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Eddie Mathews
Edwin Lee (Jr.) Mathews

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game September 27, 1968
Born October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX
Died February 18, 2001 (age 69)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 20 CHA AL  144  553   84  138  23   7  29   81   4  11   45  146  .250  .310  .474  .784   113   262   0   7   1   7   5  
 1953 21 CHA AL  154  579  125  171  28  13  48  152   4   2  102   83  .295  .396  .637 1.034   146   369   0  11  13   2  24  MVP-1
 1954 22 CHA AL  150  510   96  126  15  10  42  132   4   1  123   81  .247  .389  .563  .952   134   287   0  13  23   4   9  MVP-1
 1955 23 DEA AL  151  540  130  143  16   7  42  128   1   0  119  102  .265  .393  .554  .947   131   299   2   7  12   0  13  MVP-3
 1956 24 DEA AL  149  577  111  141  20   1  38   81   1   0   89   99  .244  .343  .480  .823   114   277   0   5   2   0  16  MVP-7
 1957 25 DEA AL  154  620  135  201  29  13  46  132   6   1   85  108  .324  .403  .635 1.038   141   394   0   7   1   1  19  MVP-2
 1958 26 DEA AL  154  588  116  164  21   1  43  121   3   8   89   95  .279  .375  .537  .912   122   316   1   3   5   3  15  MVP-4
 1959 27 DEA AL  154  617  129  181  12  11  51  139   3   1   79   79  .293  .373  .596  .969   126   368   0   6   7   3   4  MVP-1
 1960 28 DEA AL  154  571  141  171  22  10  54  138   8   0  123  121  .299  .423  .657 1.080   147   375   1   4   9   2  13  MVP-2
 1961 29 DEA AL  154  574   99  164  15   7  27  125   6   1  108  100  .286  .399  .477  .876   114   274   1   6   7   4  19  MVP-6
 1962 30 DEA AL  158  539  100  144  38   7  31  105   1   1  104  107  .267  .387  .536  .923   120   289   0   5   3   4  11  MVP-7
 1963 31 DEA AL  161  558  101  176  36   1  28  101   3   4  129  137  .315  .443  .534  .977   138   298   0   2   4   0  15  MVP-4
 1964 32 DEA AL  145  444   94  122  19   1  35   76   0   2   79   80  .275  .382  .559  .941   134   248   1   3   0   0   7  
 1965 33 DEA AL  154  532   83  136  22   1  37   94   2   0   77  124  .256  .350  .509  .859   123   271   0   4  10   2  14  MVP-4
 1966 34 DEA AL  144  490   51  110  26   6  15   60   0   1   53   90  .224  .297  .394  .691    99   193   0   6   6   0  12  
 1967 35 DEA AL   76  120   17   23   4   0   6   19   0   0   13   27  .192  .292  .375  .667   101    45   0   0   1   4   3  
 1968 36 DEA AL    9   16    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .250  .294  .438  .732   113     7   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     2365 8428 1614 2315 346  96 573 1687  46  33 1418 1582  .275  .378  .542  .920        4572   6  89 104  36 199
 Per 600 PA           507   97  139  21   6  34  101   3   2   85   95                                 275   0   5   6   2  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA     1917 6786 1309 1880 280  66 454 1322  34  19 1148 1272  .277  .381  .538  .919        3654   6  58  67  23 161
   With CHA      448 1642  305  435  66  30 119  365  12  14  270  310  .265  .367  .559  .926         918   0  31  37  13  38
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2391 8537 1509 2315 354  72 512 1453  68  39 1444 1487  .271  .376  .509  .885        4349  36  58 107  26 123
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1952 20 CHA AL  20   79   4.9   1   0   0  .000  20   75   43  .573    0    0  .000  3B   3e20       18   
 1953 21 CHA AL  28  143   8.7   0   0   0  .000  20   77   49  .636    0    0  .000  3B   3e29        1   
 1954 22 CHA AL  29  120   8.0   2   0   0  .000  14   72   42  .583    0    0  .000  3B   4e17      -74   
 1955 23 DEA AL  32  123   8.0   3   1   0  .333  19   80   45  .562    0    0  .000  3B   3e25      -67   
 1956 24 DEA AL  24   96   5.7   3   1   0  .333  23   92   54  .587    0    0  .000  3B   3e29      -69   
 1957 25 DEA AL  25  158   9.6   0   0   0  .000  11   89   68  .764    0    0  .000  3B   2e16      111   
 1958 26 DEA AL  27  116   7.0   0   0   0  .000  27   85   47  .553    0    0  .000  3B   3e22      105   
 1959 27 DEA AL  25  143   8.7   0   0   0  .000  18   80   57  .712    0    0  .000  3B   2e19      -13   
 1960 28 DEA AL  29  166  10.7   0   0   0  .000  21   81   56  .691    0    0  .000  3B   2e24      131   
