Matt Kata Trades and Transactions

The Matt Kata trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Matt Kata has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"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
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

Trades & Transactions

06-04-1996: Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 20th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-02-1999: Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in the 9th round — free-agent draft.
07-21-2005: Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks to Philadelphia Phillies for Tim Worrell.
03-15-2006: Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Philadelphia Phillies.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Matt Kata trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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