Matt LeCroy | Major Leaguer 2000-2007

Full Name: Matthew Hanks Lecroy
Born: December 13,1975 in Belton, South Carolina
Height: 6-2 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Belton-Honea Path (Belton,SC)
College: Clemson University

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Prospect Rankings*
1999 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for Minnesota Twins
2000 - 44th ranked Major League prospect
2000 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Minnesota Twins

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by New York Mets in 2nd Round (63rd overall) of 1994 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 1st Round (50th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 26,1997] - signed [Feb 8,2006] - Signed by Nationals [Jul 20,2006] - Released by Nationals [Jan 17,2007] - Signed by Twins to minor league contract [Oct 11,2007] - Elected free agency [Feb 15,2008] - Signed by Athletics (1-year)

Signed by: Joel Lepel

Disabled List: [Apr 8,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (pulled oblique muscle in his ribcage) [May 11,2004] - Activated

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%
1995	Clemson	NCAA	19		NCAA			68	255	55	85	18	0	15	72	0	4	34	57	10		0	6		.333	.423	.580	1003	--
1996	Clemson	NCAA	20		NCAA			67	244	61	77	18	0	14	57	3	1	44	35	10		0	9	8	.316	.427	.561	988	--
1997	Clemson	NCAA	21		NCAA			64	237	62	85	12	1	24	79	5	2	53	34	8		0	5	1	.359	.482	.722	1204	--
1998	Fort Wayne	Midw	22	Min	A	c		64	225	33	62	17	1	9	40	0	0	34	45	8	1	0	2	9	.276	.387	.480	867	--
	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	c		51	200	32	61	9	1	12	51	2	1	21	35	4	1	0	6	7	.305	.372	.540	912	--
	Salt Lake	PCL	22	Min	AAA	c		3	13	2	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.846	1154	--
1999	Fort Myers	FSL	23	Min	A+	c		89	333	54	93	20	1	20	69	0	1	42	51	3	3	0	1	10	.279	.364	.526	890	--
	Salt Lake	PCL	23	Min	AAA	c		29	119	23	36	4	1	10	30	0	1	5	22	1	0	0	2	8	.303	.331	.605	936	--
2000	NewBritain	East	24	Min	AA	c		54	195	33	55	12	1	10	38	0	0	29	34	6	3	0	0	8	.282	.391	.508	899	--
	Salt Lake	PCL	24	Min	AAA	c		16	65	15	20	5	0	5	15	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	4	.308	.348	.615	963	--
	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	c	7,8,6	56	167	18	29	10	0	5	17	0	0	17	38	2	2	1	3	6	.174	.254	.323	577	50%
2001	Edmonton	PCL	25	Min	AAA	c-1b		101	396	53	130	17	0	20	80	0	2	36	95	6	1	0	3	8	.328	.390	.523	913	--
	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	dh-c	4	15	40	6	17	5	0	3	12	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	.425	.429	.775	1204	43%
2002	Edmonton	PCL	26	Min	AAA	c-1b		46	174	36	61	7	1	12	50	2	0	17	34	4	0	0	4	1	.351	.412	.609	1021	--
	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	dh	4	63	181	19	47	11	1	7	27	0	2	13	38	0	1	0	2	5	.260	.306	.448	754	50%
2003	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	dh-c	4	107	345	39	99	19	0	17	64	0	1	25	82	4	1	0	0	8	.287	.342	.490	832	38%
2004	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	dh-c	7,4,8	88	264	25	71	14	0	9	39	0	0	16	60	5	0	0	2	7	.269	.321	.424	745	44%
2005	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	dh-1b	4	101	304	33	79	5	0	17	50	0	0	41	85	4	2	0	1	7	.260	.354	.444	798	51%
2006	NewOrleans	PCL	30	Wan	AAA	1b		5	15	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.267	.333	600	--
	Washington	NL	30	Wan	MLB	c-1b	9,7	39	67	5	16	3	0	2	9	0	0	11	17	1	0	0	1	2	.239	.350	.373	723	57%
2007	Rochester	IL	31	Min	AAA	c-1b		80	247	12	48	12	0	3	25	0	0	26	48	5	1	0	3	10	.194	.281	.279	560	--
	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	c-1b	7	7	20	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.150	.150	.200	350	62%

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)								476	1388	146	361	68	1	60	218	0	4	123	332	17	6	1	10	36	.260	.326	.440	766	46%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)								538	1982	293	574	105	6	103	404	4	5	214	386	37	10	0	21	66	.290	.366	.505	871	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2002	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	Div	3	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.444	888	--
	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	Ch	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	Div	3	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	258	--
2004	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	Div	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						10	26	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	.269	.321	.269	590	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1998	Fort Wayne	Midw	22	Min	A	C	51			344	35	1	380	2	6			.997	--
1998	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	C	44			309	28	3	340	0	17			.991	--
1998	Salt Lake	PCL	22	Min	AAA	C	2			6	0	0	6	0	0			1.000	--

