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Matthew Lawton

First name: Matt

Last name: Lawton

Birthdate: 1971-11-30

Bats: L Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 117566

Retro ID: lawtm002

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1995	MIN	0.9	0.2	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	3
1996	MIN	3.5	0.6	4.1	1.5	2.8	1.4	8
1997	MIN	6.8	1.1	8.0	1.5	3.9	4.1	12
1998	MIN	8.3	1.4	9.7	5.4	8.3	1.5	25
1999	MIN	6.0	0.8	6.9	0.5	2.5	4.3	8
2000	MIN	8.3	1.1	9.4	2.4	5.2	4.2	16
2001	NYN	2.7	0.4	3.1	0.3	1.2	1.8	4
2001	MIN	5.6	0.7	6.3	3.0	4.9	1.5	15
2002	CLE	6.2	0.8	7.0	1.0	3.1	3.9	9
2003	CLE	5.4	0.6	6.0	0.4	2.2	3.8	7
2004	CLE	8.3	1.1	9.4	0.8	3.6	5.8	11
2005	CHN	1.1	0.1	1.2	-0.4	0.0	1.2	0
2005	NYA	0.7	0.1	0.8	-0.3	-0.1	0.9	0
2005	PIT	5.6	0.8	6.4	2.7	4.6	1.8	14
2006	SEA	0.4	0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
Career		69.8	9.9	79.7	19.3	43.1	36.7	132

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1995	MIN	70	3	3	2	1	0	1	-1	0	0	6	11.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0
1996	MIN	286	-7	-8	3	-5	0	1	19	-2	0	10	11.1	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.7	23
1997	MIN	548	5	4	2	-3	1	-1	0	-4	0	3	10.4	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	8
1998	MIN	662	23	22	-1	-1	1	1	16	-4	0	38	10.1	3.8	-0.4	0.0	3.4	27
1999	MIN	476	-9	-11	0	2	0	-1	5	-4	0	-5	10.0	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.9	11
2000	MIN	664	20	16	1	-2	0	0	-2	-6	-1	13	10.4	1.2	-0.7	0.0	0.5	6
2001	NYN	213	-3	-2	3	-3	0	-1	2	-2	0	-1	9.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	5
2001	MIN	444	14	13	-1	3	-1	-1	9	-4	-1	22	10.0	2.2	-0.5	0.0	1.7	14
2002	CLE	484	0	1	0	-3	0	0	2	-4	0	0	10.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	8
2003	CLE	429	2	3	-1	-3	1	1	-4	-3	-2	-3	9.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	-0.8	0
2004	CLE	680	7	10	-3	-1	-1	-1	-9	-6	0	-5	10.8	-0.5	-0.6	0.0	-1.1	-1
2005	CHN	83	-5	-5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	0	-5	9.4	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	2
2005	NYA	57	-4	-4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-4	10.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	1
2005	PIT	445	10	11	2	-5	0	0	10	-4	0	18	9.6	1.9	-0.4	-0.1	1.4	15
2006	SEA	29	-2	-2	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	10.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	-1
Career		5,570	54	51	7	-20	1	-1	46	-45	-4	84	-	8.2	-4.9	-0.1	3.2	118

Defense

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1995	MIN	LF	10	3	0.0	0	0	2	3	0	0
1995	MIN	CF	289	35	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	9	0	-1
1995	MIN	RF	89	15	0.0	0	0	-3	11	0	0
1996	MIN	LF	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	MIN	CF	390	66	3.0	3	3	10	24	-1	2
1996	MIN	RF	973	202	15.0	16	15	28	85	2	17
1997	MIN	LF	1447	172	-2.0	0	0	2	80	-1	-1
1997	MIN	CF	482	65	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	25	1	0
1997	MIN	RF	1058	194	-2.0	-1	-1	1	72	2	1
1998	MIN	LF	314	36	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	8	0	-1
1998	MIN	CF	1183	168	-3.0	-2	-2	0	66	-1	-3
1998	MIN	RF	1737	370	22.0	25	23	62	95	-3	20
1999	MIN	LF	154	20	1.0	1	1	2	6	0	1
1999	MIN	CF	55	9	1.0	1	1	2	2	0	1
1999	MIN	RF	1704	294	0.0	3	3	-6	119	0	3
2000	MIN	LF	1648	184	-8.0	-6	-6	-10	66	0	-6
2000	MIN	CF	68	9	0.0	0	0	1	4	0	0
2000	MIN	RF	1316	245	3.0	5	5	3	114	-1	4
2001	MIN	RF	1661	283	7.0	9	8	-4	78	1	9
2001	NYN	RF	757	136	5.0	4	4	0	42	-2	2
2002	CLE	LF	610	71	-1.0	0	0	-4	28	0	0
2002	CLE	RF	1321	274	3.0	4	4	20	126	-2	2
2003	CLE	LF	1652	184	-4.0	-2	-2	-5	81	0	-2
2003	CLE	RF	223	28	-2.0	-2	-2	-8	12	0	-2
2004	CLE	LF	3242	375	-8.0	-5	-5	4	185	-4	-9
2004	CLE	RF	326	53	-1.0	-1	-1	-5	27	1	0
2005	NYA	LF	127	15	1.0	1	1	2	5	0	1
2005	CHN	LF	366	42	2.0	2	2	1	22	-1	1
2005	NYA	RF	178	33	-2.0	-2	-2	0	16	1	-1
2005	CHN	RF	39	6	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2005	PIT	RF	1649	304	4.0	6	6	-5	130	4	10
2006	SEA	LF	24	1	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0	-1
2006	SEA	CF	112	16	-1.0	-1	-1	0	3	0	-1
2006	SEA	RF	11	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		LF	9600	1103	-21.0	-11	-11	-12	484	-6	-17
		CF	2579	368	-2.0	-1	-1	7	133	-1	-2
		RF	13042	2439	52.0	66	62	83	929	3	65

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Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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