Matthew
Lawton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 16, 1980 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 27 CQS NL $ 542,857 57 50 51 51 56 57 57 60 60 60
2008 28 LUD PL $ 2,000,000 57 44 44 44 57 58 58 60 60 60
2009 29 CQS NL $ 2,000,000 57 43 44 44 59 60 60 60 60 60
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 542,857 57 43 44 44 56 57 57 60 60 60
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 57 50 51 51 59 60 60 60 60 60
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Billy Chapel Award or The Moonlight Graham Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2007 27 CQS NL 5 3 .625 30 14 0 0 0 98.0 114 50 16 32 68 4.59 .284 .338 .463 .801 4.7
2008 28 LUD PL 1 3 .250 23 2 0 0 3 43.7 60 32 5 20 31 6.60 .326 .389 .495 .883 0.2
2009 29 CQS NL 3 2 .600 32 0 0 0 3 53.3 59 25 8 16 35 4.22 .276 .330 .439 .770 3.7
3 Years Sim 9 8 .529 85 16 0 0 6 195.0 233 107 29 68 134 4.94 .291 .348 .464 .812 8.6
Season Average 3 2 .600 28 5 0 0 2 65.0 77 35 9 22 44 4.94 .291 .348 .464 .812  
Career Highs 5 3 .625 32 14 0 0 3 98.0 114 50 16 32 68 6.60 .326 .389 .495 .883  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   131 51 14 29 69   .294 .337 .451 .788
vs LH   102 56 15 39 65   .288 .359 .480 .839
Home 4 3 .571 47 8 0 0 2 104.3 122 56 17 33 74 4.83 .285 .336 .458 .794
Away 5 5 .500 38 8 0 0 4 90.7 111 51 12 35 60 5.06 .298 .359 .470 .829
Mar/Apr 0 2 .000 15 0 0 0 0 24.3 38 12 4 7 15 4.44 .349 .388 .505 .893
May 4 2 .667 21 6 0 0 2 61.0 57 25 7 19 32 3.69 .246 .303 .388 .691
June 3 0 1.000 12 5 0 0 1 34.0 46 20 6 8 31 5.30 .313 .348 .497 .845
July 1 1 .500 6 3 0 0 1 13.3 16 5 3 5 6 3.38 .286 .344 .500 .844
August 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 2 32.0 35 16 5 12 26 4.50 .271 .333 .450 .783
Sep/Oct 1 2 .333 12 2 0 0 0 30.3 41 29 4 17 24 8.61 .323 .403 .528 .930
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    
2007 27 CQS NL P 30 14 98.0 11 12 1 1 .958 2.11    
2008 28 LUD PL P 23 2 43.7 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.65    
2009 29 CQS NL P 32 0 53.3 3 9 1 1 .923 2.03    
Career Totals   85 16 195.0 15 28 2 3 .956 1.98    
Career Highs   32 14 98.0 11 12 1 1 1.000 2.11    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 27 CQS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.3 3 3 1 2 0 81.82 .750 .833 2.000 2.833
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.3 3 3 1 2 0 81.82 .750 .833 2.000 2.833
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
CAR-39-6
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 0
 
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History
Drafted in 45th round, 530th overall pick, by Cummaquid in 2007
Earned first career win on 5/1/2007
Injured on 7/17/2007 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Ludington on 2/9/2008 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year