Matt Murton

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: October 3, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (32nd) of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Eagle's Landing HS (McDonough, GA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: July 8, 2005 (Age 23-278d, 18,714th in major league history)
vs. FLA 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 28-001d)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Henry Murton

Twitter: @mmurton9

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

952

272

.286

134

RBI

112

OBP

.352

SLG

.436

OPS

.788

OPS+

100

Summary of 29 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 8 go ahead

2 Tms
CHC	28
COL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	16
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	12

Outs
0	14
2	8
1	7

11 Opps
CIN	6
HOU	5
COL	3
SFG	3
PHI	3
PIT	2
STL	2
MIL	2
ARI	1
ATL	1
FLA	1

26 Pitchers
Aaron Harang	3
Wandy Rodríguez	2
Mark Mulder	1
Anthony Reyes	1
Sun-Woo Kim	1
Scott Olsen	1
Mike Gonzalez	1
Trever Miller	1
Ubaldo Jiménez	1
Claudio Vargas	1
Josh Fogg	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Brett Tomko	1
Eric Milton	1
Zach Duke	1
Chris Capuano	1
Geoff Geary	1
Brett Myers	1
Chuck James	1
Manny Corpas	1
Noah Lowry	1
Randy Johnson	1
Dave Borkowski	1
Matt Wise	1
Elizardo Ramírez	1
Brad Lidge	1

11 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	11
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	4
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	9
9	7
8	6
78	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	7
1	6
2	5
4	4
5	4
6	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1-3	2
-23	1
1--	1
-2-	1

37 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	24
1 on	2
2 on	3
Any on	5

Inning
1	2
2	3
3	4
4	4
5	2
6	6
7	4
8	2
9	2

1-3	9
4-6	12
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	11
Tied	8
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-1	5
1-0	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
1-2	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	25
PH	2
RF	2

OrderPos
7th	7
6th	6
4th	5
5th	4
9th	4
3rd	1
1st	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-08-15	CHC	@	HOU	Wandy Rodríguez	tied 2-2	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	0.108	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2005-09-03	CHC	@	PIT	Mike Gonzalez	ahead 7-2	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.015	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2005-09-11	CHC	@	SFG	Brett Tomko	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	0.145	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2005-09-12	CHC		CIN	Aaron Harang	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	7	7	0.112	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
5	5	5	1	2005-09-18	CHC		STL	Anthony Reyes	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.162	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
6	6	6	1	2005-09-20	CHC	@	MIL	Matt Wise	behind 2-5	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.040	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	7	1	2005-09-29	CHC	@	HOU	Wandy Rodríguez	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	7	0.125	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2006-04-03	CHC	@	CIN	Aaron Harang	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1-3	6,(2-2) CBC1B1FX	3	7	7	0.175	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); D. Lee Scores/unER; J. Jones Scores/unER; M. Murton Scores/unER
9	9	2	1	2006-04-13	CHC		CIN	Eric Milton	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	0.073	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	3	1	2006-05-23	CHC	@	FLA	Scott Olsen	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	7	0.085	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	2006-05-29	CHC		CIN	Elizardo Ramírez	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	7	0.104	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
12	12	5	1	2006-08-01	CHC		ARI	Claudio Vargas	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	7	0.045	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Mabry Scores
13	13	6	1	2006-08-05	CHC		PIT	Zach Duke	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.112	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	7	1	2006-08-12	CHC	@	COL	Josh Fogg	behind 3-8	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	7	0.032	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	8	1	2006-08-15	CHC	@	HOU	Brad Lidge	behind 5-6	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) ..SFB*BFX	1	9	7	0.329	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	2006-08-23	CHC		PHI	Brett Myers	behind 0-1	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	7	0.307	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	10	1	2006-09-01	CHC		SFG	Noah Lowry	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	1--	5,(3-1) B1BBC>X	2	7	7	0.072	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Jones Scores
18	18	11	1	2006-09-09	CHC	@	ATL	Chuck James	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	5	7	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	12	1	2006-09-17	CHC		CIN	Sun-Woo Kim	ahead 7-0	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) SBCBX	1	4	7	0.015	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	13	1	2006-09-19	CHC	@	PHI	Jamie Moyer	behind 0-3	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	7	0.072	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2007-05-12	CHC	@	PHI	Geoff Geary	behind 1-5	t 7	0	-23	3,(2-0) .B.*BX	3	9	PH	0.143	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. DeRosa Scores; C. Izturis Scores
22	22	2	1	2007-08-07	CHC	@	HOU	Dave Borkowski	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	9	7	0.048	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	3	1	2007-08-09	CHC	@	COL	Ubaldo Jiménez	ahead 4-1	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	7	0.064	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	4	1	2007-08-10	CHC	@	COL	Manny Corpas	ahead 5-2	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	7	0.021	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	2007-08-30	CHC		MIL	Chris Capuano	tied 3-3	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	1	9	9	0.177	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	6	1	2007-09-02	CHC		HOU	Trever Miller	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BSX	1	5	PH	0.144	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	7	1	2007-09-16	CHC	@	STL	Mark Mulder	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1-3	5,(1-2) CCBFX	3	5	9	0.270	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Soriano Scores; A. Ramírez Scores
28	28	8	1	2007-09-29	CHC	@	CIN	Aaron Harang	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	0.096	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2009-05-06	COL		SFG	Randy Johnson	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	0.102	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)