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Matt Treanor
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Career Regular Season
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
1272
.221
18
129
5
.618
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
1272
.221
18
129
5
.618
Matt Treanor Bio
Fullname:
Matthew Aaron Treanor
Born:
3/03/1976 in Garden Grove, CA
Draft:
1994, Kansas City Royals, Round: 4, Overall Pick: 107
High School:
Mater Dei, Santa Ana, CA
Debut:
6/02/2004
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Matthew Aaron Treanor
Full name MATTHEW AARON TREANOR…Married, Misty...Graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana (CA) in 1994…Was selected a Second Team All-American as a senior…His wife, Misty May-Treanor, is a retired three-time Olympic Gold medalist in beach volleyball, teaming with Kerri Walsh-Jennings for three straight gold medals in 2004 (Athens), 2008 (Beijing) and 2012 (London)...Misty registered 112 individual championship wins in domestic and international competition from 2000-12 after attending at Long Beach State...Pronounced "TRAY-ner"
2011
Combined to hit .214 (42-196) with three home runs and 22 RBI in 72 games with Kansas City and Texas...had a career-high 24 runs scored...Was with Texas throughout Spring Training, but was traded to Kansas City on March 28 in exchange for cash considerations...Rangers re-acquired him in an Aug. 31 trade for cash considerations...Batted .226 (42-186) with three homers, six doubles and 21 RBI in 65 games for the Royals...Led Kansas City with 62 starts behind the plate...Hit a walk-off, three-run homer off the Angels' Jason Bulger with two outs in the bottom of the 13th on April 3...The three RBI were a season high, one of his three multi-RBI games...Had five multi-hit games all year, all two-hit games...Caught 11-of-53 (20.8%) attempted base stealers...Missed all of August after being placed on the disabled list due to a concussion on July 31, after which he was transferred to the regular 15-day disabled list...Played seven games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on an injury rehabilitation assignment, batting .263 (5-for-19) with a double and five RBI in seven games behind the plate.
2010
Was acquired from Milwaukee late in spring training and went on to start 67 games behind the plate, most of any Rangers catcher ... posted career highs for games (82), at-bats (237), runs (22), hits (50), homers (5), RBI (27), and walks (22).
2009
Limited to four games during his first season with the Tigers after landing on the disabled list for the remainder of the season on April 24 with a right hip strain...Underwent surgery on his right hip to remove a bone spur that was causing inflammation on April 30, a procedure performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
2008
Completed his fifth season with the Florida Marlins in 2008, establishing career bests with 206 at-bats, 18 runs scored, 49 hits and 23 RBI...Equaled a career high with a six-game hitting streak April 27-May 10, batting .391 (9x23)...Established a career best with three RBI on May 8 versus Milwaukee -- matched the high with three RBI on July 4 at Colorado...Batted .313 (21x67) with two doubles, a home run and 11 RBI in 18 games during May...Sidelined July 8-August 6 with a left hip strain -- saw action in five games with Single A Jupiter as part of an injury rehabilitation assignment August 1-6...Hit .305 (18x59) with runners in scoring position...Unconditionally released by the Marlins on December 15.
2007
Spent entire season with Marlins and established career highs with .269 average, 171 at bats, 16 runs, 46 hits, four home runs and 19 RBI ... batted .291 (41x141) with four home runs and 18 RBI in final 42 games (June 1 to end of season) ... hit .393 (11x28) with home run and two RBI in eight games in June, and .391 (9x23) with one home run and six RBI in seven games in July ... Honored with Charlie Hough Good Guy Award by South Florida chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ... Hit first home run of season June 28 vs. Pittsburgh off Tony Armas Jr., his first homer since July 27, 2006, at Atlanta, a span of 40 games (97 at bats) between home runs ... hit all four home runs over 35-game span from June 28 to September 28 ... Matched career-high (four times career) with three-hits on July 21 vs. Cincinnati and August 21 at St. Louis ... Appeared defensively as catcher in 53 games ... caught six of 48 (12.5 %) base stealers ... had .993 fielding percentage as catcher.
