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Gary
Matthews		  
Nickname: Sarge
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 5, 1950 in Usa, CA, SAN FERNANDO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 21 BOS AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1973 22 BOS AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1974 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7
1975 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1976 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1977 26 BOS AL $ 1,142,857   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1978 27 BOS AL $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1979 28 BOS AL $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1980 29 BOS AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1981 30 BOS AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5
1982 31 BOS AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4
1983 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1984 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,278,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 21 AAA   99 306 42 71 14 4 11 36 3 0 50 43 .232 .340 .412 .752 46.1  
1973 22 AAA   134 457 85 135 16 1 28 82 7 3 81 74 .295 .401 .519 .920 94.8  
1974 23 BOS AL 140 453 48 103 21 3 6 68 15 0 58 63 .227 .314 .327 .641 48.4 4.7
1975 24 BOS AL 139 454 58 107 17 2 10 55 18 1 55 65 .236 .317 .348 .665 56.1 6.4
1976 25 BOS AL 151 571 68 123 25 4 10 56 18 1 63 92 .215 .293 .326 .619 57.1 5.3
1977 26 BOS AL 150 480 74 120 30 3 10 53 14 5 52 86 .250 .322 .388 .710 62.3 9.7
1978 27 BOS AL 96 179 13 34 8 0 1 25 2 0 25 28 .190 .281 .251 .532 14.4 0.0
1979 28 BOS AL 107 234 26 49 8 2 8 35 2 0 21 40 .209 .272 .363 .636 22.4 2.1
1980 29 BOS AL 16 46 1 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 10 .174 .191 .261 .452 1.9 0.0
    AAA   72 114 17 37 7 2 8 25 2 0 16 21 .325 .408 .632 1.039 27.0  
1981 30 BOS AL 37 77 9 17 2 1 1 13 0 0 12 12 .221 .319 .312 .630 7.6 0.3
    AAA   53 186 26 53 12 1 15 48 4 1 17 23 .285 .345 .602 .947 37.2  
1982 31 BOS AL 55 95 14 17 3 0 2 13 1 1 6 25 .179 .225 .274 .499 5.7 0.0
1983 32 AAA   51 54 6 9 2 0 1 10 1 0 7 14 .167 .262 .259 .522 4.1  
1984 33 AAA   43 37 12 12 1 0 4 14 3 0 10 7 .324 .468 .676 1.144 11.5  
9 Years Sim 891 2589 311 578 115 15 49 323 71 8 293 421 .223 .300 .336 .636 275.8 28.6
6 Years AAA 452 1154 188 317 52 8 67 215 20 4 181 182 .275 .369 .508 .877 220.7  
162 Game Average 470 56 105 20 2 8 58 12 1 53 76 .223 .300 .336 .636 50.1  
Career Highs 151 571 74 123 30 4 10 68 18 5 63 92 .250 .322 .388 .710 62.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1567 190 345 72 10 23 184 38 4 151 259 .220 .287 .323 .610 154.9
vs LH   1022 121 233 43 5 26 139 33 4 142 162 .228 .319 .356 .676 130.3
Home 447 1294 157 296 59 8 29 177 31 2 147 200 .229 .306 .354 .660 151.7
Away 444 1295 154 282 56 7 20 146 40 6 146 221 .218 .295 .318 .613 133.6
RISP   628 0 161 26 6 17 263 0 0 91 95 .256 .341 .398 .739 91.5
Pinch Hitting   117 12 29 4 0 3 24 0 0 5 19 .248 .276 .359 .635 11.5
Close/Late   302 28 66 10 0 4 34 0 0 34 58 .219 .296 .291 .587 27.9
Mar/Apr 137 410 47 102 16 4 7 58 20 3 50 58 .249 .327 .359 .685 53.3
May 144 424 48 100 19 1 10 52 6 1 38 70 .236 .297 .356 .653 46.7
June 164 487 65 108 26 1 9 63 13 0 54 77 .222 .297 .335 .632 53.0
July 159 462 53 89 18 2 8 45 12 2 55 81 .193 .277 .292 .570 41.5
August 163 469 62 105 21 5 11 76 9 0 59 77 .224 .309 .360 .669 56.9
Sep/Oct 124 337 36 74 15 2 4 29 11 2 37 58 .220 .296 .312 .608 33.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 23 BOS AL RF 89 85 722.3 184 1 4 0 .979 2.31   3.2
    LF 44 39 344.7 67 0 4 0 .944 1.75    
1975 24 BOS AL RF 36 32 290.3 67 1 3 1 .958 2.11   1.4
    LF 22 14 126.0 22 1 1 1 .958 1.64    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 25 BOS AL RF 106 104 883.0 207 6 6 4 .973 2.17   2.4
    LF 45 44 383.0 80 2 4 1 .953 1.93    
1977 26 BOS AL RF 146 144 1146.3 255 3 3 1 .989 2.03   2.4
    LF 3 1 11.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    2B 2 0 4.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
1978 27 BOS AL RF 52 45 377.3 91 0 1 0 .989 2.17   1.2
    LF 7 1 20.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.10    
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1979 28 BOS AL RF 53 51 417.0 101 2 0 1 1.000 2.22   1.6
    LF 14 10 91.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 29 BOS AL RF 13 13 103.0 28 2 1 0 .968 2.62   0.5
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 30 BOS AL RF 24 23 187.3 42 0 1 0 .977 2.02   0.5
    CF 8 0 14.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 31 BOS AL RF 25 22 185.0 45 0 1 0 .978 2.19   0.6
    CF 11 2 23.7 11 0 1 0 .917 4.18    
    LF 10 1 23.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.16    
  RF 544 519 4311.7 1020 15 20 7 .981 2.16   13.8
  LF 150 110 1008.3 196 4 9 2 .957 1.79    
  CF 26 2 53.0 20 0 1 0 .952 3.40    
  2B 3 0 6.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.85   0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   725 631 5381.3 1237 20 30 10 .977 2.10   13.8
Career Highs   154 148 1266.0 287 8 10 5 1.000 2.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 27 BOS AL 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
1979 28 BOS AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .667 .500 1.667 2.167
Career Post-Season Batting 6 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .600 .571 1.400 1.971
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  1. Paul Blair (953)
  2. Dib Williams (949)
  3. Leon Roberts (949)
  4. Carden Gillenwater (946)
  5. Dave Henderson (940)
  6. Larry Herndon (938)
  7. Clyde Vollmer (937)
  8. George Puccinelli (936)
  9. Duke Carmel (936)
  10. Joe Christopher (935)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1972
Injured on 6/29/1972 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/18/1973 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 11-12 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1974, off Dick Baney (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1974, off Danny Frisella (CLE)
Injured on 5/21/1974 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1979: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $750,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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