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	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
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	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
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
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
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

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1999	A	Midwest League	South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI
2000	A	Midwest League	South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI
2001	Advanced A	California League	Lancaster JetHawks	ARI
2001	AA	Texas League	El Paso Diablos	ARI
2002	AA	Texas League	El Paso Diablos	ARI
2003	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Tucson Sidewinders	ARI
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Tucson Sidewinders	ARI	May 10, 2005	July 21, 2005
2005	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	PHI	August 6, 2005	August 30, 2005
2006	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	April 17, 2006	September 4, 2006
2007	AAA	International League	Indianapolis Indians	PIT	June 16, 2007	August 13, 2007
2008	AAA	International League	Indianapolis Indians	PIT	April 3, 2008	August 31, 2008
2009	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	HOU	April 9, 2009	September 7, 2009
2010	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	HOU	April 8, 2010	September 6, 2010
2011	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	TEX	April 10, 2011	September 5, 2011
2012	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	TEX	April 7, 2012	September 3, 2012

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