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Matt Watson

Matthew Kyle Watson

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 5, 1978 in Lancaster, PA
High School: McCaskey HS (Lancaster, PA)
School: Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 2003
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Mets 2003-2010

Final Game: August 7, 2010
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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
1999	20	WSN-min	A-	70	323	284	55	108	12	3	7	47	17	7	30	27	.380	.439	.518	.957		147	6	3	2	4	1		VMT · NYPL
2000	21	WSN-min	A+	40	156	137	10	24	5	2	0	8	4	3	18	23	.175	.276	.241	.517		33	6	1	0	0	2		JUP · FLOR
2001	22	WSN-min	A+	124	518	446	70	147	33	4	5	74	17	9	63	45	.330	.417	.455	.872		203	11	6	0	3	4		JUP · FLOR
2002	23	WSN-NYM-min	AA	128	490	441	56	123	26	2	10	67	12	8	39	52	.279	.338	.415	.753		183	14	3	2	5	4		HRB,BNG · EL
2003	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA,A-,A+	88	348	303	48	90	22	2	12	58	6	4	28	30	.297	.369	.502	.871		152	4	10	1	6	1		NFK,BNG,BKN,SCE · IL,EL,NYPL,FLOR
2003	24	NYM	NL	15	25	23	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	23	6	1	0	1	0	0	/7

2004	25	OAK-min	AAA	125	541	476	79	145	37	3	19	96	3	4	54	75	.305	.377	.515	.891		245	12	4	2	5	2		SAC · PCL
2005	26	OAK-min	AAA	113	500	419	82	132	27	3	17	81	12	1	67	57	.315	.404	.516	.919		216	7	2	2	10	0		SAC · PCL
2005	26	OAK	AL	19	50	48	4	9	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	.188	.220	.250	.470	25	12	1	0	0	0	0	7/9

2006	27	OAK-min	AAA,Fgn	32	146	126	21	40	8	1	5	28	0	1	19	15	.317	.411	.516	.927		65	4	1	0	0	2		SAC,LOT · PCL,JPPL
2007	28	LOT	Fgn	51	150	138	12	28	7	0	4	13	2	0	12	25	.203	.267	.341	.607		47	9	0	0	0	0		LOT · JPPL
2008	29	TOR-min	AAA	77	304	252	37	73	18	0	5	30	1	0	46	47	.290	.395	.421	.815		106	8	1	0	5	1		SYR · IL
2009	30	NYM-min	Fgn,AAA,A+,AA	20	78	68	7	15	2	1	2	8	0	0	9	12	.221	.308	.368	.675		25	1	0	0	1	1		DOO,BFL,SCE,BNG · KBO,IL,FLOR,EL
2010	31	OAK-min	AAA	37	165	153	25	44	12	0	9	26	0	0	11	24	.288	.339	.542	.882		83	4	1	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2010	31	OAK	AL	12	33	30	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	5	.200	.273	.367	.639	74	11	0	0	0	0	0	7
3 Yrs				46	108	101	6	19	7	0	1	11	0	0	6	14	.188	.234	.287	.521	39	29	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	380	356	21	67	25	0	4	39	0	0	21	49	.188	.234	.287	.521	39	102	7	0	4	0	0

OAK (2 yrs)				31	83	78	6	15	5	0	1	9	0	0	5	9	.192	.241	.295	.536	44	23	1	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				15	25	23	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	23	6	1	0	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				31	83	78	6	15	5	0	1	9	0	0	5	9	.192	.241	.295	.536	44	23	1	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				15	25	23	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	23	6	1	0	1	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
2003	24	NYM	NL	15	25	-2	-0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/7

2005	26	OAK	AL	19	50	-5	-0	0	1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.5	0.0	-5	$	7/9

2010	31	OAK	AL	12	33	-1	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	7
3 Seasons				46	108	-8	-1	0	3	-1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.5	.482	.498	-0.8	0.2	-7	$

OAK (2 yrs)				31	83	-7	-1	0	2	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.480	.498	-0.6	0.1	-5	$
NYM (1 yr)				15	25	-2	-0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
2003	24	NYM	NL	25	21	1	1.3	107	.222	.174	.265	.208	.336	.261	.425	.469	.762	23	.077	-2.6	-0.2	.350	.130	.087

2005	26	OAK	AL	50	40	3	2.0	105	.205	.188	.268	.220	.331	.250	.425	.470	.756	25	.162	-5.2	-0.5	.350	.104	.063

2010	31	OAK	AL	33	24	3	3.3	99	.208	.200	.259	.273	.327	.367	.406	.639	.733	74	.350	-1.1	-0.1	.583	.267	.167	.0
3 Yrs				108	85	7	2.2	104	.209	.188	.265	.234	.331	.287	.419	.521	.750	39	.191	-8.9	-0.9	.417	.158	.099	.0
162 Game Avg.				380	299	25	2.2	104	.209	.188	.265	.234	.331	.287	.419	.521	.750	39	.191	-8.9	-0.9	.417	.158	.099

