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Nelson
Mathews		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 21, 1941 in Usa, IL, COLUMBIA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 18 STL NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4
1961 19 STL NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1962 20 STL NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1963 21 STL NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1965 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1966 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1967 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 5
1968 26 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1969 27 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 5
1970 28 PIT NL $ 421,429   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1971 29 BOS AL $ 1,120,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1972 30 TOR AL $ 2,090,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5
1973 31 TOR AL $ 2,090,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 5
1974 32 TOR AL $ 950,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1975 33 TOR AL $ 950,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,090,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5
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
1960 18 AA   31 123 20 31 4 0 5 17 3 2 17 22 .252 .343 .407 .749 17.9  
    A   104 365 61 100 12 3 21 77 11 5 67 91 .274 .387 .496 .882 71.7  
1961 19 AA   136 481 74 122 20 2 21 76 7 7 44 103 .254 .316 .435 .751 65.7  
1962 20 AA   137 509 55 124 29 2 17 82 7 12 58 116 .244 .321 .409 .730 65.6  
1963 21 AA   137 507 69 121 13 6 30 107 6 10 79 109 .239 .341 .465 .807 82.5  
1964 22 PIT NL 21 42 3 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 5 .238 .298 .357 .655 5.2 0.8
    AA   135 502 84 145 25 2 28 95 13 12 77 94 .289 .383 .514 .897 95.8  
1965 23 PIT NL 155 541 61 115 26 6 21 76 1 4 43 130 .213 .269 .399 .668 56.0 8.3
1966 24 PIT NL 155 535 52 109 16 1 19 60 0 2 55 135 .204 .279 .344 .623 52.8 7.4
1967 25 PIT NL 153 505 44 102 22 3 14 62 5 1 57 131 .202 .282 .341 .623 48.6 3.3
1968 26 PIT NL 148 503 57 97 24 2 18 61 0 0 63 138 .193 .285 .356 .641 52.2 4.5
1969 27 PIT NL 142 460 57 106 16 4 17 62 0 2 37 96 .230 .287 .393 .680 49.3 5.5
1970 28 PIT NL 129 391 56 87 16 0 19 60 3 2 46 94 .223 .304 .409 .713 50.6 7.5
1971 29 DET AL 61 147 13 28 2 0 10 24 2 3 15 47 .190 .265 .408 .674 16.1 1.4
  BOS AL 63 168 25 42 11 2 9 37 3 3 13 34 .250 .306 .500 .806 25.0 5.1
  TOT   124 315 38 70 13 2 19 61 5 6 28 81 .222 .287 .457 .744 41.1 6.5
1972 30 TOR AL 155 488 77 118 24 1 24 73 9 7 58 113 .242 .322 .443 .765 68.8 11.6
1973 31 TOR AL 138 384 54 89 23 3 11 44 2 4 44 77 .232 .311 .393 .704 46.0 5.5
1974 32 TOR AL 47 118 8 16 5 0 5 16 5 1 8 26 .136 .195 .305 .500 6.2 0.0
    AAA   33 34 6 11 2 0 4 11 1 0 7 9 .324 .439 .735 1.174 10.1  
1975 33 AAA   133 462 79 120 18 3 37 114 9 2 73 121 .260 .361 .552 .913 93.3  
11 Years Sim 1367 4282 507 919 187 22 168 583 30 29 443 1026 .215 .288 .386 .675 477.0 60.8
2 Years AAA 166 496 85 131 20 3 41 125 10 2 80 130 .264 .364 .565 .928 103.4  
5 Years AA 576 2122 302 543 91 12 101 377 36 43 275 444 .256 .341 .453 .794 327.6  
1 Years A 104 365 61 100 12 3 21 77 11 5 67 91 .274 .386 .496 .882 71.7  
8 Years Minors 846 2983 448 774 123 18 163 579 57 50 422 665 .259 .350 .477 .827 502.7  
162 Game Average 507 60 108 22 2 19 69 3 3 52 121 .215 .288 .386 .675 56.5  
Career Highs 155 541 77 118 26 6 24 76 9 7 63 138 .242 .322 .457 .765 68.8  
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   2556 281 522 109 16 94 332 20 19 235 631 .204 .272 .370 .641 264.1
