Nothing wrong with giving a guy a look and a spring training invite.
He's a longshot to make the team, but Frank can still hit a bit and is a solid citizen.
One thing is for sure, if he does get any at-bats this year with the Mets it will be against righthanders only.
Catalanotto is one of the worst lefty on lefty hitters in the game, and in the last 3 seasons he has hit .167 against them in only 36 at-bats, while hitting .274 against righty's in over 680 at-bats.
Career: Batting | | ||||||||||||||||||
SEASON | TEAM | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
1997 | Det | 13 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .379 | .385 | .764 | |
1998 | Det | 89 | 213 | 23 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .282 | .325 | .446 | .771 | |
1999 | Det | 100 | 286 | 41 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 15 | 49 | 3 | 4 | .276 | .327 | .458 | .785 | |
2000 | Tex | 103 | 282 | 55 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .291 | .375 | .457 | .832 | |
2001 | Tex | 133 | 463 | 77 | 153 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 39 | 55 | 15 | 5 | .330 | .391 | .490 | .881 | |
2002 | Tex | 68 | 212 | 42 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | .269 | .364 | .443 | .807 | |
2003 | Tor | 133 | 489 | 83 | 146 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 35 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .299 | .351 | .472 | .823 | |
2004 | Tor | 75 | 249 | 27 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .344 | .390 | .734 | |
2005 | Tor | 130 | 419 | 56 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 53 | 0 | 2 | .301 | .367 | .451 | .818 | |
2006 | Tor | 128 | 437 | 56 | 131 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .376 | .439 | .815 | |
2007 | Tex | 103 | 331 | 52 | 86 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 28 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .260 | .337 | .444 | .781 | |
2008 | Tex | 88 | 248 | 28 | 68 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .274 | .342 | .399 | .741 | |
2009 | Mil | 77 | 144 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .278 | .346 | .382 | .728 | |
Total | -- | 1240 | 3799 | 560 | 1109 | 261 | 37 | 84 | 456 | 330 | 487 | 45 | 27 | .292 | .358 | .446 | .804 |
3 comments:
The only reason Cat has a bad rep vs. lefty pitchers is because he has not been given much of a chance to hit against them. 36 abs over the course of his career is far from a representative sample.
My bad...it's 36 abs over the past 3 yrs. but still I believe he's never been given a fair chance v. lefties...
Stewie:
.240 BA, .324 OBP, .332 Slg, .656 OPS over Catalanotto's career vs lefty's.
He cannot hit them, which is why he has so few at-bats (346 big league AB's vice LH pitching)
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