OAK (2 yrs)				83	64	6	2.5	103	.206	.192	.265	.241	.329	.295	.418	.536	.747	44	.232	-6.3	-0.6	.438	.167	.103	.0
NYM (1 yr)				25	21	1	1.3	107	.222	.174	.265	.208	.336	.261	.425	.469	.762	23	.078	-2.6	-0.2	.350	.130	.087

AL (2 yrs)				83	64	6	2.5	103	.206	.192	.265	.241	.329	.295	.418	.536	.747	44	.232	-6.3	-0.6	.438	.167	.103	.0
NL (1 yr)				25	21	1	1.3	107	.222	.174	.265	.208	.336	.261	.425	.469	.762	23	.078	-2.6	-0.2	.350	.130	.087

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
2003	24	NYM	NL	25	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	8.0%	50%	5.00	4.6		11.5	1.57	2.00	72%	11%	0.0%	0%

2005	26	OAK	AL	50	0.0%	8.0%	4.0%	6.0%	33%	2.00	12.0		9.6	0.83	0.89	88%	9%	0.0%	8%

2010	31	OAK	AL	33	3.0%	15.2%	9.1%	9.1%	50%	1.67	6.0	30.0	7.5	0.39	0.58	73%	32%	6.3%	11%
3 Yrs				108	0.9%	13.0%	5.6%	7.4%	42%	2.33	7.2	101.0	9.2	0.78	0.94	80%	16%	2.2%	8%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.02	5.2	32.9	7.7	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	24	NYM	NL	-2.6	-0.2	26	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.21	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.99	-1.9	1.61	11

2005	26	OAK	AL	-5.2	-0.5	50	-0.3	0.8	-1.0	1.04	-0.4	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.95	-5.6	1.31	5

2010	31	OAK	AL	-1.1	-0.1	33	-0.0	0.5	-0.5	.89	-0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.02	-1.5	0.07	2
3 Yrs				-9.0	-0.9	109	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.03	-0.8	0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.98	-9.0	1.36	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	24	NYM	NL	1	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

2005	26	OAK	AL	0	0	36%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	2

2010	31	OAK	AL	0	0	13%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				1	0	21%	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	4	1	3

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
2003	24	NYM	NL	25	88%	4	0	0	11	1	0	0	1.61	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	20	2	10%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

2005	26	OAK	AL	50	86%	9	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	3	0	0%	31	5	16%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0

2010	31	OAK	AL	33	100%	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	23	4	17%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				108	91%	19	0	0	18	1	0	0	1.36	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	18	2	11%	8	1	13%	74	11	15%	6	2	33%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			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
2003	24	NYM	NL	25	110	4.40	71	65%	14%	20%	39%	27%	86%	0%	55%	77%	44%	8%	2	1	20%	5	3	8%	2	0	40%	0	0	0

2005	26	OAK	AL	50	182	3.64	108	59%	27%	10%	22%	41%	73%	0%	43%	86%	28%	4%	2	0	18%	9	5	12%	6	4	25%	0	0	0

2010	31	OAK	AL	33	146	4.42	87	60%	23%	15%	33%	29%	77%	0%	46%	81%	33%	12%	4	0	24%	8	3	9%	3	3	40%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				108	438	4.06	266	61%	22%	14%	30%	33%	78%	0%	47%	82%	33%	7%	8	1	20%	22	11	10%	11	7	36%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2003	24	15	25	23	0	4	2	0	2	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	23	6	1	1
2004	25	15	25	23	0	4	2	0	2	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	23	6	1	1
2005	26	34	75	71	4	13	5	0	7	3	9	.183	.216	.254	.470	25	18	2	1
2006	27	34	75	71	4	13	5	0	7	3	9	.183	.216	.254	.470	25	18	2	1
2007	28	34	75	71	4	13	5	0	7	3	9	.183	.216	.254	.470	25	18	2	1
2008	29	34	75	71	4	13	5	0	7	3	9	.183	.216	.254	.470	25	18	2	1
2009	30	34	75	71	4	13	5	0	7	3	9	.183	.216	.254	.470	25	18	2	1
2010	31	46	108	101	6	19	7	1	11	6	14	.188	.234	.287	.521	39	29	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2003	24	15	25	23	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	.174	.208	.261	.469	1	15

2005	26	19	51	49	5	10	3	0	0	6	0	2	4	.204	.235	.265	.501	3	19

2010	31	12	33	30	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	3	5	.200	.273	.367	.639	3	12
3 Yrs		46	109	102	7	20	7	0	1	12	0	6	14	.196	.241	.294	.535	7	46
162 Game Avg.		162	384	359	25	70	25	0	4	42	0	21	49	.196	.241	.294	.535	25	46

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