Matt Stark

Matthew Scott Stark

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 21, 1965 in Whittier, CA
High School: Los Altos HS (Hacienda Heights, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/BlueJays 1987-1990

Final Game: September 29, 1990
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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
1983	18	TOR-min	Rk	60	241	206	29	58	6	0	8	49	0	1	31	33	.282	.369	.427	.796		88		0	0	4	0		MDH · PION
1984	19	TOR-min	A	69	249	205	24	46	7	1	3	27	1	2	39	25	.224	.348	.312	.660		64		1	2	2	1		FLR · SALL
1985	20	TOR-min	A,AA	128	531	434	69	126	16	0	14	73	7	3	88	37	.290	.408	.424	.832		184		2	1	6	3		FLR,KNX · SALL,SOUL
1986	21	TOR-min	AA	120	485	424	63	125	21	0	17	72	1	1	47	47	.295	.364	.465	.829		197		4	2	8	1		KNX · SOUL
1987	22	TOR-min	AA	25	101	87	10	26	3	2	2	18	0	0	13	9	.299	.396	.448	.844		39		1	0	0	0		KNX · SOUL
1987	22	TOR	AL	5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	2	0	0	0	0	/2

1988	23	TOR-min	AA	97	386	334	37	89	17	1	11	54	1	2	45	28	.266	.352	.422	.774		141		2	0	5	2		KNX · SOUL
1990	25	CHW-min	AA	129	558	453	69	140	26	0	14	109	3	4	85	52	.309	.417	.459	.876		208		7	1	12	5		BIR · SOUL
1990	25	CHW	AL	8	18	16	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.250	.294	.313	.607	72	5	2	0	1	0	0	/D
1991	26	CHW-min	AAA	118	478	394	47	112	21	1	10	68	0	3	79	37	.284	.406	.419	.825		165	10	3	0	2	2		VAN · PCL
1992	27	ANA-min	AA,AAA	16	65	53	10	20	3	0	2	10	1	0	10	6	.377	.492	.547	1.039		29	3	2	0	0	0		MDL,VCZ · TL,MEX
1993	28	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1994	29	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1995	30	REY	AAA																										REY · MEX
1996	31	REY	AAA																										REY · MEX
1997	32	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1998	33	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1999	34	REY,MTY	AAA																										REY,MTY · MEX
2 Yrs				13	30	28	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.179	.207	.214	.421	16	6	4	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	374	349	0	62	12	0	0	37	0	0	12	75	.179	.207	.214	.421	16	75	50	0	12	0	0

CHW (1 yr)				8	18	16	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.250	.294	.313	.607	72	5	2	0	1	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	2	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
1987	22	TOR	AL	5	12	-3	0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.418	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/2

1990	25	CHW	AL	8	18	-1	0	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/D
2 Seasons				13	30	-3	0	-1	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.454	.498	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

CHW (1 yr)				8	18	-1	0	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
TOR (1 yr)				5	12	-3	0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.418	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$

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
1987	22	TOR	AL	12	13	0	0.0	108	.083	.083	.267	.083	.336	.083	.429	.167	.765	-56	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.077	.000	.000

1990	25	CHW	AL	18	15	1	1.8	93	.400	.250	.257	.294	.325	.313	.384	.607	.709	72	.161	-0.6	-0.1	.429	.125	.063
2 Yrs				30	28	1	1.0	99	.227	.179	.261	.207	.329	.214	.404	.421	.733	16	.052	-3.3	-0.3	.259	.071	.036
162 Game Avg.				374	349	12	1.0	99	.227	.179	.261	.207	.329	.214	.404	.421	.733	16	.052	-3.3	-0.3	.259	.071	.036

CHW (1 yr)				18	15	1	1.8	93	.400	.250	.257	.294	.325	.313	.384	.607	.709	72	.162	-0.6	-0.1	.429	.125	.063
TOR (1 yr)				12	13	0	0.0	108	.083	.083	.267	.083	.336	.083	.429	.167	.765	-56	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.077	.000	.000

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
1987	22	TOR	AL	12	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						1.60	100%

1990	25	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	33.3%	5.6%	5.6%	25%	6.00	2.7		5.3	1.50	2.00	56%	9%	0.0%	25%
2 Yrs				30	0.0%	20.0%	3.3%	3.3%	20%	6.00	4.7		9.3	1.50	1.75	73%	9%	0.0%	25%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	1.75	6.0	40.8	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	22	TOR	AL	-2.7	-0.3	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.69	-0.3	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.87	-3.8	0.29	2

1990	25	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	18	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.13	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.08	-0.8	1.20	2
2 Yrs				-3.3	-0.3	30	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.95	-0.3	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	1.00	-4.6	0.75	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	22	TOR	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	25	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1987	22	TOR	AL	12	100%	1			2	0	0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	100%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1990	25	CHW	AL	18	89%	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	2	25%	4	1	25%	15	3	20%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				30	93%	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	4	40%	6	2	33%	21	3	14%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

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
1990	25	CHW	AL	18	66	3.67	42	64%	12%	26%	36%	26%	88%	0%	56%	70%	44%	0%	0	0	17%	3	3	11%	2	1	17%	0	0	0
1 Yr				18	66	3.67	42	64%	12%	26%	36%	26%	88%	0%	56%	70%	44%	0%	0	0	17%	3	3	11%	2	1	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1987	22	5	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	2	0
1988	23	5	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	2	0
1989	24	5	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	2	0
1990	25	13	30	28	5	1	3	1	6	.179	.207	.214	.421	16	6	4	1

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
1987	22	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1990	25	8	19	17	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	.294	.333	.353	.686	2	8
2 Yrs		13	31	29	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	.172	.200	.207	.407	2	13
162 Game Avg.		162	386	361	0	62	12	0	0	50	0	12	75	.172	.200	.207	.407	25	13

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