1999	Fort Myers	FSL	23	Min	A+	C	66			406	48	8	462	4	11			.983	--
1999	Salt Lake	PCL	23	Min	AAA	C	19			100	6	0	106	0	4			1.000	--

2000	NewBritain	East	24	Min	AA	C	42			297	31	10	338	6	12			.970	--
2000	Salt Lake	PCL	24	Min	AAA	C	10			64	3	0	67	1	2			1.000	--
2000	Salt Lake	PCL	24	Min	AAA	1B	1			12	0	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	C	49		410.2	317	16	4	337	8	4	22	9	.988	7.30
2000	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	1B	3		12	13	0	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	9.75
2000	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	DH	3								-	-	-	---	--

2001	Edmonton	PCL	25	Min	AAA	C	21			135	11	2	148	3	2			.986	--
2001	Edmonton	PCL	25	Min	AAA	1B	10			92	3	3	98	11	-	-	-	.969	--
2001	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	C	3		9	6	1	0	7	0	0	1	1	1.000	7.00
2001	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	1B	2		6	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	6.00
2001	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	DH	9								-	-	-	---	--

2002	Edmonton	PCL	26	Min	AAA	C	10			71	6	1	78	1	2			.987	--
2002	Edmonton	PCL	26	Min	AAA	1B	8			69	3	0	72	8	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	C	6		27	20	1	0	21	0	2	0	0	1.000	7.00
2002	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	1B	8		45	39	1	1	41	8	-	-	-	.976	8.00
2002	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	DH	40								-	-	-	---	--

2003	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	C	22	20	158	95	4	2	101	0	2	14	4	.980	5.64
2003	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	1B	17	12	105.1	99	3	1	103	7	-	-	-	.990	8.72
2003	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	DH	63								-	-	-	---	--

2004	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	C	26	16	144.1	114	4	4	122	0	1	15	1	.967	7.36
2004	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	1B	23	20	181.2	172	3	1	176	17	-	-	-	.994	8.67
2004	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	DH	30								-	-	-	---	--

2005	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	C	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	.00
2005	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	1B	23	21	179	203	8	3	214	18	-	-	-	.986	10.61
2005	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	DH	63								-	-	-	---	--

2006	NewOrleans	PCL	30	Wan	AAA	1B	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Washington	NL	30	Wan	MLB	C	13	9	88	60	1	2	63	0	0	20	1	.968	6.24
2006	Washington	NL	30	Wan	MLB	1B	6	2	22	19	1	1	21	2	-	-	-	.952	8.18
2006	Washington	NL	30	Wan	MLB	DH	2	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2007	Rochester	IL	31	Min	AAA	C	23											---	--
2007	Rochester	IL	31	Min	AAA	1B	6								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	C	4	4	35	22	0	1	23	0	1	8	0	.957	5.66
2007	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	1B	1	-	2	3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	13.50

Awards

[1995] - Freshman 1st team All-America C [1996] - Summer League First-Team All-American DH, Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star C [1997] - 1st team College All-American C, Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star C [1999] - Minnesota Twins Minor League Player of the Year, Florida State League All-Star C, Class A All-Star C

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2000	200,000		1,369,505	68
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	312,500		1,773,364	55
2004	340,000		1,716,303	50
2005	750,000		1,825,756	38
2006	850,000		1,937,004	36

Career:	$2,852,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

LeCroy was a high draft pick out of high school in 1994 but elected to sign with Clemson instead. LeCroy did nothing to hurt his stock while playing for the Tigers as after his 3 seasons at the University, he was a 1st round draft pick (50th overall) by the Minnesota Twins in 1997.

LeCroy is a catcher by trade but he can also play first base but he is more suited to being a dh or a pinch hitter. He is a very good hitter with excellent power but he is a very slow runner with a weak arm, especially for the catching position. Baserunners stole 29 out of 34 bases against LeCroy in his last 49 games behind the plate. LeCroy hustles well and he is a very good component to any team and he could see himself in a full-time designated hitter role if he can hit consistently. The more he plays the better he tends to hit and is prone to extended slumps when he is inactive, according to scouting reports.

He was a very good athlete in high school and was all-state in baseball for four years while also earning all-state in football for his senior year. He also played tennis.

Notes: Named catcher on Baseball America's Freshman All-American team in 1995...Won a bronze medal for the United States at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics...Majored in Elementary education at Clemson.