 1961 29 DEA AL  33  113   7.0   0   0   0  .000  16   80   56  .700    0    0  .000  3B   2e19      -61   
 1962 30 DEA AL  32  117   7.7   4   1   0  .250  17   77   53  .688    0    0  .000  3B   3e19       45   
 1963 31 DEA AL  28  138   9.3   1   0   0  .000  12   66   40  .606    0    0  .000  3B   3e19      125   
 1964 32 DEA AL   9   98   7.9  25   7   2  .280  11   44   27  .614    0    0  .000  3B   3e23      184   
 1965 33 DEA AL  26   95   6.2   7   1   0  .143  19   64   36  .562    0    0  .000  3B   2e21       49   
 1966 34 DEA AL  23   56   3.9   8   0   0  .000  25   71   30  .423    0    0  .000  3B   4e27      -71   
 1967 35 DEA AL  10   13   3.6  50   9   3  .180   3   10    3  .300    0    0  .000  3B   4e28      -95   
 1968 36 DEA AL   0    2   4.8   4   2   0  .500   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   4e26       66   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1785   7.5 108  22   5  .204 276 1144  706  .617    0    0  .000                  25  13
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 68.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 283.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1952 20 CHA AL  3B   143   133   320   20   32   .958   143  1222.0   3.34
 1953 21 CHA AL  3B   154   168   404   20   33   .966   154  1406.2   3.66
 1954 22 CHA AL  3B   149   140   363   14   19   .973   147  1315.2   3.44
 1955 23 DEA AL  3B   150    92   354   19   20   .959   144  1321.1   3.04
 1956 24 DEA AL  3B   148   109   292   23   40   .946   146  1310.1   2.75
 1957 25 DEA AL  3B   154   173   422   11   33   .982   154  1383.0   3.87  GG
 1958 26 DEA AL  3B   154   142   396   27   43   .952   154  1398.1   3.46
 1959 27 DEA AL  3B   154   142   334   18   34   .964   154  1382.1   3.10
 1960 28 DEA AL  3B   154    96   368   21   22   .957   154  1384.1   3.02
 1961 29 DEA AL  3B   154   122   276   16   39   .961   154  1406.1   2.55
 1962 30 DEA AL  3B   126   103   206   10   23   .969   119  1060.1   2.62
                 1B    35   262    22    7   18   .976    33   293.2   8.70
 1963 31 DEA AL  3B   161    92   342   12   14   .973   159  1422.1   2.75
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   1.50
 1964 32 DEA AL  3B   122    69   255   11   11   .967   110   973.2   2.99
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1965 33 DEA AL  3B   152   116   379   19   27   .963   142  1310.0   3.40
 1966 34 DEA AL  3B   141    76   282   25   19   .935   136  1161.0   2.78
 1967 35 DEA AL  3B    39    12    36    3    3   .941    18   188.0   2.30
                 1B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1968 36 DEA AL  3B     4     2     2    0    0  1.000     4    30.1   1.19
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  2259  1787  5031  269  412   .962  2192 19676.0   3.12
                 1B    38   264    23    7   18   .976    33   297.2   8.68
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   1.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1952 WS    CHA BRN   L    5  17  2  4  1  0  1   3  3  6  .235  .381  .471  0
 1953 WS    CHA BRN   W    7  24  5  7  2  0  2  10  5  4  .292  .400  .625  0
 1954 WS    CHA BRN   W    7  24  6  8  1  0  4  10  6  2  .333  .424  .875  0
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    4  14  4  4  1  0  2   3  3  4  .286  .412  .786  0
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    7  27  2  9  1  0  1   1  4  6  .333  .419  .481  0
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    7  26  4  8  1  0  2   7  7  4  .308  .441  .577  1
 1962 WS    DEA SFN   L    5  16  3  2  1  1  0   0  2  3  .125  .222  .312  0
 1964 WS    DEA CIN   L    5   5  2  2  0  0  0   0  2  2  .400  .571  .400  0
 1965 WS    DEA CIN   L    6  21  5  7  3  0  2   5  5  5  .333  .444  .762  1
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1952  CHA  101-53   Robert Rescigno
 1953  CHA  108-46   Robert Rescigno
 1954  CHA   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  DEA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1965  DEA   96-67   Steve Dewing
 1966  DEA   90-72   Steve Dewing
 1967  DEA   92-70   Steve Dewing
 1968  DEA   99-63   Alan Boodman

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