	0.1	1.1	-0.9	.96	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0	1.01	0.1	1.12	14
5 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	1087	1.1	18.8	-17.8	.99	1.2	-0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.94	6.6	1.34	78

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	23	CHC	NL	0	22%	75	2	1	67%	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	64%	9	4	5	0	0	0	5	1	4
2006	24	CHC	NL	6	33%	227	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	2	3	11	43%	38	25	13	8	5	3	15	5	10
2007	25	CHC	NL	4	32%	101	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	38%	14	11	3	3	0	3	12	6	5
2008	26	TOT	MLB	1	19%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	0	17%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2008	26	OAK	AL	1	25%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2009	27	COL	NL	1	38%	20	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	22%	4	4	0	1	0	1	4	2	1
5 Yrs				12	31%	437	10	3	77%	10	1	1	1	2	8	25	43%	66	44	22	13	5	8	37	15	20

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
2005	23	CHC	NL	160	49%	45	9	0	10	2	0	1	1.37	7	0	4	4	3	2	5	0	2	2	100%	28	4	14%	18	9	50%	95	8	8%	13	6	46%	5	3	60%	0
2006	24	CHC	NL	508	31%	135	19	0	12	3	0	1	1.40	13	0	15	7	6	7	6	0	1	1	100%	89	16	18%	45	9	20%	318	54	17%	33	16	48%	22	10	45%	0
2007	25	CHC	NL	261	39%	66	13	0	29	5	2	5	1.45	8	0	3	5	3	2	6	0	0	0		42	4	10%	19	2	11%	151	14	9%	9	3	33%	12	6	50%	0
2008	26	TOT	MLB	73	34%	13	3	0	13	2	0	1	1.25	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	13	4	31%	61	10	16%	5	4	80%	2	1	50%	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	42	45%	10	2	0	11	2	0	1	1.48	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	2	15%	9	4	44%	42	7	17%	5	4	80%	1	1	100%	0
2008	26	OAK	AL	31	19%	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	4	0	0%	19	3	16%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2009	27	COL	NL	56	55%	13	1	0	14	3	0	1	1.12	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		14	0	0%	6	0	0%	40	5	13%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				1058	37%	272	45	0	78	15	2	9	1.34	29	0	29	16	13	12	17	0	4	3	75%	191	27	14%	101	24	24%	665	91	14%	63	30	48%	42	20	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			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
2005	23	CHC	NL	161	553	3.43	338	61%	22%	17%	24%	36%	78%	7%	47%	78%	35%	7%	12	0	18%	29	14	6%	9	7	36%	-1	0	0
2006	24	CHC	NL	510	1887	3.70	1153	61%	28%	12%	26%	34%	72%	1%	44%	84%	29%	5%	25	0	16%	82	47	10%	49	26	39%	-2	0	0
2007	25	CHC	NL	261	982	3.76	606	62%	26%	14%	28%	32%	74%	0%	46%	81%	35%	7%	18	1	20%	53	26	13%	33	18	23%	0	0	0
2008	26	TOT	MLB	73	264	3.62	173	66%	28%	13%	25%	34%	72%	0%	47%	82%	29%	3%	2	0	11%	8	3	8%	6	4	8%	0	0	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	42	145	3.45	95	66%	26%	14%	23%	37%	74%	0%	48%	81%	31%	5%	2	0	12%	5	1	10%	4	3	0%	0	0	0
2008	26	OAK	AL	31	119	3.84	78	66%	29%	13%	28%	29%	71%	0%	46%	82%	26%	0%	0	0	10%	3	2	6%	2	1	14%	0	0	0
2009	27	COL	NL	56	224	4.00	146	65%	30%	16%	27%	26%	70%	0%	46%	76%	20%	4%	2	0	5%	3	1	4%	2	1	43%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1061	3910	3.69	2416	62%	27%	13%	26%	34%	73%	1%	45%	82%	31%	6%	59	1	16%	175	91	9%	99	56	32%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2005	23	51	160	140	19	45	3	2	7	14	2	1	16	22	.321	.386	.521	.908	132	73	4	0	2	2	4
2006	24	195	668	595	89	180	25	5	20	76	7	3	61	84	.303	.370	.462	.832	111	275	20	5	3	4	5
2007	25	289	929	830	124	246	38	5	28	98	8	3	87	123	.296	.365	.455	.820	107	378	24	5	3	4	5
2008	26	317	1002	900	127	259	41	5	28	106	8	3	89	135	.288	.354	.438	.792	101	394	27	6	3	4	5
2009	27	346	1058	952	134	272	46	5	29	112	10	3	93	149	.286	.352	.436	.788	100	415	27	6	3	4	5

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
2005	23	51	157	138	18	43	3	2	7	13	2	15	22	.312	.374	.514	.889	27	51
2006	24	144	497	447	64	127	21	3	12	56	5	42	62	.284	.351	.425	.776	66	144
2007	25	94	254	230	31	61	12	0	7	19	1	24	39	.265	.335	.409	.743	32	94
2008	26	28	74	71	3	14	3	0	0	9	0	2	12	.197	.230	.239	.469	4	28
2009	27	29	56	52	7	13	5	0	1	6	2	4	14	.250	.304	.404	.707	6	29
5 Yrs		346	1038	938	123	258	44	5	27	103	10	87	149	.275	.339	.419	.758	135	346
162 Game Avg.		162	486	439	58	121	21	2	13	48	5	41	70	.275	.339	.419	.758	63	346

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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