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Matt Murton

Matthew Henry Murton

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 (McDonough, GA)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
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 vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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
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	*
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
2008	26	CHC-OAK-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	IWA,SAC · 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	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	/
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	/
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
2010	28	-min	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	-min	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
5 Seasons				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: 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
2005	23	CHC	NL	160	4	0	-1	1	4	-2	4	10	1.1	6	0.6	0.5	$
2006	24	CHC	NL	508	5	0	0	0	7	-6	15	21	2.1	14	1.4	0.7	$337,000	*
2007	25	CHC	NL	261	1	-1	1	0	1	-3	8	7	0.7	6	0.6	0.1	$415,000
2008	26	CHC	NL	42	-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	/
2008	26	OAK	AL	31	-6	0	0	0	3	0	1	-2	-0.2	-5	-0.5	0.3	$	/
2009	27	COL	NL	56	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$
5 Seasons				1058	-1	-1	0	1	14	-11	31	34	3.5	20	2.0	1.5	$752,000

CHC (4 yrs)				971	7	-1	0	1	13	-11	28	37	3.8	24	2.4	1.4	$752,000
COL (1 yr)				56	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$
OAK (1 yr)				31	-6	0	0	0	3	0	1	-2	-0.2	-5	-0.5	0.3	$

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

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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	CHC	NL	23	OF	43				65	62	1	2	1	.969	4	4				1.47	.984		2.16
2005	CHC	NL	23	LF	43	38	25	329.0	65	62	1	2	1	.969	4	4	14	15	1.72	1.47	.984	1.94	1.92
2006	CHC	NL	24	OF	133				246	240	3	3	2	.988	7	6				1.83	.984		2.20
2006	CHC	NL	24	LF	133	122	97	1049.0	246	240	3	3	2	.988	7	6	8	7	2.08	1.83	.982	1.97	1.95
2007	CHC	NL	25	OF	68				122	115	3	4	1	.967	1	4				1.74	.984		2.29
2007	CHC	NL	25	RF	41	32	20	282.2	71	65	2	4	1	.944	-2	2	-9	8	2.13	1.63	.981	2.18	2.17
2007	CHC	NL	25	LF	28	21	17	185.2	51	50	1	0	0	1.000	4	2	26	13	2.47	1.82	.984	2.00	1.99
2007	CHC	NL	25	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-840	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
2008	TOT	MLB	26	OF	19				42	41	1	0	1	1.000	4	2				2.21	.986		2.23
2008	TOT	MLB	26	LF	17	13	11	123.0	41	40	1	0	1	1.000	4	2	42	19	3.00	2.41	.984	1.98	1.95
2008	CHC	NL	26	OF	12				14	14	0	0	0	1.000	1	2				1.17	.985		2.20
2008	OAK	AL	26	OF	7				28	27	1	0	1	1.000	3	0				4.00	.986		2.29
2008	CHC	NL	26	LF	10	6	5	62.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1	2	21	39	1.89	1.30	.983	1.90	1.89
2008	CHC	NL	26	RF	2	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	30	0	2.25	0.50	.980	2.02	2.10
2008	OAK	AL	26	LF	7	7	6	61.0	28	27	1	0	1	1.000	3	0	63	0	4.13	4.00	.984	2.05	2.03
2009	COL	NL	27	OF	16				13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2				0.81	.986		2.18
2009	COL	NL	27	LF	12	8	5	74.2	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-6	-16	1.45	1.00	.982	1.93	1.91
2009	COL	NL	27	RF	5	0	0	10.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-1	-221	-117	0.87	0.20	.990	2.09	2.06
	5 Seasons			OF	279				488	471	8	9	5	.982	14	14		8		1.72	.984		2.22
	5 Seasons			LF	233	202	155	1761.1	415	404	6	5	4	.988	19	13	13	8	2.10	1.76	.983	1.97	1.95
	3 Seasons			RF	48	32	20	297.0	73	67	2	4	1	.945	-4	1	-16	4	2.09	1.44	.981	2.18	2.16
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-840	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
	5 Seasons			TOT	279				488	471	8	9	5	.982	14	28				1.72	.984		2.22
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y Career 19 (60th)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2006 NL 2.08 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career 19 (60th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 NL 2.08 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2003.
July 31, 2004: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Boston Red Sox with Nomar Garciaparra to the Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Francis Beltran, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.
July 8, 2008: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Josh Donaldson, Sean Gallagher and Eric Patterson to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Gaudin and Rich Harden.
February 4, 2009: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for Corey Wimberly (minors).
December 7, 2009: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	24	Chicago Cubs	$337,000
2007	25	Chicago Cubs	$415,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$752,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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