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Matt Carson RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 187 .237 .257 .356 79 -0.2
Birth Date7-1-1981
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age42 years, 9 months, 24 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2009 OAK 27 10 22 6 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .286 .273 .429 81 -0.5 -0.3 0.0 0.0
2010 OAK 28 36 83 14 2 0 4 2 23 0 4 0 .177 .193 .354 85 -1.3 -0.6 -1.1 -0.1
2012 MIN 30 26 69 15 1 0 0 2 21 0 0 0 .227 .246 .242 67 -2.6 -0.5 1.3 0.0
2013 CLE 31 20 13 7 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 .636 .692 .909 105 0.1 0.1 -0.5 0.0
Career9218742306552170.237.257.35679-4.3-1.3-0.4-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2002 STA A- NYP 48 193 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 BCR A MDW 119 482 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 BCR A MDW 95 414 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TAM A+ FSL 37 137 .000 .000 .000 .202 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TAM A+ FSL 84 364 .261 .318 .367 .298 86 -1.5 0.9 -0.1 95 0 -0.3 0.5 -2.9 -0.2
2005 TRN AA EAS 28 103 .259 .316 .402 .240 101 -4 1.3 -0.2 25 0 -1.2 0.1 -7.5 -0.8
2006 TAM A+ FSL 40 165 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TRN AA EAS 29 97 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TRN AA EAS 129 521 .264 .338 .399 .290 94 9.3 16.1 -2.9 100 0 8.5 4.9 1.6 2.9
2008 TRN AA EAS 27 122 .266 .342 .404 .295 94 6.7 3.6 -1.5 119 0 3.5 -1.0 1.1 0.6
2008 SWB AAA INT 84 339 .262 .331 .398 .333 86 4.6 10.4 -1.3 107 0 13.8 2.9 -2.5 2.3
2009 OAK MLB AL 10 22 .276 .339 .454 .357 98 -0.4 0.6 -0.2 81 15 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 0.0
2009 SAC AAA PCL 118 493 .270 .339 .417 .280 91 27.3 15.0 -0.5 120 0 5.6 3.1 13.7 3.6
2010 OAK MLB AL 36 83 .254 .314 .393 .185 101 -3.2 2.3 -0.6 85 18 -1.1 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1
2010 SAC AAA PCL 64 276 .280 .347 .441 .353 88 20.4 8.4 0.5 133 0 -5.2 5.1 12.1 2.0
2011 DUR AAA INT 22 95 .251 .326 .383 .296 91 3.2 2.9 -0.7 126 0 5.5 -0.2 2.7 1.0
2011 SAC AAA PCL 90 400 .292 .361 .465 .327 95 15.5 12.4 -3.2 113 0 9.4 1.9 8.3 2.7
2011 EST Wnt DWL 8 30 .000 .000 .000 .176 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MIN MLB AL 26 69 .249 .309 .399 .326 101 -2.3 1.9 -0.6 67 12 1.3 -0.5 -2.6 0.0
2012 ROC AAA INT 115 469 .259 .328 .393 .345 94 14.4 13.9 -4.5 120 0 3.8 4.6 10.4 2.8
2013 CLE MLB AL 20 13 .252 .322 .375 .667 100 3.6 0.3 -0.1 105 17 -0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
2013 COH AAA INT 121 490 .253 .326 .382 .315 101 -7.8 14.1 -4 94 0 22.0 0.9 -9.2 2.4
2014 COH AAA INT 82 311 .260 .327 .393 .335 110 -5.2 9.3 -1.5 97 0 0.5 1.9 -5.3 0.5
2015 NAS AAA PCL 33 126 .263 .322 .387 .233 82 2.8 3.5 -0.5 73 0 4.9 0.7 -5.6 0.3
2015 OKL AAA PCL 24 68 .250 .324 .373 .233 87 -2.4 1.9 -0.7 70 0 1.5 -0.5 -3.2 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2002 STA A- NYP 193 177 19 36 8 4 1 55 11 11 48 4 1 .203 .266 .311 .107 0 0
2003 BCR A MDW 482 432 61 112 20 1 11 167 52 37 100 1 1 .259 .326 .387 .127 0 0
2004 TAM A+ FSL 137 129 16 22 7 0 3 38 17 6 33 2 1 .171 .212 .295 .124 1 1
2004 BCR A MDW 414 381 59 116 23 2 12 179 58 22 78 21 7 .304 .357 .470 .165 0 0
2005 TRN AA EAS 103 99 10 19 5 0 1 27 5 0 25 2 3 .192 .204 .273 .081 2 2
2005 TAM A+ FSL 364 321 43 81 14 3 8 125 39 31 68 10 2 .252 .333 .389 .137 0 0
