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Matt Sinatro

Matthew Stephen Sinatro

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: March 22, 1960 in Hartford, CT
High School: Conrad (W Hartford, CT)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1981
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mariners/Athletics/Tigers 1981-1992

Final Game: May 26, 1992
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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

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More Stats

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
1978	18	ATL-min	Rk	35	112	112		23	7	0	0						.205	.205	.268	.473		30						KPT · APPY
1979	19	ATL-min	A	120	385	385		97	16	4	7						.252	.252	.369	.621		142						GRW · WCRS
1980	20	ATL-min	AA	122	512	449	76	125	16	1	11	50	17	10	48	57	.278	.352	.392	.744		176		5	6	4		SAV · SOUL
1981	21	ATL-min	AAA	121	484	430	43	101	13	2	6	53	18	13	42	58	.235	.308	.316	.624		136		5	3	4	0	RMD · IL
1981	21	ATL	NL	12	37	32	4	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	5	4	.281	.378	.375	.753	113	12	0	0	0	0	1	2
1982	22	ATL-min	AAA	72	280	246	39	62	7	1	8	29	13	4	30	45	.252	.335	.386	.721		95		1	2	1	0	RMD · IL
1982	22	ATL	NL	37	87	81	10	11	2	0	1	4	0	1	4	9	.136	.176	.198	.374	3	16	3	0	2	0	0	2
1983	23	ATL-min	AAA	110	402	365	36	77	11	1	4	41	6	6	28	61	.211	.268	.279	.547		102		1	6	2	1	RMD · IL
1983	23	ATL	NL	7	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1984	24	ATL-min	AA	101	399	352	36	80	16	1	5	49	8	5	36	43	.227	.299	.321	.621		113		2	5	4	1	GRV · SOUL
1984	24	ATL	NL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1987	27	OAK-min	AAA	79	261	215	30	54	13	0	5	32	6	3	35	34	.251	.356	.381	.737		82		1	8	2	3	TAC · PCL
1987	27	OAK	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1988	28	OAK-min	AAA	77	275	234	28	54	8	1	2	23	2	2	37	41	.231	.341	.299	.640		70		2	2	0	0	TAC · PCL
1988	28	OAK	AL	10	10	9	1	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.333	.300	.556	.856	138	5	2	0	0	1	0	/2
1989	29	HOU-SEA-min	AAA	46	151	128	13	33	6	0	0	12	1	1	16	21	.258	.342	.305	.647		39		1	5	1	0	TUC,CGY · PCL
1989	29	DET	AL	13	27	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.120	.185	.120	.305	-11	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
1990	30	SEA-min	AAA	9	23	20	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.300	.364	.450	.814		9		0	1	0	0	CGY · PCL
1990	30	SEA	AL	30	57	50	2	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	10	.300	.352	.320	.672	89	16	3	0	3	0	0	2
1991	31	SEA-min	AAA	40	153	131	13	34	8	0	3	19	1	1	16	20	.260	.340	.389	.729		51	5	1	3	2	0	CGY · PCL
1991	31	SEA	AL	5	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	65	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1992	32	SEA	AL	18	28	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.107	.107	.107	.214	-40	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
10 Seasons				140	276	252	20	48	6	1	1	21	2	1	17	35	.190	.244	.234	.478	34	59	11	1	5	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	319	292	23	56	7	1	1	24	2	1	20	41	.190	.244	.234	.478	34	68	13	1	6	1	1

ATL (4 yrs)				58	142	129	14	22	3	1	1	10	1	1	11	14	.171	.236	.233	.468	30	30	3	0	2	0	1
SEA (3 yrs)				53	94	86	3	20	1	0	0	5	1	0	5	16	.233	.275	.244	.519	46	21	4	0	3	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				16	13	12	1	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	.250	.231	.417	.647	78	5	3	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				13	27	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.120	.185	.120	.305	-11	3	1	1	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				82	134	123	6	26	3	0	0	11	1	0	6	21	.211	.252	.236	.488	38	29	8	1	3	1	0
NL (4 yrs)				58	142	129	14	22	3	1	1	10	1	1	11	14	.171	.236	.233	.468	30	30	3	0	2	0	1

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
1981	21	ATL	NL	37	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	6	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$	2
1982	22	ATL	NL	87	-10	-1	3	-1	0	2	3	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	2
1983	23	ATL	NL	14	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1984	24	ATL	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

1987	27	OAK	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1988	28	OAK	AL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$700,000	/2
1989	29	DET	AL	27	-4	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	2
1990	30	SEA	AL	57	-1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$114,000	2
1991	31	SEA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/2
1992	32	SEA	AL	28	-5	0	1	0	1	1	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$150,000	2
10 Seasons				276	-21	-2	4	-1	4	6	8	-2	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$964,000

ATL (4 yrs)				142	-11	-1	3	-1	3	3	4	0	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$
SEA (3 yrs)				94	-6	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$264,000
OAK (2 yrs)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$700,000
DET (1 yr)				27	-4	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1981	ATL	NL	21	C	12	10	10	91.0	66	56	10	0	1	1.000	3	40	6.53	5.50	.983	5.93	5.95	1	0	4	6	60%	1
1982	ATL	NL	22	C	35	22	16	213.0	137	112	25	0	1	1.000	0	0	5.79	3.91	.985	6.29	6.30	3	4	30	10	25%	1
1983	ATL	NL	23	C	7	3	3	39.0	30	24	5	1	0	.967	0	0	6.69	4.14	.984	6.58	6.54	1	2	6	4	40%	0
1984	ATL	NL	24	C	2	1	1	10.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.60	2.00	.985	6.57	6.50	0	0	3	0	0%	0
1987	OAK	AL	27	C	6	0	0	7.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.14	0.67	.988	6.69	6.67	0	0	1	0	0%	0
1988	OAK	AL	28	C	9	2	1	31.0	23	21	2	0	1	1.000	0	0	6.68	2.56	.989	6.21	6.16	0	2	0	0		0
1989	DET	AL	29	C	13	9	6	80.0	44	42	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-15	4.95	3.38	.989	6.24	6.17	1	3	10	3	23%	0
1990	SEA	AL	30	C	28	14	11	151.0	129	112	16	1	1	.992	2	16	7.63	4.57	.991	6.42	6.35	1	8	12	11	48%	0
1991	SEA	AL	31	C	5	2	0	26.0	21	18	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-46	7.27	4.20	.990	6.47	6.48	0	3	1	0	0%	0
1992	SEA	AL	32	C	18	9	3	86.2	47	43	4	0	1	1.000	1	14	4.88	2.61	.989	6.20	6.18	0	3	4	3	43%	0
	10 Seasons			C	135	72	51	734.2	505	436	67	2	5	.996	4	7	6.16	3.73	.987	6.28	6.28	7	25	71	37	34%	2
	10 Seasons			TOT	135	72	51	734.2	505	436	67	2	5	.996	4	7	6.16	3.73	.987	6.28	6.28	7	25	71	37	34%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 1981 NL 3 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1981 NL born 1960-03-22 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1981 NL 3 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 NL born 1960-03-22 (9th)

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
August 15, 1986: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
August 20, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 15, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
April 1, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 12, 1987: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
April 6, 1989: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Houston Astros for Troy Afenir.
June 19, 1989: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Houston Astros.
August 5, 1989: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Detroit Tigers.
October 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
November 5, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
October 16, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
October 5, 1992: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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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
1988	28	Oakland Athletics	$700,000	12/13/88 NYT

1990	30	Seattle Mariners	$114,000	11/21/90 NYT

1992	32	Seattle Mariners	$150,000	4/2/92 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$964,000

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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