Matt Lawton

RF/LF/CF · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1995–2006 BORN: GULFPORT, USA
All-Star ×2
Career
1273 H · 138 HR · 631 RBI · 165 SB
.267 AVG · .785 OPS · 1334 G
2006 Season
.259 AVG · 0 HR · 1 RBI · 0 SB
.310 OBP · .259 SLG · .570 OPS
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Matt Lawton was a right fielder in MLB. Across 1334 career games, with a .267 batting average and 138 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1995 MIN 21 60 11 19 4 1 1 12 1 7 11 .317 .414 .467 .881
1996 MIN 79 252 34 65 7 1 6 42 4 28 28 .258 .339 .365 .704
1997 MIN 142 460 74 114 29 3 14 60 7 76 81 .248 .366 .415 .781
1998 MIN 152 557 91 155 36 6 21 77 16 86 64 .278 .387 .478 .864
1999 MIN 118 406 58 105 18 0 7 54 26 57 42 .259 .353 .355 .708
2000 MIN 156 561 84 171 44 2 13 88 23 91 63 .305 .405 .460 .865
2001 MIN 103 376 71 110 25 0 10 51 19 63 46 .293 .396 .439 .835
2001 NYM 48 183 24 45 11 1 3 13 10 22 34 .246 .352 .366 .718
2002 CLE 114 416 71 98 19 2 15 57 8 59 34 .236 .342 .399 .741
2003 CLE 99 374 57 93 19 0 15 53 10 47 47 .249 .343 .420 .762
2004 CLE 150 591 109 164 25 0 20 70 23 74 84 .277 .366 .421 .787
2005 CHC 19 78 8 19 2 0 1 5 1 4 8 .244 .289 .308 .597
2005 NYY 21 48 6 6 0 0 2 4 1 7 8 .125 .263 .250 .513
2005 PIT 101 374 53 102 28 1 10 44 16 58 61 .273 .380 .433 .813
2006 SEA 11 27 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .259 .310 .259 .570
Career Totals 1334 4763 756 1273 267 17 138 631 165 681 613 .267 .368 .417 .785
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (1): 2001
All-Star Selections

2000, 2004

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1995$109,000
1996$115,000
1997$150,000
1998$215,000
1999$1,700,000
2000$2,000,000
2001$3,900,000
2002$5,250,000
2003$6,750,000
2004$7,250,000
2005$7,750,000
2006$400,000

Career Total: $35,589,000 (12 seasons)

Average: $2,965,750

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.