2006
Batted .229 with two home runs and 14 RBI in 67 games with the Marlins...Hit in six straight games from April 17 to May 2, batting .350 (7x20) with two RBI over that stretch...hit first Major League home run on June 20 at Baltimore, a fourth-inning solo homer off Daniel Cabrera...home run came in his 267th Major League at-bat, making him the active leader for most at-bats without a home run at the time of his blast...hit his second home run on July 27 at Atlanta, a two-run homer off Jason Shiell...hit first Major League triple off Philadelphia's Randy Wolf on September 30 at Dolphin Stadium...ejected from game (first of career) in the top of the first inning on September 28 vs. Cincinnati for arguing balls and strikes...was on 15-day DL from August 3 (retroactive to August 1) until August 15 with a left shoulder strain...Appeared defensively in 61 games as catcher, with .993 fielding percentage...threw out 13 of 31 (41.9 percent) runners, a careerbest...among National League catchers who logged more than 400.0 innings behind the plate, nobody had a higher percentage of runners caught stealing...the Reds' David Ross was second among those catchers with a 41.4 percentage.
2005
In first full season in the Majors, played in a career high 58 games for the Marlins while batting .201 with eight doubles and 13 RBI... made a career-best 41 starts for Florida, batting .217 (26x120) as a starter... Marlins were 21-20 in those games... Recorded career-high four-game hitting streak (5x10, .500) to begin season from April 10-21... Began season hitting in seven of 11 games, batting .333 (10x30) with three doubles, three RBI and four walks... batted .500 (5x10) in April with a double and three RBI... went 2x4 with two RBI in start on April 20 vs. New York (NL), registering the first multi-RBI game of his career... posted second multi-RBI game of career in August 8 start at Colorado, going 1x5 with a double... Collected the second three-hit game of career in May 29 start vs. New York (NL)... registered five multi-hit games overall... for the first time in career, recorded two extra-base hits in August 9 start vs. Arizona (2x4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R)... started 18 of 25 games from August 7-31, batting .211 (12x57) with four doubles, six RBI, and six walks... Florida posted an 11-9 record during that span... At Dolphins Stadium, hit .276 with five doubles, nine RBI, and ten walks... overall, boasted a .308 (12x39) mark with runners in scoring position and batted .333 (1x3) as a pinch-hitter... In first three starts at catcher, Marlins pitchers allowed just two earned runs (25.0 IP) for a 0.72 ERA... spent a career-high 366.2 innings (55 games/41 starts) behind the plate for the Marlins... registered a 27.2 percent caught stealing rate, catching nine of 33 opposing runners... posted a 4.69 catcher's ERA and had four passed balls... Posted a career-best .985 fielding percentage behind the plate (five errors in 328 total chances)... from June 9 to August 29, did not commit an error in 159 total chances covering 201.2 consecutive innings (30 games/22 starts).
2004
Appeared in 29 games for the Marlins and hit .236 with two doubles and one RBI in 29 games in his first Major League season...Walked in his first Major League plate appearance (June 2 vs. Cincinnati) and singled in his first official at-bat off Cory Lidle...Collected hits in four of his first five games (.429), including a career-high three hits (3x5, 2B) on June 13 at Detroit...had his first career RBI on June 17 vs. Chicago (AL)...Hit .310 over his first 12 games and .289 over his first 15 contests...had two hits in his final 14 games, batting .118 over that span (2x17)...Overall, made 27 appearances behind the plate for Florida, including 14 starts...had a .976 fielding percentage (3 E in 126 TC)...Played in 62 games with AAA Albuquerque batting .258 with eight home runs and 38 RBI...had back-to-back three-hit games on April 21-22 at Nashville...played in 31 games with six homers before having his contract purchased by the Marlins on June 2...returned to AAA on August 1 and played in 21 games before returning to the Majors on September 1.
2003
Led all Pacific Coast League catchers with 602 putouts for Albuquerque during the 2003 season...Tied for the lead among catchers in the Pacific Coast League with 11 errors...Collected a season-high four hits on April 12 versus Oklahoma...Sidelined June 4-17 with a right shoulder separation...Saw action in four games during the Pacific Coast League playoffs, going hitless in 12 at-bats.
2002
Began the 2002 season with Double A Portland before having his contract transferred to Triple A Calgary on June 26...Drove in a season-high five runs on April 20 at Trenton...Collected a season-best four hits on April 25 versus Trenton -- equaled the high with four hits for Calgary on September 2 versus Edmonton...Belted a season-high two home runs for Portland on May 10 at Erie...Sidelined June 1-11 with a right ankle contusion...Forced to the disabled list July 8-15 with Calgary with a right thigh contusion.
