Matt Murton

Matthew Henry Murton MLB 2005-2009 | 2002-2011

Speed
58

Contact
75

Patience
64

Batting
79

Power
52

Tags: 4 Doubles in a Game | First Round Draft Pick | Top Prospect

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Positions OF-368, LF-233, RF-142, CF-1 Born Oct 3, 1981 (30) Place Fort Lauderdale,Florida Ht/Wt 6-1 / 226 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Eagle's Landing (McDonough,GA) College Georgia Tech
Drafted Boston Red Sox: 2003-1-32 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: July 8,2005 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2002	Georgia Tech	ACC	NCAA	14	-	20		41	64	250	62	86	16	1	10	58	20	7	36	37	6	0	0	3	7	.344	.434	.536	970	-	-	134	295	181	62	9.2	.369	.388	.192	0.97	3.4	31.4	12.2	12.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	52-16	5	2002	Georgia Tech
2003	Georgia Tech	ACC	NCAA	14	-	21		-	62	246	64	74	10	3	13	56	19	4	35	41	10	0	0	4	3	.301	.403	.524	928	-	-	129	295	183	59	8.7	.311	.427	.224	0.85	4.4	35.1	11.9	13.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	44-18	2	2003	Georgia Tech
	Lowell	NYPL	A-	10	bos	21	of	53	53	189	30	54	11	2	2	29	9	3	27	39	4	0	0	7	5	.286	.374	.397	771	-	-	75	227	150	32	5.7	.335	.286	.111	0.69	0.9	27.8	11.9	17.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	39-35	2		Lowell
2004	Sarasota	FSL	A+		bos	22	of	9	102	376	60	113	16	4	11	55	5	4	42	61	3	4	0	4	7	.301	.372	.452	824	-	-	170	425	278	67	6.5	.331	.266	.152	0.69	2.6	27.4	9.9	14.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-61	2	2004	Sarasota
	Daytona	FSL	A+	21	chc	22	of	9	24	79	13	20	1	1	2	8	2	0	8	10	1	1	0	1	3	.253	.326	.367	693	-	-	29	89	63	10	4.3	.265	.241	.114	0.80	2.2	20.0	9.0	11.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-56	3		Daytona
2005	West Tennessee	Sou	AA	25	chc	23	of	-	78	313	46	107	17	4	8	46	18	5	29	42	4	3	3	1	11	.342	.403	.498	902	-	-	156	350	226	66	7.8	.375	.291	.157	0.69	2.3	27.1	8.3	12.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-56	1	2005	West Tennessee
	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	23	of	-	9	34	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	2	.353	.421	.500	921	-	-	17	38	24	7	7.4	.440	.265	.147	0.50	2.6	25.0	10.5	21.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-75	4		Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	19	chc	23	lf	-	51	140	19	45	3	2	7	14	2	1	16	22	0	4	2	2	4	.321	.386	.521	908	38	75	73	160	104	29	7.5	.336	.321	.200	0.73	4.4	26.7	10.0	13.8	1.65	3.5	559	60.6	39.4	10.2	79-83	4		Chi Cubs
2006	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	19	chc	24	lf	99	144	455	70	135	22	3	13	62	5	2	45	62	5	1	1	2	16	.297	.365	.444	809	122	85	202	508	341	78	6.1	.319	.253	.147	0.73	2.6	28.1	8.9	12.2	1.40	3.7	1903	60.9	39.1	7.0	66-96	6	2006	Chi Cubs
2007	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	25	of	-	39	151	30	50	16	1	6	27	1	0	18	18	2	1	0	1	8	.331	.407	.570	977	-	-	86	172	110	37	9	.344	.364	.238	1.00	3.5	46.0	10.5	10.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-66	2	2007	Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	19	chc	25	rf-lf	-	94	235	35	66	13	0	8	22	1	0	26	39	0	0	0	0	4	.281	.352	.438	791	53	56	103	261	173	39	6.1	.309	.272	.157	0.67	3.1	31.8	10.0	14.9	0.93	3.8	992	61.5	38.5	8.2	85-77	1		Chi Cubs
2008	Sacramento	PCL	AAA		oak	26	of	-	32	130	19	36	12	2	1	13	3	1	13	20	1	0	0	1	8	.277	.345	.423	768	-	-	55	145	104	20	5.1	.318	.262	.146	0.65	0.7	41.7	9.0	13.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-61	1	2008	Sacramento
	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	26	of	-	54	191	26	57	11	1	1	15	4	2	29	20	3	0	1	1	7	.298	.397	.382	780	-	-	73	225	145	33	6.1	.327	.246	.084	1.45	0.4	22.8	12.9	8.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-59	1		Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	19	chc	26	lf	-	19	40	2	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.286	.300	586	6	32	12	42	32	3	2.5	.286	.075	.050	0.20	0.0	20.0	2.4	11.9	1.50	3.4	144	65.3	34.7	8.3	97-64	1		Chi Cubs
	Oakland	AL	MLB	26	oak	26	lf	-	9	30	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.129	.133	262	7	78	4	31	28	-1	-1.3	.130	.067	.033	0.14	0.0	33.3	3.2	22.6	1.09	3.8	119	65.5	34.5	8.4	75-86	3		Oakland
2009	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	12	col	27	rf	76	97	373	72	121	27	1	12	79	12	2	39	52	5	3	0	7	6	.324	.389	.499	888	-	-	186	424	267	81	8.2	.345	.306	.174	0.75	2.8	33.1	9.2	12.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-69	2	2009	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	14	col	27	lf-rf	-	29	52	7	13	5	0	1	6	2	0	4	14	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.404	707	8	28	21	56	39	7	4.9	.324	.269	.154	0.29	1.8	46.2	7.1	25.0	0.73	4.0	225	64.9	35.1	10.7	92-70	2		Colorado
2010	Hanshin	Jap Cen	Intl	-	-	28		4	144	613	105	214	35	3	17	91	11	6	47	70	3	3	0	5	14	.349	.395	.499	894	-	-	306	668	424	127	8.1	.371	.235	.150	0.67	2.5	25.7	7.0	10.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-63	2	2010	Hanshin
2011	Hanshin	Jap Cen	Intl		-	29		-	142	579	66	180	24	1	13	60	6	4	24	76	1	0	1	1	13	.311	.339	.423	762	-	-	245	606	418	85	5.5	.340	.157	.112	0.32	2.1	21.1	4.0	12.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-70	4	2011	Hanshin
MLB Totals (5 years)									346	952	134	272	46	5	29	112	10	3	93	149	6	5	3	4	27	.286	.352	.436	788	234	68	415	1058	717	154	5.8	.312	.255	.150	0.62	2.7	29.4	8.8	14.1	1.25	3.73	--	61.5	38.5	8.0	.509	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (6 years)									488	1836	300	570	113	16	44	275	54	17	209	270	23	12	4	23	57	.310	.384	.461	845	--	--	847	2095	1367	351	6.9	.340	.285	.151	0.77	2.1	30.4	10.0	12.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.546	--	--	--
College Totals (2 years)									126	496	126	160	26	4	23	114	39	11	71	78	16	0	0	7	10	.323	.419	.530	949	--	--	263	590	364	121	9	.341	.407	.208	0.91	3.9	33.1	12.0	13.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.738	--	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)									231	879	151	276	68	5	21	137	20	5	103	118	11	4	1	10	31	.314	.389	.474	863	--	--	417	1004	650	176	7.3	.340	.295	.160	0.87	2.1	34.1	10.3	11.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.536	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									78	313	46	107	17	4	8	46	18	5	29	42	4	3	3	1	11	.342	.403	.498	902	--	--	156	350	226	66	7.8	.375	.291	.157	0.69	2.3	27.1	8.3	12.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.597	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									126	455	73	133	17	5	13	63	7	4	50	71	4	5	0	5	10	.292	.364	.437	801	--	--	199	514	341	77	6.1	.319	.262	.145	0.70	2.5	26.3	9.7	13.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.553	--	--	--
A- Totals (1 year)									53	189	30	54	11	2	2	29	9	3	27	39	4	0	0	7	5	.286	.374	.397	771	--	--	75	227	150	32	5.7	.335	.286	.111	0.69	0.9	27.8	11.9	17.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.527	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2003	Lowell	NYPL	A-	bos	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.976	82	1	2
2004	Sarasota	FSL	A+	bos	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.990	188	13	2
2004	Daytona	FSL	A+	chc	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	28	1	0
2005	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.969	--	--	--	62	1	2
2005	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.923	12	0	1
2005	West Tennessee	Sou	AA	chc	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.971	130	5	4
2006	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.988	--	--	--	240	3	3
2007	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	64	3	0
2007	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	41	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	.944	--	115	3	4
2008	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	27	1	0
2008	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.967	56	2	2
2008	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.972	65	4	2
2008	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	14	0	0
2009	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	5	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	13	0	0
2009	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.966	--	167	5	6
MLB Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	233	1	48	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.988	--	.945	--	471	8	9
Minor League Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	368	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.966	.981	792	34	19

