The Baseball Cube is a statistics web site with major league, minor league and college baseball stats, draft information and historical boxscores.
     ?  
Home Players Teams Leagues Boxscores Draft High Schools Baseball Lists Blog TBC Shop About/Help Links Rumors
CTC offers a variety of MLB Baseball tickets including Boston Red Sox baseball tickets, New York Yankees tickets, Chicago Cubs MLB tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets, sports tickets, college sports tickets, World Series tickets & Baseball Tickets
 Sponsor the Matt Lawton page for a year [$33]   More info

Matt Lawton   |   Major Leaguer   1995-2006

Full Name:  Matthew Lawton Jr.
Born:  November 3,1971  in  Gulfport, Mississippi
Height:  5-10  Weight:  186  Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right
High School:  Harrison Central (Gulfport,MS)
College:  Gulf Coast Community College

Brother of Marcus Lawton

Baseball Lists:  Relatives Playing Together on Same team

Debut:  September 5,1995

Update Player Profile
Drafted:  Selected by Minnesota Twins in 13rd Round (337th overall) of 1991 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)  

Transactions:   [Aug 12,1991] - signed  [Jul 30,2001] - Traded by Twins to Mets for Rick Reed.  [Dec 11,2001] - Traded by Mets with Billy Traber, Earl Snyder, Jerrod Riggan and Alex Escobar to Indians for Danny Peoples, Mike Bacsik and Roberto Alomar.  [Dec 11,2004] - Traded by Indians to Pirates  [Jul 18,2005] - Traded by Cubs to Indians for Jody Gerut  [Jul 31,2005] - Traded by Pirates with cash for Jody Gerut.  [Aug 27,2005] - Traded by Cubs to Yankees for Justin Berg  [May 30,2006] - Released by Mariners  

Disabled List:  [Jul 12,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left calf)   [Jul 27,2002] - Activated   [Oct 3,2003] - Activated  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1992GCL TwinsGCL20MinRk 2b 5317339458322620127279017  .260.375.376751--
1993Fort WayneMidw21MinA of 1113405097213938231565428302  .285.410.444854--
1994Fort MyersFSL22MinA+ of 122446791343017514219806423237 .300.407.419826--
1995NewBritainEast23MinAA of 1144127511119513542695670121238 .269.371.434805--
 MinnesotaAL23MinMLB of2,921601119411121171130001 .317.414.46788139%
1996Salt LakePCL24MinAAA of 53212406316173324263430022 .297.379.481860--
 MinnesotaAL24MinMLB rf-cf8,2,67925234657164244282841026 .258.339.36570446%
1997MinnesotaAL25MinMLB rf-lf2,5,4142460741142931460747681103117 .248.366.415781--
1998MinnesotaAL26MinMLB rf-cf3,2,615255791155366217716886641560410 .278.387.47886553%
1999GCL TwinsGCL27MinRk of 14010001000200000 .250.250.250500--
 Fort MyersFSL27MinA+ of 414381002103100000 .571.647.6431290--
 MinnesotaAL27MinMLB rf 118406581051807542645742670711 .259.353.355708--
2000MinnesotaAL28MinMLB rf-lf31565618417144213882379163780510 .305.405.46086559%
2001NY MetsNL29NymMLB rf1481832445111313102223480002 .246.352.36671864%
 MinnesotaAL29MinMLB rf31033767111025010511966346360214 .293.396.43983557%
2002AkronEast30CleAA of 310100000003100000 .000.231.000231--
 ClevelandAL30CleMLB rf-lf111441671981921557895934801013 .236.342.39974153%
2003AkronEast31CleAA   519110001002600001 .053.143.053196--
 ClevelandAL31CleMLB lf-dh1,29937457931901553103474770018 .249.343.42076344%
2004ClevelandAL32CleMLB lf1,3150591109164250207023974841130421 .277.366.42178743%
2005Chi CubsNL33ChcMLB lf119788192015104810003 .244.289.30859752%
 PittsburghNL33PitMLB rf1101374531022811044169586190047 .273.380.43381354%
 NY YankeesAL33NyyMLB rf-lf72148660024107820000 .125.263.25051350%
2006SeattleAL34SeaMLB cf-rf71127570001002200000 .259.310.25956940%
 
Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)13344763756127326717138631165666816139434230113 .267.368.41778552%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)466163028846095133820611448262247347517 .282.389.426815--


 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1992GCL TwinsGCL20MinRk2B501291421228320---.958--
 
1993Fort WayneMidw21MinAOF476563741---.959--
 
1994Fort MyersFSL22MinA+OF1071881362070---.971--
 
1995NewBritainEast23MinAAof1102211222352---.991--
1995MinnesotaAL23MinMLBOF193411360---.972--
1995MinnesotaAL23MinMLBDH1--------
 
