Matt Kata Stats

Matt Kata was born on Tuesday, March 14, 1978, in Avon Lake, Ohio. Kata was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 15, 2003, with the Arizona Diamondbacks. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Matt Kata baseball stats page.
"I hope to play this game for a long time so I don't have to do that (retire) for a while. I want to have a big house and go fishing all day - maybe live on the ocean and the beach and relax a lot." - Matt Kata

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Matt Kata

Matt Kata Autograph on a 2003 Upper Deck Rookies (#177)

Matt Kata Autograph on a 2003 Upper Deck Rookies (#177)
 

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Birth Name:   Matthew John Kata
Nickname:   Matt
Born On:   03-14-1978  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Avon Lake, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   St. Ignatius High School (Cleveland, OH)
College:   Vanderbilt University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   06-15-2003 (Age 25)
Last Game:   08-11-2009
Draft:   1999 : 9th Round (268th)
Matt Kata

Matt Kata Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Matt Kata

Matt Kata Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
2003 25 Diamondbacks 78 288 42 74 16 5 7 0 29 25 0 53 5 3 1 4 .257 .315 .420
2004 26 Diamondbacks 42 162 17 40 9 2 2 0 13 13 2 29 1 1 0 1 .247 .301 .364
2005 27 Diamondbacks 30 31 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 .194 .306 .323
2005 27 Phillies 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167
2007 29 Rangers 31 70 12 13 2 0 2 0 6 5 0 18 1 0 1 0 .186 .250 .300
2007 29 Pirates 47 88 9 22 7 1 1 0 10 0 0 15 1 0 1 3 .250 .258 .386
2009 31 Astros 40 50 2 10 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 .200 .212 .220
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
5 Years 278 695 89 166 37 9 12 0 63 48 2 126 10 5 4 11 .239 .290 .370
Matt Kata

Matt Kata Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2003 Diamondbacks 2B 52 45 1,228 240 4.6 237 106 131 3 27 n/a n/a n/a .988 5.21
2003 Diamondbacks 3B 23 19 520 52 2.3 51 10 41 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.65
2003 Diamondbacks SS 6 4 113 12 2.0 12 7 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.87
2004 Diamondbacks 2B 38 35 962 188 4.9 186 75 111 2 25 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.22
2004 Diamondbacks 3B 3 2 52 8 2.7 8 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
2004 Diamondbacks SS 1 1 28 8 8.0 8 3 5 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.71
2005 Diamondbacks 2B 7 3 84 20 2.9 20 8 12 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.43
2005 Phillies 2B 3 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2005 Phillies RF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2005 Phillies SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2007 Rangers 1B 4 1 60 25 6.3 25 25 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
2007 Rangers 2B 2 1 39 5 2.5 4 3 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .800 2.77
2007 Rangers 3B 7 6 132 12 1.7 10 3 7 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.05
2007 Rangers LF 10 4 162 14 1.4 14 12 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
2007 Rangers SS 6 2 75 13 2.2 13 7 6 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.68
2007 Pirates 2B 10 2 102 28 2.8 28 14 14 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.41
2007 Pirates 3B 10 8 243 19 1.9 18 2 16 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.00
2007 Pirates LF 2 1 30 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
2007 Pirates RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2007 Pirates SS 3 1 51 7 2.3 7 2 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.71
2009 Astros 1B 1 0 12 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
2009 Astros 2B 7 5 141 33 4.7 33 9 24 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.32
2009 Astros LF 4 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2B Totals 119 91 2,571 514 4.3 508 215 293 6 70 n/a n/a n/a .988 5.33
3B Totals 43 35 947 91 2.1 87 19 68 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.48
SS Totals 17 8 270 40 2.4 40 19 21 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
LF Totals 16 5 201 16 1.0 16 14 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.15
1B Totals 5 1 72 30 6.0 30 30 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
RF Totals 2 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
5 Years 202 140 4,073 691 3.4 681 297 384 10 84 n/a n/a n/a .986 4.51
Matt Kata

Matt Kata Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
2003 Diamondbacks 3 2 .600 8 8 0 41.1 5.4 9.9 - - -
2004 Diamondbacks 4 1 .800 2 1 0 81.0 5.6 12.5 - - -
2005 Diamondbacks 0 1 .000 23 3 0 0.0 7.8 0.0 - - -
2005 Phillies 0 0 .000 3 3 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
2007 Rangers 1 0 1.000 7 3 0 35.0 3.9 11.7 - - -
2007 Pirates 0 0 .000 25 0 0 88.0 5.9 8.8 - - -
2009 Astros 1 0 1.000 29 3 0 0.0 10.0 10.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
5 Years 9 4 .692 97 21 0 57.9 5.5 11.0 - - -
Matt Kata

Matt Kata Miscellaneous Items of Interest
2003 Arizona Diamondbacks 11 $300,000.00 - -
2004 Arizona Diamondbacks 8 $315,000.00 - -
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks 11 $316,000.00 - -
2005 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $316,000.00 - -
2007 Texas Rangers 28 $415,000.00 - -
2007 Pittsburgh Pirates 53 $415,000.00 - -
2009 Houston Astros 36 Undetermined - -




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