Matthew
Burleigh
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 5, 1981 in Usa
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 26 DSD NL $ 1,542,857   60 60 53 34 44 41 48 57 54 33 46 42 64 73 70
2008 27 NHB PL $ 1,542,857   60 60 53 41 50 47 49 59 56 34 47 43 66 75 72
2009 28 NHB PL $ 4,000,000   65 65 58 41 50 47 51 61 58 36 48 44 66 75 72
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,542,857   60 60 53 34 44 41 48 57 54 33 46 42 64 73 70
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   65 65 58 41 50 47 51 61 58 36 48 44 66 75 72
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Roy Hobbs Award or The Moonlight Graham Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 26 DSD NL 129 431 58 117 21 4 4 55 13 9 43 50 .271 .343 .367 .710 51.2 5.8
2008 27 NHB PL 151 578 91 174 26 10 17 84 7 7 45 71 .301 .358 .469 .826 88.9 13.4
2009 28 NHB PL 144 461 60 121 31 5 13 70 6 2 42 46 .262 .329 .436 .765 63.7 7.7
3 Years Sim 424 1470 209 412 78 19 34 209 26 18 130 167 .280 .344 .429 .773 203.7 27.0
162 Game Average 561 79 157 29 7 12 79 9 6 49 63 .280 .344 .429 .773 77.8  
Career Highs 151 578 91 174 31 10 17 84 13 9 45 71 .301 .358 .469 .826 88.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1191 181 355 68 16 27 172 23 17 113 117 .298 .364 .450 .814 183.3
vs LH   279 28 57 10 3 7 37 3 1 17 50 .204 .257 .337 .594 23.6
Home 218 742 117 233 42 11 18 114 11 7 60 78 .314 .372 .473 .845 119.9
Away 206 728 92 179 36 8 16 95 15 11 70 89 .246 .317 .383 .700 87.1
RISP   377 0 110 21 9 13 170 0 0 42 45 .292 .362 .499 .861 65.3
Pinch Hitting   31 2 8 2 0 0 6 1 0 4 4 .258 .343 .323 .665 3.8
Close/Late   168 17 43 5 2 6 24 0 0 16 22 .256 .328 .417 .745 22.8
Mar/Apr 62 203 32 58 20 4 1 28 3 4 23 26 .286 .360 .438 .798 29.7
May 74 254 55 72 14 2 8 39 8 3 23 32 .283 .367 .449 .816 38.5
June 73 267 30 69 7 4 7 37 5 3 21 30 .258 .315 .393 .708 32.9
July 62 218 21 52 13 2 4 26 3 1 19 23 .239 .299 .372 .670 24.4
August 74 261 40 74 8 5 8 38 5 2 18 32 .284 .333 .444 .778 37.4
Sep/Oct 79 267 31 87 16 2 6 41 2 5 26 24 .326 .387 .468 .855 44.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Crash Davis Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2007 26 DSD NL CF 124 104 949.0 235 3 0 3 1.000 2.26   3.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2008 27 NHB PL CF 143 142 1254.3 379 8 3 2 .992 2.78   6.3
    LF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 2 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2009 28 NHB PL CF 118 114 972.7 315 3 2 0 .994 2.94   2.8
    RF 8 4 45.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.97    
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 385 360 3176.0 929 14 5 5 .995 2.67   12.1
  RF 9 5 54.7 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.81    
  LF 2 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
  SS 3 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   400 366 3247.7 943 16 5 6 .995 2.66   12.1
Career Highs   146 142 1261.3 381 9 3 3 1.000 2.89    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 26 DSD NL 5 13 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .538 .846
Career Post-Season Batting 5 13 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .538 .846
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
CAR-42-424
At-Bats
CAR-50-1470
Runs
CAR-47-209
Singles
2008-10-121
CAR-45-281
Doubles
CAR-36-78
Triples
2008-2-10
CAR-11-19
RBIs
CAR-46-209
Caught Stealing
2007-9-9
CAR-38-18
Walks
CAR-30-130
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 1
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25
 
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History
Drafted in 11th round, 128th overall pick, by Dam Site in 2007
Had first career hit on 4/3/2007, off Jeff Mullett (SAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/2007, off Kenneth Robinson (PHP)
1/31/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Dam Site to Newcastle on 2/21/2008 (Going to DSD: P Jim Lenahan, RF Gene Vaughn. Going to NHB: CF Matthew Burleigh, P Benji Alfano)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/14/2008
7/6/2008: Signed a contract extension with Newcastle, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years