Matt Lawton Trades and Transactions

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

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Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)

Matt Lawton Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)
 

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Birth Name:   Matthew Lawton, III
Nickname:   Matt
Born On:   11-30-1971  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gulfport, Mississippi
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   09-05-1995 (Age 23)
Last Game:   05-16-2006
Draft:   1991 : 13th Round (337th)
Matt Lawton

Trades & Transactions

06-03-1991: Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 13th round — free-agent draft.
07-30-2001: Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Mets for Rick Reed.
12-11-2001: Traded by New York Mets (with Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan, Earl Snyder and Billy Traber) to Cleveland Indians for Roberto Alomar and Mike Bacsik.
12-11-2004: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates for Arthur Rhodes.
07-31-2005: Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs for Jody Gerut.
08-27-2005: Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees.
10-27-2005: Granted free agency.
01-11-2006: Signed by Seattle Mariners.
05-30-2006: Released by Seattle Mariners.


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 Lawton 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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