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Name	Team	Age
Matt Lajoie	Retired (1986, Age 36)	Died (2025, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 53 (1968)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League	0	13 years (95 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
71	68	80
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
71	82	83
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
62	57	2
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	8	9
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
62	100	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
34	0	9/5/1950
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	2	8
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (RF)
98 (98.5 %)	97 (97.6 %)	0 (0.4 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (CF)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1973	HOU	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	HOU	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	HOU	0	0	13	116	0	0	0	0	0
1976	HOU	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0
1977	HOU	0	0	27	26	12	0	0	3	20
1978	HOU	0	0	0	6	133	0	0	0	0
1979	HOU	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0
1980	HOU	0	0	0	0	130	0	1	0	7
1981	HOU	0	0	5	14	46	0	1	0	25
1982	HOU	0	0	4	13	25	0	0	0	40
1983	HOU	0	1	2	8	23	0	1	2	37
1984	HOU	0	0	0	0	141	0	0	0	0
1985	HOU	0	0	2	1	59	0	0	0	1
1986	CLE	0	0	2	21	26	0	0	1	7

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1986-11-01	Matt Lajoie has retired from the Cleveland Toyo Carp
1986-04-01	The Cleveland Toyo Carp have acquired Matt Lajoie from the waiver wire.
1985-10-17	The Houston Apaches have designated Matt Lajoie for assignment.
1985-10-03	The Houston Apaches have promoted Matt Lajoie to the major league team. The Houston Apaches have sent Joe Leach to the minors.
1985-08-03	The Houston Apaches have designated Matt Lajoie for assignment.
1981-06-15	Matt Lajoie of the Houston Apaches is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1977-08-29	Matt Lajoie of the Houston Apaches is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1975-06-21	Matt Lajoie of the Houston Apaches is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1974-06-28	Matt Lajoie of the Houston Apaches is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1973-04-18	The Houston Apaches have promoted Danny Burris to the major league team. The Houston Apaches have promoted Matt Lajoie to the major league team. The Houston Apaches have designated Andy Leverett for assignment. The Houston Apaches have designated Jeff Pierce for assignment.
1973-04-18	The Houston Apaches have acquired Matt Lajoie from the waiver wire.
1973-04-01	The St. Louis Perfectos have waived Matt Lajoie.