Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2003
- Draft
- 1999Rd 9, Pk 268
- College
- Vanderbilt
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2003
- Draft
- 1999Rd 9, Pk 268
- College
- Vanderbilt
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 278
- AB
- 695
- R
- 89
- H
- 166
- HR
- 12
- RBI
- 63
- SB
- 9
- AVG
- .239
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ARI | 78 | 288 | 42 | 74 | 7 | 29 | 3 | .257 |
| 2004 | ARI | 42 | 162 | 17 | 40 | 2 | 13 | 4 | .247 |
| 2005 |  ARI/PHI | 40 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 |
| 2007 |  TEX/PIT | 78 | 158 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .222 |
| 2009 | HOU | 40 | 50 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .200 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 763
- TB
- 257
- XBH
- 58
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 11
- P/PA
- 3.60
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ARI | 322 | 121 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | ARI | 178 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | ARI/PHI | 44 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | TEX/PIT | 167 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | HOU | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.0
- RC
- 74.6
- RC/27
- 3.60
- ISOP
- .131
- SECA
- .207
- BB/K
- 0.38
- AB/HR
- 57.9
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ARI | 0.4 | 38.7 | 4.6 | .163 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 41.1 | 0 |
| 2004 | ARI | 0.4 | 18.8 | 4 | .117 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 81 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | ARI/PHI | -0.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | TEX/PIT | -1.3 | 13.1 | 2.8 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 52.7 | 1 |
| 2009 | HOU | -0.3 | 1 | 0.6 | .020 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Matt Kata's career stats?
Matt Kata played 5 seasons for the Diamondbacks and the Astros. He was a career .239 hitter with 166 hits, 12 home runs and 63 RBI. His best season was 2003: a .257 batting average, 7 home runs and 29 RBI.
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