2006 TAM A+ FSL 165 136 15 33 4 1 8 63 21 21 31 5 3 .243 .346 .463 .221 3 3
2006 TRN AA EAS 97 86 10 22 8 1 2 38 9 4 25 0 0 .256 .289 .442 .186 5 5
2007 TRN AA EAS 521 471 72 117 24 3 16 195 76 33 109 9 0 .248 .309 .414 .166 2 2
2008 TRN AA EAS 122 112 17 31 7 4 5 61 26 9 20 1 1 .277 .328 .545 .268 1 1
2008 SWB AAA INT 339 305 53 88 10 6 10 140 38 21 63 10 3 .289 .348 .459 .170 2 2
2009 SAC AAA PCL 493 440 68 116 29 3 25 226 77 38 94 15 4 .264 .328 .514 .250 4 4
2009 OAK MLB AL 22 21 1 6 0 0 1 9 5 0 7 0 0 .286 .273 .429 .143 1 0
2010 SAC AAA PCL 276 244 53 74 18 2 13 135 36 24 58 13 4 .303 .380 .553 .250 0 0
2010 OAK MLB AL 83 79 7 14 2 0 4 28 9 2 23 4 0 .177 .193 .354 .177 2 0
2011 SAC AAA PCL 400 368 61 105 34 1 19 198 65 27 88 11 1 .285 .338 .538 .253 2 0
2011 EST Wnt DWL 30 26 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 3 9 0 0 .115 .233 .192 .077 0 0
2011 DUR AAA INT 95 84 15 21 7 0 5 43 10 9 25 0 0 .250 .337 .512 .262 0 0
2012 MIN MLB AL 69 66 3 15 1 0 0 16 4 2 21 0 0 .227 .246 .242 .015 1 0
2012 ROC AAA INT 469 422 64 119 28 2 14 193 53 37 106 9 5 .282 .347 .457 .175 2 2
2013 COH AAA INT 490 436 57 110 16 2 14 172 49 39 119 14 4 .252 .322 .394 .142 2 6
2013 CLE MLB AL 13 11 5 7 0 0 1 10 3 1 1 3 0 .636 .692 .909 .273 0 0
2014 COH AAA INT 311 274 47 71 13 1 10 116 32 27 85 11 1 .259 .335 .423 .164 3
2015 NAS AAA PCL 126 110 19 23 5 0 3 37 13 10 22 3 1 .209 .296 .336 .127 1 1
2015 OKL AAA PCL 68 56 4 10 4 0 0 14 9 8 15 1 0 .179 .284 .250 .071 2 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2009 93 0.4516 0.5699 0.6981 0.6190 0.5294 0.8462 0.5556 0.3019 0.0019
2010 300 0.5467 0.5200 0.7115 0.6768 0.3309 0.8108 0.4667 0.2885 -0.0005
2012 252 0.4921 0.5278 0.6391 0.6855 0.3750 0.7529 0.4375 0.3609 0.0029
2013 40 0.4750 0.5250 0.8095 0.8421 0.2381 0.8125 0.8000 0.1905 -0.0014
Career6850.50950.52990.68880.68180.36870.79440.48750.31120.0010

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-05-25 2014-07-05 Minors 41 0 Left Ankle Sprain -
2014-03-15 2014-03-17 Camp 2 0 Right Hand Contusion - -
2014-03-14 2014-03-15 Camp 1 0 Right Thumb Soreness - -
2011-08-08 2011-08-16 Minors 8 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-09-30 2010-10-04 DTD 4 4 Low Back Stiffness -
2010-05-03 2010-05-22 Minors 19 0 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2008-05-25 2008-06-01 Minors 7 0 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf - -
2006-05-25 2006-07-11 Minors 47 0 - Head Concussion - -
2005-08-03 2005-08-25 Minors 22 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 20 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/19/12 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cleveland 8/28/13. Non-tendered by Cleveland 12/2/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 11/23/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Minnesota 8/17/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/24/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Oakland 11/2/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Oakland 4/22/10. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/2/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 12/1/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Oakland 9/18/09. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 10/30/09.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2002 (5-156) (BYU).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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