Matt Kata
Matthew John Kata
Born: March 14, 1978
Avon Lake, OH US
Primary Position: Second base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, CF, LF, OF, P, RF, SS
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
Draft: Round 20 (1996 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
Draft: Round 9 (1999 June Amateur Draft, Arizona Diamondbacks)
School: St. Ignatius HS (Willoughby Hills, OH)
Vanderbilt
Career: 1999-2012
Major League Statistics
Matt Kata compiled a career batting average of .277 with 85 home runs and 550 RBI in his 1458-game career with the South Bend Silver Hawks, Lancaster JetHawks, El Paso Diablos, Tucson Sidewinders, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, Louisville Bats, Indianapolis Indians and Round Rock Express. He began playing during the 1999 season and last took the field during the 2012 campaign.
![]() South Bend Silver Hawks |
![]() Lancaster JetHawks |
![]() El Paso Diablos |
![]() Tucson Sidewinders |
![]() Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons |
![]() Louisville Bats |
![]() Indianapolis Indians |
![]() Round Rock Express |
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Pitching:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Batting:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | 78 | 352 | 318 | 40 | 83 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 46 | .261 | .328 | .365 | .692 | 116 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | 133 | 587 | 521 | 82 | 133 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 38 | 12 | 52 | 58 | .255 | .327 | .367 | .694 | 191 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
2001 | Advanced A | CALL | Lancaster JetHawks | 119 | 545 | 494 | 80 | 146 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 79 | .296 | .355 | .419 | .774 | 207 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
2001 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .438 | .500 | .562 | 1.062 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 136 | 628 | 578 | 95 | 172 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 79 | .298 | .341 | .443 | .784 | 256 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
2003 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | 48 | 214 | 201 | 31 | 58 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 29 | .289 | .327 | .448 | .775 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | 24 | 102 | 96 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .312 | .340 | .385 | .725 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | 46 | 214 | 200 | 25 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .310 | .329 | .435 | .764 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | 113 | 366 | 331 | 45 | 87 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 48 | .263 | .318 | .429 | .747 | 142 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 19 | 81 | 72 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .278 | .338 | .458 | .796 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 118 | 433 | 396 | 50 | 97 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 65 | .245 | .289 | .381 | .670 | 151 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 66 | 244 | 227 | 22 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .269 | .313 | .348 | .661 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 132 | 530 | 485 | 63 | 131 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 50 | .270 | .319 | .367 | .686 | 178 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 106 | 447 | 392 | 60 | 115 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 63 | .293 | .353 | .480 | .832 | 188 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 109 | 451 | 412 | 57 | 113 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 60 | .274 | .328 | .403 | .731 | 166 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 1251 | 5212 | 4739 | 676 | 1315 | 246 | 57 | 85 | 550 | 135 | 52 | 312 | 651 | .277 | .330 | .407 | .737 | 1930 | 76 | 80 | 36 | 45 | 21 |
Fielding:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
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1999 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | SS | 75 | 95 | 230 | 22 | 31 | .937 | 4.333 |
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | 2B | 9 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .965 | 6.111 |
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | SS | 122 | 164 | 355 | 37 | 56 | .933 | 4.254 |
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2000 | A | MIDW | South Bend Silver Hawks | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2001 | Advanced A | CALL | Lancaster JetHawks | SS | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 4.333 |
2001 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 2B | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.250 |
2001 | Advanced A | CALL | Lancaster JetHawks | 2B | 113 | 245 | 301 | 25 | 75 | .956 | 4.832 |
2002 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | SS | 9 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 7 | .941 | 3.556 |
2002 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2002 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 2B | 127 | 235 | 361 | 16 | 66 | .974 | 4.693 |
2003 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | 2B | 40 | 70 | 112 | 8 | 23 | .958 | 4.550 |
2003 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | SS | 11 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 9 | .957 | 4.000 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | 3B | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 3.000 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | CF | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | OF | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | SS | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.833 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | 2B | 14 | 30 | 39 | 4 | 13 | .945 | 4.929 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | OF | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.071 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | CF | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.923 |
2005 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | 2B | 11 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 5.636 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | SS | 11 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 6 | .941 | 4.364 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Sidewinders | RF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | OF | 70 | 133 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 2.014 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | RF | 42 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 1.881 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | SS | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | 2B | 25 | 49 | 69 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | 4.720 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | LF | 18 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.056 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | CF | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.273 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Louisville Bats | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | CF | 8 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.750 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | LF | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | OF | 16 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.312 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 2B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 1B | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 2B | 52 | 97 | 138 | 4 | 29 | .983 | 4.519 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | OF | 49 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.959 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | CF | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | RF | 25 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | LF | 24 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.750 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 3B | 11 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.091 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | LF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 2B | 31 | 52 | 86 | 7 | 16 | .952 | 4.452 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | OF | 20 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | RF | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.353 |
2009 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 3B | 13 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.923 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 3B | 58 | 46 | 112 | 10 | 11 | .940 | 2.724 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 2B | 34 | 66 | 83 | 2 | 19 | .987 | 4.382 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 1B | 20 | 170 | 17 | 1 | 18 | .995 | 9.350 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | OF | 17 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.882 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | LF | 15 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 2.000 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | CF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
2010 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 2B | 66 | 144 | 207 | 8 | 41 | .978 | 5.318 |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | SS | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 3.750 |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | LF | 31 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.161 |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | OF | 31 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.161 |
2011 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | LF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 3B | 56 | 37 | 107 | 10 | 15 | .935 | 2.571 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | CF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | SS | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .824 | 4.667 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 1B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .900 | 4.500 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | 2B | 17 | 38 | 61 | 4 | 17 | .961 | 5.824 |
2012 | AAA | PCL | Round Rock Express | OF | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Totals | 1458 | 2632 | 2603 | 202 | 514 | .963 | 3.591 |
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