Matt Kata

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: March 14, 1978 in Avon Lake, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 9th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH)

School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: June 15, 2003 (Age 25-093d, 18,288th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 2009 (Age 31-150d)
vs. FLA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Matthew John Kata

Pronunciation: \KAY-ta\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

695

166

.239

RBI

OBP

.290

SLG

.370

OPS

.660

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 3	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-8	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
2	8 (5)	Apr 10	TEX		TBD	W,12-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
3	10 (1)	Apr 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	12 (1)	Apr 15	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-14	CG	42	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
5	14 (1)	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-6	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	16 (1)	Apr 20	TEX		OAK	L,4-16	GF	13	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF 1B
7	17	Apr 21	TEX		OAK	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	21 (3)	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
9	24 (2)	Apr 29	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	28 (3)	May 3 (2)	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF
11	30 (1)	May 5	TEX		TOR	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	2	2B
12	31	May 6	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	32	May 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-8	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
14	33	May 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-6	GF	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
15	34	May 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
16	39 (4)	May 15	TEX	@	TBD	L,3-4	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
17	40	May 16	TEX	@	TBD	L,8-11	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
18	41	May 17	TEX	@	TBD	L,6-8	CG	43	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	45 (3)	May 21	TEX		MIN	W,14-4	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
20	46	May 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	47	May 23	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
22	51 (3)	May 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	52	May 29	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	GS	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B LF
24	54 (1)	May 31	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	55	Jun 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-8	GS	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	3B 1B
26	57 (1)	Jun 3	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Pittsburgh Pirates
27	82	Jul 2	PIT		MIL	L,3-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	89 (6)	Jul 13	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
29	95 (5)	Jul 20	PIT		HOU	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
30	96	Jul 21	PIT		HOU	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	97	Jul 22	PIT		HOU	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
32	98	Jul 24	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	102 (3)	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	105 (2)	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,15-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	117 (11)	Aug 14	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	123 (5)	Aug 20	PIT	@	COL	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	124	Aug 21	PIT	@	COL	L,2-9	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
38	126 (1)	Aug 23	PIT	@	COL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	127	Aug 24	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-3	GS	38	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	128	Aug 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	132 (3)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-8	GF	17	3.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	135 (2)	Sep 1	PIT	@	MIL	L,3-12	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
43	137 (1)	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,11-0	GF	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
44	139 (1)	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
45	149 (9)	Sep 16	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-15	GF	20	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
46	153 (3)	Sep 20	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	154	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,8-13	GF	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
48	155	Sep 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	156	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
50	159 (2)	Sep 27	PIT		ARI	L,0-8	GF	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	160	Sep 28	PIT		STL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
52	161	Sep 29	PIT		STL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	7	0	12	3	2B
							55gm		298.2	70	51	4	125	15

2007 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

2007 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

2007 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

2007 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

2007 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

2007 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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