1996Salt LakePCL24MinAAAOF418806940---.936--
1996MinnesotaAL24MinMLBLF100000--------
1996MinnesotaAL24MinMLBCF184910500---1.000--
1996MinnesotaAL24MinMLBRF60147331530---.980--
1996MinnesotaAL24MinMLBDH1--------
 
1997MinnesotaAL25MinMLBLF58108521152---.983--
1997MinnesotaAL25MinMLBCF234303460---.935--
1997MinnesotaAL25MinMLBRF67129421351---.985--
 
1998MinnesotaAL26MinMLBLF122200220---1.000--
1998MinnesotaAL26MinMLBCF47113211162---.991--
1998MinnesotaAL26MinMLBRF100263932753---.989--
 
1999GCL TwinsGCL27MinRkOF110010---1.000--
1999Fort MyersFSL27MinA+OF480080---1.000--
1999MinnesotaAL27MinMLBLF101400140---1.000--
1999MinnesotaAL27MinMLBCF670070---1.000--
1999MinnesotaAL27MinMLBRF103192341990---.980--
1999MinnesotaAL27MinMLBDH6--------
 
2000MinnesotaAL28MinMLBLF67541107211101---.9911.81
2000MinnesotaAL28MinMLBCF32170180---.8753.00
2000MinnesotaAL28MinMLBRF83647163231680---.9822.30
2000MinnesotaAL28MinMLBDH9--------
 
2001MinnesotaAL29MinMLBRF94799.2193241992---.9802.19
2001MinnesotaAL29MinMLBDH7--------
2001NY MetsNL29NymMLBRF48410.29610970---1.0002.13
 
2002AkronEast30CleAAOF390090---1.000--
2002ClevelandAL30CleMLBLF23202.24520470---1.0002.09
2002ClevelandAL30CleMLBRF85699.1184561952---.9692.43
2002ClevelandAL30CleMLBDH3--------
 
2003ClevelandAL31CleMLBLF6261532.2116311200---.9922.01
2003ClevelandAL31CleMLBRF1312110.11710180---1.0001.47
2003ClevelandAL31CleMLBDH21--------
 
2004ClevelandAL32CleMLBLF1241231070.1231732412---.9882.00
2004ClevelandAL32CleMLBRF1918167.23521381---.9741.99
2004ClevelandAL32CleMLBDH3--------
 
2005Chi CubsNL33ChcMLBLF18171402901300---.9671.86
2005Chi CubsNL33ChcMLBRF3218.240040---1.0001.93
2005NY YankeesAL33NyyMLBLF8544.11100110---1.0002.23
2005NY YankeesAL33NyyMLBRF121092.22001210---.9521.94
2005PittsburghNL33PitMLBRF9898841.2206412111---.9952.25
 
2006SeattleAL34SeaMLBLF11900000------.00
2006SeattleAL34SeaMLBCF55351000100---1.0002.57
2006SeattleAL34SeaMLBRF2-510010---1.0001.80
2006SeattleAL34SeaMLBDH21-00000--------
 


 Awards
[1994] - Florida State League All-Star OF  [2000] - Minnesota Twins Player of the Year, Played in MLB All-Star Game  [2004] - Played in MLB All-Star Game
 Salaries
YearSalary Rank  Lg Avg  Centile
1995109,000  831,50480
1996115,000  835,26272
1997150,000  996,99080
1998215,000  1,054,03756
19991,700,000  1,222,53724
20002,000,000  1,369,50523
20013,900,000  1,609,51216
20025,250,000  1,654,08812
20036,750,000  1,773,3649
20047,250,00082  1,716,3037
20057,750,00086  1,825,7568
2006400,000  1,937,00447
 
Career:  $35,589,000   estimate
 Trivia and Player Notes
Lawton was the 12th Major League Player suspended for testing positive for steroids. He was with the New York Yankees at the time and the announcement was made after the conclusion of the 2005 playoffs. Lawton was left off the Yankees post-season roster.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (2000, 2004)
 Jobs in Baseball
Year(s)TeamPosition
No positions listed
 Related Links
• Head2Head as Batter
• Baseball Reference

  TBC Ad Zone
Baseball Equipment - Baseball Bats, Softball Bats, Baseball Gloves, Catchers Gear, Wood Baseball Bats, Baseball Hats and Batting Gloves.
MLB Trade Rumors - Today's hottest baseball trade rumors. If it's whispered, they hear it.
Rookie Baseball Cards - CardBoardInvestor.com features a large selection of quality graded baseball cards.
TBC Baseball Shop

All Products [11] for Matt Lawton

by Category
• Baseball Cards [11]

• Seattle Mariners Jerseys and more.


 Ticket Ads
FrontRowUSA.com sells Baseball tickets. Buy Washington Nationals Tickets Minnesota Twins Tickets Cleveland Indians Tickets St. Louis Cardinals Tickets Oakland Athletics Tickets Atlanta Braves Tickets Philadelphia Phillies Tickets Texas Rangers Tickets Boston Red Sox Tickets and New York Yankees Tickets from the leading ticket broker.