Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2003Rd 1, Pk 32
- College
- Georgia Tech
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2003Rd 1, Pk 32
- College
- Georgia Tech
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 346
- AB
- 952
- R
- 134
- H
- 272
- HR
- 29
- RBI
- 112
- SB
- 10
- AVG
- .286
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 51 | 140 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .321 |
| 2006 | CHC | 144 | 455 | 70 | 135 | 13 | 62 | 5 | .297 |
| 2007 | CHC | 94 | 235 | 35 | 66 | 8 | 22 | 1 | .281 |
| 2008 |  CHC/ATH | 28 | 70 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .186 |
| 2009 | COL | 29 | 52 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .250 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,058
- TB
- 415
- XBH
- 80
- HBP
- 6
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 27
- P/PA
- 3.70
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 160 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | CHC | 508 | 202 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | CHC | 261 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | CHC/ATH | 73 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | COL | 56 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.8
- RC
- 142.9
- RC/27
- 5.40
- ISOP
- .150
- SECA
- .255
- BB/K
- 0.62
- AB/HR
- 32.8
- GO/FO
- 1.30
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 1.0 | 27.1 | 7 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 20 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | CHC | 1.6 | 70.9 | 5.6 | .147 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 35 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | CHC | 0.8 | 36.5 | 5.7 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 29.4 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | CHC/ATH | -0.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | .043 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | COL | -0.1 | 6.9 | 4.8 | .154 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 52 | 0.7 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Matt Murton's career stats?
Matt Murton played 5 seasons for the Cubs and the Rockies. He was a career .286 hitter with 272 hits, 29 home runs and 112 RBI. His best season was 2005: a .321 batting average, 7 home runs and 14 RBI.
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