Matt Murton

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: October 3, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (32nd) of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Eagle's Landing HS (McDonough, GA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: July 8, 2005 (Age 23-278d, 18,714th in major league history)
vs. FLA 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 28-001d)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Henry Murton

Twitter: @mmurton9

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

952

272

.286

134

RBI

112

OBP

.352

SLG

.436

OPS

.788

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-17 / in Starts: 7-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	61 (31-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (22-15-8)

Most Driven In
M DeRosa	2
D Lee	1
R Theriot	1
A RamÃrez	1
D Barton	1
J Hannahan	1
G Soto	1
J Edmonds	0

Most Driven In By
M Fontenot	1
R CedeÃ±o	1
R Sweeney	1

2008 Batting Game Log

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2008 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	290	17 (16)	Apr 19	CHC		PIT	W,13-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.78	PH LF
2	291	18	Apr 20	CHC		PIT	W,13-6	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	5	.44	-0.014	.55	-0.01%	-1.69	LF
3	292	20 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		NYM	W,8-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.59	-0.019	.74	-0.01%	-0.82	PH
4	293	21	Apr 23	CHC	@	COL	W,7-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	2.89	-0.071	3.75	-0.06%	-0.32	PH
5	294	23 (1)	Apr 25	CHC	@	WSN	L,3-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	8	5.89	0.201	7.55	0.15%	1.00	PH
6	295	25 (1)	Apr 27	CHC	@	WSN	L,0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.91	-0.023	1.13	-0.02%	-0.16	PH
7	296	26	Apr 29	CHC		MIL	L,7-10	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	8	.72	0.022	1.02	0.02%	0.34	PH
8	297	27	Apr 30	CHC		MIL	W,19-5	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.20	PH RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	298	71 (43)	Jun 17	CHC	@	TBR	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	7	1.05	-0.081	.97	-0.05%	-0.68	LF
10	299	72	Jun 18	CHC	@	TBR	L,4-5	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	5	.90	0.038	.88	0.02%	0.28	LF
11	300	74 (1)	Jun 20	CHC		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	7	.72	0.011	.80	0.01%	0.09	LF
12	301	77 (2)	Jun 24	CHC		BAL	L,5-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.261	.553	5	3.29	-0.087	3.11	-0.05%	-0.46	PH RF
13	302	79 (1)	Jun 26	CHC		BAL	L,4-11	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.240	.509	3	.07	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.51	PH LF
14	303	80	Jun 27	CHC	@	CHW	L,3-10	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	8	.26	-0.012	.26	-0.01%	-0.76	PH LF
15	304	83 (2)	Jun 30	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.323	.626	7	.67	0.142	.82	0.11%	1.81	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	305	85 (1)	Jul 2	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257	.297	.314	.612	7	1.23	-0.133	1.48	-0.10%	-1.18	LF
17	306	86	Jul 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-8	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.333	.649	9	1.73	0.070	2.01	0.05%	0.39	PH
18	307	88 (1)	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.308	.324	.632	9	1.15	-0.029	1.63	-0.02%	-0.16	PH
19	308	89	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,7-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	7	.97	-0.060	1.52	-0.06%	-0.92	LF
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Oakland Athletics
20	309	93	Jul 11	OAK		LAA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.277	.289	.565	2	.83	0.057	1.46	0.06%	0.39	LF
21	310	94	Jul 12	OAK		LAA	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.255	.265	.520	2	1.12	-0.111	2.17	-0.13%	-0.93	LF
22	311	95	Jul 13	OAK		LAA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.255	.250	.505	2	.75	-0.058	1.32	-0.06%	-0.63	LF
23	312	96	Jul 18	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.245	.495	8	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.12	PH
24	313	97	Jul 19	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.267	.281	.547	7	1.02	0.038	1.24	0.03%	0.56	LF
25	314	98	Jul 20	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.267	.521	5	.82	-0.063	.92	-0.04%	-0.47	LF
26	315	100 (1)	Jul 22	OAK	@	TBR	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.235	.246	.481	4	.73	-0.097	.66	-0.05%	-0.59	LF
27	316	102 (1)	Jul 25	OAK		TEX	L,6-14	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.232	.242	.474	1	.03	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.36	PH
28	317	103	Jul 26	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.186	.219	.229	.448	7	.84	-0.091	.48	-0.03%	-1.48	LF
							11-17		73	70	3	13	3	0	0	8	2	0	12	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	.186	.219	.229	.448		.88	-0.374	1.11	-0.25%	-7.96

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