NY Sports Dog: Interesting Signing: Frank Catalanotto

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Interesting Signing: Frank Catalanotto


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

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3 comments:

Stewie said...

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.

Stewie said...

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...

Dave Singer said...

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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