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Matt Tolbert

Christopher Matthew Tolbert

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 4, 1982 in McComb, MS
High School: Centreville HS (Centreville, MS)
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 16th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2008
Team: Twins 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.057, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2004	22	MIN-min	Rk	33	118	104	23	32	7	2	3	18	3	2	12	13	.308	.376	.500	.876		52	4	0	1	1	0		ELZ · APPY
2005	23	MIN-min	A+	111	472	417	55	111	20	6	3	46	11	4	35	80	.266	.326	.365	.691		152	3	3	15	2	1		FTM · FLOR
2006	24	MIN-min	AA,A+	112	465	403	53	111	21	4	7	59	12	3	44	60	.275	.349	.400	.748		161	7	5	6	7	2		NBR,FTM · EL,FLOR
2007	25	MIN-min	AAA	121	477	417	65	122	24	7	6	53	11	3	37	56	.293	.353	.427	.780		178	4	5	12	6	0		ROC · IL
2008	26	MIN-min	AA	14	57	56	6	14	3	0	0	6	3	3	1	6	.250	.263	.304	.567		17	0	0	0	0	0		NBR · EL
2008	26	MIN	AL	41	123	113	18	32	6	3	0	6	7	1	7	19	.283	.322	.389	.712	92	44	5	0	2	1	0	564/D
2009	27	MIN-min	AAA	56	251	236	35	68	11	6	3	22	7	4	14	32	.288	.331	.424	.754		100	1	1	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2009	27	MIN	AL	71	231	198	28	46	7	1	2	19	6	2	21	37	.232	.303	.308	.611	63	61	1	0	10	2	1	45/6D3
2010	28	MIN-min	AAA,Rk	46	203	185	23	53	11	3	1	11	7	2	16	33	.286	.342	.395	.736		73	2	0	1	1	1		ROC,TWN · IL,GULF
2010	28	MIN	AL	48	100	87	8	20	4	3	1	18	1	1	9	18	.230	.293	.379	.672	84	33	2	0	1	3	0	45/36D9
2011	29	MIN-min	AAA	17	73	59	7	8	1	1	0	3	5	3	10	11	.136	.254	.186	.440		11	2	0	2	2	0		ROC · IL
2011	29	MIN	AL	87	226	207	22	41	10	2	0	11	3	2	11	31	.198	.252	.266	.518	44	55	2	4	4	0	0	46/5D
2012	30	CHC-min	AAA	41	123	105	15	24	4	0	0	2	4	1	15	18	.229	.331	.267	.597		28	3	1	2	0	0		IWA · PCL
4 Yrs				247	680	605	76	139	27	9	3	54	17	6	48	105	.230	.288	.319	.607	65	193	10	4	17	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	446	397	50	91	18	6	2	35	11	4	31	69	.230	.288	.319	.607	65	127	7	3	11	4	1

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
2008	26	MIN	AL	41	123	-1	2	-1	-7	1	-6	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.487	.497	0.6	-0.6	6	$390,000	564/D
2009	27	MIN	AL	71	231	-11	3	1	2	1	-4	-0.3	8	4	0.4	.495	.498	0.2	0.4	2	$	45/6D3
2010	28	MIN	AL	48	100	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	3	3	0.3	.498	.499	0.2	0.2	2	$	45/36D9
2011	29	MIN	AL	87	226	-16	0	2	2	2	-10	-1.0	8	-2	-0.3	.488	.493	-0.5	0.4	-4	$425,000	46/5D
4 Seasons				247	680	-30	6	2	-2	4	-20	-1.9	23	3	0.3	.491	.497	0.5	0.4	5	$815,000