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Boston Red Sox in 1st round (32nd overall) of 2003 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2003-07-08 - signed 2004-07-31 - Traded by Red Sox to Cubs July 31 2004 2008-07-08 - Traded by Cubs with Sean Gallagher, Eric Patterson and Josh Donaldson to Athletics for Chad Gaudin and Rich Harden 2009-02-04 - Traded by Athletics to Rockies for Corey Wimberly 2009-12-07 - Released by Rockies

Awards

2001 - Freshman 2nd team All-America DH; Summer League First-Team All-American OF; 2004 - Florida State League All-Star OF; 2005 - Southern League All-Star OF;

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.3m (7/7/2005) -- Contract purchased from minors
2006-2006 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.337m (3/3/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.415m (3/5/2007)
2009-2009 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.43m (3/4/2009)

Salaries

2005

$300,000

2006

$337,000

2007

$415,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2006 - 3 Doubles in game MLB--- 4

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2001	Wareham Gatemen	CapeCod	38	145	23	47	7	0	2	28	19	0	18	35	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.399	.414	813
2002	Wareham Gatemen	CapeCod	16	55	9	22	6	1	0	8	5	2	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.468	.545	1013
2005	Mesa Solar Sox	Az Fall	24	92	15	31	11	1	1	14	3	1	7	12	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.384	.511	895

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	2x		2004-8	2010-3
OBP	1x			2010-5
OPS	2x		2004-10	2010-8
G	2x		2004-3	2010-2
AB	2x		2004-7	2010-1
R	2x		2004-9	2010-2
H	2x		2004-5	2010-1
TB	2x		2004-8	2010-5
DBL	1x			2010-6
RBI	1x			2010-7
SB	1x			2002-7
CS	2x			2002-3 2010-8
IBB	1x		2004-7
SF	1x		2003-1
GDP	2x			2002-8 2010-8
BBSO	1x			2010-10

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