2001
Saw action with Portland, Single A Kane County and the Gulf Coast League Marlins during the 2001 season...Opened the season with Portland -- sidelined April 30-July 16 with a right ankle sprain...Joined the Gulf Coast League Marlins for an injury rehabilitation assignment June 30-July 16...Transferred to Kane County from Portland on July 16 -- saw action in one game with Kane County before having his contract transferred back to Portland on July 19.
2000
Spent the entire 2000 season with Single A Brevard County, seeing action in 109 games...Collected a season-high five hits on April 21 at Jupiter...Finished with a season-best five RBI on June 7 at Daytona.
1999
Batted .286 with 10 home runs in 86 games as he spent the entire 1999 season with Kane Count...Tied for the Midwest League lead among all catchers with six double plays...Tabbed the Midwest League Player of the Week for April 8-14 after hitting .440 (11x25) with two doubles, three home runs and seven RBI in six games during the week...Collected a season-best four hits, two home runs and six RBI on April 10 versus Wisconsin...Batted .304 (31x102) with six doubles, four home runs and 22 RBI in 26 games during August...Hit .263 (5x19) with a home run and four RBI in six games during the Midwest League playoffs.
1998
Saw action in 80 games with Brevard County during the 1998 season, his first full season in the Marlins organization...Sidelined Sepetmber 2-9 with a right knee contusion.
1997
Opened the 1997 season with Single A Wilmington in the Kansas City Royals organization before being acquired by the Marlins in a two-player deal on July 29 -- assigned to Brevard County after being acquired by the Marlins...Tabbed the best defensive catcher in the Carolina League by Baseball America.
1996
Saw action in 119 games for Single A Lansing during the 1996 season, third-most among all players on the club.
1996
Spent his first full season in professional baseball with Single A Springfield in 1995.
1995
Spent first full professional season with Single-A Springfield and appeared in 75 games.
1994
Made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Royals after being selected by Kansas City in the fourth round of the June 1994 draft.
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
1272
120
281
18
129
5
.221
.313
.618
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
1272
120
281
18
129
5
.221
.313
.618
News
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7/22/2012 at 6:18 PM
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Awards
Marlins Charlie Hough Good Guy Award
Year
Team
League
2007
Florida Marlins
NL
League Rankings
Latest Transactions
Team
Date
Transaction
May 8, 2014
C Matt Treanor retired.
April 3, 2014
C Matt Treanor assigned to Columbus Clippers.
December 17, 2013
Cleveland Indians signed free agent C Matt Treanor to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
November 3, 2012
C Matt Treanor elected free agency.
November 15, 2011
Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent C Matt Treanor.
October 30, 2011
C Matt Treanor elected free agency.
October 19, 2011
Texas Rangers activated C Matt Treanor.
October 8, 2011
Texas Rangers reassigned C Matt Treanor to the minor leagues.
September 1, 2011
Texas Rangers activated C Matt Treanor from the 15-day disabled list.
August 31, 2011
Kansas City Royals traded C Matt Treanor to Texas Rangers.
August 17, 2011
sent C Matt Treanor on a rehab assignment to Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
August 14, 2011
Matt Treanor roster status changed by Kansas City Royals.
July 31, 2011
Kansas City Royals placed C Matt Treanor on the 7-day disabled list. Concussion.
March 28, 2011
Texas Rangers traded C Matt Treanor to Kansas City Royals.
December 13, 2010
Texas Rangers signed free agent Matt Treanor.
November 7, 2010
C Matt Treanor elected free agency.
August 23, 2010
Texas Rangers activated C Matt Treanor from the 15-day disabled list.
August 16, 2010
sent C Matt Treanor on a rehab assignment to Oklahoma City RedHawks.
July 24, 2010
Texas Rangers placed C Matt Treanor on the 15-day disabled list. Sprained right knee.
April 8, 2010
C Matt Treanor assigned to Texas Rangers.
March 22, 2010
Milwaukee Brewers Traded C Matt Treanor to Oklahoma City RedHawks and Texas Rangers Traded SS Ray Olmedo to Nashville Sounds.
March 22, 2010
Texas Rangers invited non-roster C Matt Treanor to spring training.
December 18, 2009
Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent Matt Treanor.
November 24, 2009
C Matt Treanor assigned to Toros del Este.
November 6, 2009
Detroit Tigers sent Matt Treanor outright to Toledo Mud Hens.
May 4, 2009
Matt Treanor roster status changed by Detroit Tigers.
April 26, 2009
Detroit Tigers placed C Matt Treanor on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 24, 2009. Torn labrum in his right hip
January 18, 2009
Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Matt Treanor.
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