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
2008	26	MIN	AL	123	90	14	4.2	102	.337	.283	.263	.322	.331	.389	.414	.712	.744	92	.420	-1.5	-0.2	.655	.221	.106	.0
2009	27	MIN	AL	231	167	21	3.4	106	.273	.232	.265	.303	.334	.308	.425	.611	.759	63	.320	-10.3	-1.0	.555	.202	.076	3.0
2010	28	MIN	AL	100	74	10	3.6	98	.268	.230	.258	.293	.325	.379	.404	.672	.730	84	.383	-1.9	-0.2	.600	.253	.149	1.0
2011	29	MIN	AL	226	174	14	2.2	97	.233	.198	.256	.252	.321	.266	.405	.518	.726	44	.199	-16.0	-1.6	.418	.126	.068	.0
4 Yrs				680	505	59	3.1	101	.270	.230	.261	.288	.327	.319	.413	.607	.741	65	.309	-29.9	-2.9	.531	.187	.089	5.1
162 Game Avg.				446	331	39	3.1	101	.270	.230	.261	.288	.327	.319	.413	.607	.741	65	.309	-29.9	-2.9	.531	.187	.089	3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	IBB
2009	27	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	6	5	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0					0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	6	5	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1	0
2 ALDS							3	6	5	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1	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
2008	26	MIN	AL	123	0.0%	15.5%	5.7%	7.3%	28%	2.71	5.9		18.8	0.72	1.09	77%	24%	0.0%	11%
2009	27	MIN	AL	231	0.9%	16.0%	9.1%	4.3%	22%	1.76	5.4	99.0	10.4	1.04	1.42	70%	13%	3.2%	19%
2010	28	MIN	AL	100	1.0%	18.0%	9.0%	8.0%	40%	2.00	4.8	87.0	4.8	0.71	1.07	71%	26%	2.6%	7%
2011	29	MIN	AL	226	0.0%	13.7%	4.9%	5.3%	29%	2.82	6.7		18.8	0.90	0.99	78%	15%	0.0%	18%
4 Yrs				680	0.4%	15.4%	7.1%	5.7%	28%	2.19	5.8	201.7	11.2	0.87	1.14	74%	18%	1.4%	15%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	26	MIN	AL	-1.5	-0.2	133	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	1.09	-0.1	-0.4	-6.5	-0.6	0.91	-2.8	0.96	5
2009	27	MIN	AL	-10.6	-1.0	243	0.3	3.9	-3.6	.97	-0.8	1.1	-5.4	-0.5	0.98	-10.0		0
2010	28	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	104	0.2	1.7	-1.5	.89	-0.0	0.2	3.2	0.3	0.98	-0.5	1.97	4
2011	29	MIN	AL	-16.0	-1.6	234	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	.97	-1.6	0.7	-16.5	-1.7	1.03	-16.9	1.25	7
4 Yrs				-30.2	-2.9	714	-1.0	10.7	-11.7	.98	-2.5	1.5	-25.2	-2.5	0.98	-30.2	1.34	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	26	MIN	AL	2	46%	54	7	1	88%	7	1	0	1	1	0	3	100%	5	0	5	1	0	1	5	0	5
2009	27	MIN	AL	2	40%	82	6	2	75%	4	2	2	0	0	2	15	50%	9	7	2	0	0	0	13	3	9
2010	28	MIN	AL	1	25%	43	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	4
2011	29	MIN	AL	2	39%	74	3	2	60%	3	2	0	1	0	1	4	48%	12	5	7	2	2	0	7	4	3
4 Yrs				7	39%	253	17	6	74%	14	6	3	2	1	4	25	60%	30	15	15	3	2	1	29	7	21

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
2008	26	MIN	AL	123	100%	32	6	3	5	2	0	0	0.96	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	5	24%	18	4	22%	62	6	10%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	0
2009	27	MIN	AL	231	100%	46	8	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	12	10	83%	46	1	2%	26	13	50%	146	18	12%	11	7	64%	8	4	50%	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	100	100%	20	0	0	4	0	0	0	1.97	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	13	5	38%	69	17	25%	10	5	50%	3	1	33%	0
2011	29	MIN	AL	226	99%	41	10	4	7	1	0	0	1.25	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	49	2	4%	28	11	39%	143	13	9%	12	4	33%	8	3	38%	0
4 Yrs				680	100%	139	24	11	16	3	0	0	1.34	3	0	21	1	2	1	2	0	22	17	77%	135	10	7%	85	33	39%	420	54	13%	40	18	45%	22	9	41%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	26	MIN	AL	123	437	3.55	277	63%	30%	9%	26%	35%	70%	0%	44%	87%	27%	6%	7	0	21%	26	10	10%	12	4	32%	0	0	0
2009	27	MIN	AL	231	862	3.73	554	64%	26%	13%	30%	31%	74%	1%	48%	82%	33%	5%	12	0	13%	29	10	9%	21	3	11%	0	0	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	101	355	3.51	217	61%	31%	14%	21%	34%	69%	0%	42%	80%	22%	6%	6	0	14%	14	6	10%	10	4	33%	-1	0	0
2011	29	MIN	AL	226	829	3.67	526	63%	32%	9%	24%	34%	68%	0%	43%	87%	23%	5%	11	0	12%	27	7	9%	20	9	42%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				681	2483	3.65	1574	63%	30%	11%	26%	33%	70%	0%	45%	84%	27%	5%	36	0	14%	96	33	9%	63	20	28%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2008	26	41	123	113	18	32	6	3	0	6	7	1	7	19	.283	.322	.389	.712	92	44	5	0	2	1	0
2009	27	112	354	311	46	78	13	4	2	25	13	3	28	56	.251	.310	.338	.648	73	105	6	0	12	3	1
2010	28	160	454	398	54	98	17	7	3	43	14	4	37	74	.246	.306	.347	.653	76	138	8	0	13	6	1
2011	29	247	680	605	76	139	27	9	3	54	17	6	48	105	.230	.288	.319	.607	65	193	10	4	17	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	26	41	124	114	19	33	6	3	0	6	7	7	19	.289	.328	.395	.723	15	41
2009	27	71	231	198	29	46	7	1	2	19	6	21	37	.232	.303	.308	.611	19	71
2010	28	48	101	88	9	21	4	3	1	20	1	9	18	.239	.300	.386	.686	11	48
2011	29	87	229	209	23	43	10	2	0	12	3	12	31	.206	.262	.273	.535	14	87
4 Yrs		247	685	609	80	143	27	9	3	57	17	49	105	.235	.293	.323	.617	59	247
162 Game Avg.		162	449	399	52	94	18	6	2	37	11	32	69	.235	.293	.323	.617	39	247

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