Matt Kata | Major Leaguer 2003-2007

Full Name: Matthew John Kata
Born: March 14,1978 in Avon Lake, Ohio
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Bats: Both Throws: Right
High School: St. Ignatius (Cleveland,OH)
College: Vanderbilt University

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Drafted: Selected by Minnesota Twins in 20th Round (577th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 9th Round (268th overall) of 1999 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 5,1999] - signed [Jul 21,2005] - Traded by Diamondbacks to Phillies for Tim Worrell and cash. [Mar 15,2006] - Claimed off waivers by Reds from Phillies [Nov 8,2006] - Signed by Rangers (minor)

Disabled List: [May 30,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (dislocated left shoulder) [Jun 9,2004] - Transferred to 60 day DL.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	0	1	27.27	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	27.27	0.00	3.03	--

Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	90.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	90.00	0.00	10.00	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1999	South Bend	Midw	21	Ari	A	ss		78	318	40	83	14	5	3	33	5	6	28	46	4	0	1	1	5	.261	.328	.365	693	--
2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	ss		133	521	82	133	22	9	6	59	38	12	52	58	6	2	3	5	10	.255	.327	.367	694	--
2001	Lancaster	Calif	23	Ari	A+	2b		119	494	80	146	19	6	10	54	30	8	41	79	5	3	4	1	4	.296	.355	.419	774	--
	El Paso	Tex	23	Ari	AA	28		4	16	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.500	.563	1063	--
2002	El Paso	Tex	24	Ari	AA	2b		136	578	95	172	33	9	11	57	12	7	37	79	4	4	4	5	6	.298	.341	.443	784	--
2003	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	2b-ss		48	201	31	58	13	5	3	25	2	3	9	29	3	1	0	1	1	.289	.327	.448	775	--
	Arizona	NL	25	Ari	MLB	2b-3b	1,2	78	288	42	74	16	5	7	29	3	2	25	53	1	0	5	3	4	.257	.315	.420	735	51%
2004	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	2b	1,2	42	162	17	40	9	2	2	13	4	1	13	29	0	2	1	1	1	.247	.301	.364	665	51%
2005	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	2b-ss		24	96	10	30	5	1	0	4	2	1	4	14	0	0	2	0	0	.313	.340	.385	725	--
	Tucson	PCL	27	Ari	AAA	of-2b		46	200	25	62	10	3	3	28	5	1	6	25	1	0	4	3	4	.310	.329	.435	764	--
	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	2b-ss	9	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	67%
	Arizona	NL	27	Ari	MLB	2b	9	30	31	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	.194	.306	.323	629	17%
2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	of-2b		113	331	45	87	20	4	9	34	4	4	18	48	10	0	4	3	6	.263	.318	.429	747	--
2007	Indy	IL	29	Pit	AAA	of		19	72	12	20	5	1	2	5	2	1	7	8	0	3	1	1	2	.278	.338	.458	796	--
	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	lf-3b	8,9,2	31	70	12	13	2	0	2	6	1	0	5	18	1	0	1	0	0	.186	.250	.300	550	51%
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	3b-2b	9	47	88	9	22	7	1	1	10	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	3	.250	.258	.386	644	55%
2008	Indy	IL	30	Pit	AAA			118	396	50	97	18	6	8	45	18	6	22	65	5	3	4	6	4	.245	.289	.381	670	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)								238	645	87	156	36	9	12	58	8	4	48	121	3	2	10	4	8	.242	.296	.381	677	50%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)								838	3223	474	895	161	49	55	348	118	50	226	453	38	16	27	26	42	.278	.330	.409	739	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1999	South Bend	Midw	21	Ari	A	SS	75			95	230	22	347	31	-	-	-	.937	--

2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	2B	9			24	31	2	57	5	-	-	-	.965	--
2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	SS	122			164	355	37	556	56	-	-	-	.933	--
2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	South Bend	Midw	22	Ari	A	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2001	Lancaster	Calif	23	Ari	A+	2B	113			245	301	25	571	75	-	-	-	.956	--
2001	Lancaster	Calif	23	Ari	A+	SS	6			12	14	4	30	2	-	-	-	.867	--
2001	El Paso	Tex	23	Ari	AA	28	4			8	9	0	17	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

2002	El Paso	Tex	24	Ari	AA	2B	127			235	361	16	612	66	-	-	-	.974	--
2002	El Paso	Tex	24	Ari	AA	3B	3			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	El Paso	Tex	24	Ari	AA	SS	9			13	19	2	34	7	-	-	-	.941	--

2003	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	2B	40			70	112	8	190	23	-	-	-	.958	--
2003	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	SS	11			22	22	2	46	9	-	-	-	.957	--
2003	Arizona	NL	25	Ari	MLB	2B	52	45	409.1	106	131	3	240	27	-	-	-	.988	5.21
2003	Arizona	NL	25	Ari	MLB	3B	23	19	173.1	10	41	1	52	3	-	-	-	.981	2.65
2003	Arizona	NL	25	Ari	MLB	SS	6	4	37.2	7	5	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.87

2004	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	2B	38	35	320.2	75	111	2	188	25	-	-	-	.989	5.22
2004	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	3B	3	2	17.1	4	4	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.15
2004	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	SS	1	1	9.1	3	5	0	8	2	-	-	-	1.000	7.71

2005	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	2B	11			23	39	0	62	11	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	3B	4			1	3	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	--
2005	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	SS	6			4	13	2	19	1	-	-	-	.895	--
2005	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	OF	6			11	1	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	--
2005	Tucson	PCL	27	Ari	AAA	2B	14			30	39	4	73	13	-	-	-	.945	--
2005	Tucson	PCL	27	Ari	AAA	3B	6			3	15	2	20	2	-	-	-	.900	--
2005	Tucson	PCL	27	Ari	AAA	SS	11			16	32	3	51	6	-	-	-	.941	--
2005	Tucson	PCL	27	Ari	AAA	OF	14			29	0	0	29	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Arizona	NL	27	Ari	MLB	2B	7	3	28	8	12	0	20	6	-	-	-	1.000	6.43
2005	Arizona	NL	27	Ari	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
2005	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	2B	3	-	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2005	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	SS	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2005	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	RF	1	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	1B	1								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	2B	25								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	3B	3								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	SS	3								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Louisville	IL	28	Cin	AAA	OF	70								-	-	-	---	--

2007	Indy	IL	29	Pit	AAA	2B	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Indy	IL	29	Pit	AAA	3B	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Indy	IL	29	Pit	AAA	OF	16								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	2B	10	2	34	14	14	0	28	6	-	-	-	1.000	7.41
2007	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	3B	10	8	81.2	2	16	1	19	1	-	-	-	.947	1.98
2007	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	SS	3	1	17.2	2	5	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.57
2007	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	LF	2	1	10	2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80
2007	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	RF	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2007	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	1B	4	1	20	25	0	0	25	2	-	-	-	1.000	11.25
2007	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	2B	2	1	13	3	1	1	5	2	-	-	-	.800	2.77
2007	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	3B	7	6	44.1	3	7	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	2.03
2007	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	SS	6	2	25	7	6	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	4.68
2007	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	LF	10	4	54	12	2	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.33

Awards

[2001] - High A All-Star 2B, Carolina League All-Star 2B [2002] - Texas League All-Star 2B

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	64
2004	315,000		1,716,303	58
2005	330,000		1,825,756	56
2007	*415,000		2,923,340	71

Career:	$1,360,000	estimate

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