vs LH   1726 226 397 78 6 74 251 10 10 208 395 .230 .312 .411 .723 230.2
Home 671 2104 236 435 80 11 73 267 12 14 217 498 .207 .283 .359 .642 220.9
Away 696 2178 271 484 107 11 95 316 18 15 226 528 .222 .294 .412 .706 273.4
RISP   1023 0 235 46 3 41 382 0 0 112 232 .230 .299 .401 .700 130.2
Pinch Hitting   118 17 24 6 1 8 35 0 1 18 28 .203 .307 .475 .781 18.2
Close/Late   562 75 133 22 4 30 84 0 0 57 130 .237 .308 .450 .758 79.9
Mar/Apr 229 715 79 155 29 1 23 76 9 6 85 166 .217 .297 .357 .654 80.9
May 239 712 88 152 37 4 25 106 5 2 66 168 .213 .282 .382 .664 78.7
June 237 758 83 142 31 2 28 97 5 6 80 214 .187 .263 .344 .608 72.3
July 207 679 84 136 31 3 26 86 5 7 69 160 .200 .275 .370 .644 70.9
August 219 709 93 165 35 7 38 127 3 2 74 163 .233 .305 .463 .767 102.5
Sep/Oct 236 709 80 169 24 5 28 91 3 6 69 155 .238 .310 .405 .715 89.0
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
1964 22 PIT NL 2B 15 3 55.0 14 32 0 9 1.000 7.53   0.3
    CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    1B 2 1 10.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1965 23 PIT NL 3B 148 145 1265.3 90 264 15 16 .959 2.52   3.2
    2B 3 0 4.3 2 2 1 0 .800 8.31   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 24 PIT NL 3B 149 146 1259.3 80 273 9 18 .975 2.52   5.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00   0.0
1967 25 PIT NL 3B 149 147 1250.7 74 280 16 17 .957 2.55   5.5
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1968 26 PIT NL 3B 146 140 1232.3 76 272 11 18 .969 2.54   5.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
1969 27 PIT NL 3B 140 136 1175.7 81 247 14 26 .959 2.51   5.2
    2B 1 0 8.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.1
1970 28 PIT NL 3B 63 60 522.7 38 118 1 10 .994 2.69   2.2
    2B 35 22 228.7 47 81 2 18 .985 5.04   0.7
    1B 10 8 72.0 73 7 1 8 .988 10.00   0.1
    CF 6 6 51.0 18 0 1 0 .947 3.18   0.2
1971 29 DET AL 3B 32 15 160.4 10 35 2 2 .957 2.52   0.4
    CF 10 7 67.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.2
    1B 5 3 31.8 33 4 0 2 1.000 10.47   0.1
    RF 2 2 21.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
    2B 3 2 19.2 4 6 1 1 .909 4.69   0.0
  BOS AL 3B 34 15 182.2 12 40 3 3 .945 2.57   0.4
    CF 11 8 76.4 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.88   0.2
    1B 5 4 36.2 38 4 0 3 1.000 10.44   0.1
    RF 3 3 24.5 5 1 1 1 .857 2.20   0.0
    2B 4 3 21.8 4 7 1 1 .917 4.54   0.0
  TOT   3B 66 30 342.6 22 75 5 5 .951 2.55   0.8
      CF 21 15 143.7 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.82   0.4
      1B 10 7 68.0 71 8 0 5 1.000 10.46   0.1
      RF 5 5 46.0 10 1 1 1 .917 2.15   0.0
      2B 7 5 41.0 8 13 2 2 .913 4.61   0.1
1972 30 TOR AL 1B 145 144 1218.7 1354 103 12 109 .992 10.76   2.8
    2B 9 0 19.3 2 11 0 1 1.000 6.05   0.1
    3B 5 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 31 TOR AL CF 33 28 267.0 64 1 0 0 1.000 2.19   1.0
    3B 33 29 266.0 15 70 2 6 .977 2.88   0.8
    1B 26 11 126.0 144 12 1 14 .994 11.14   0.3
    2B 26 7 97.3 20 37 2 6 .966 5.27   0.3
1974 32 TOR AL 3B 18 14 127.0 8 42 0 3 1.000 3.54   0.6
    1B 18 11 103.0 115 12 0 13 1.000 11.10   0.3
    2B 9 6 53.0 13 19 0 6 1.000 5.43   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 919 848 7462.6 485 1645 73 119 .967 2.57   28.5
  1B 214 182 1603.0 1772 144 14 150 .993 10.76   3.7
  2B 107 43 508.7 109 205 7 43 .978 5.56   1.8
  CF 68 51 487.7 116 2 1 1 .992 2.18   1.7
  RF 5 5 46.0 10 1 1 1 .917 2.15   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1314 1129 10108.9 2492 1998 96 314 .979 4.00   35.6
Career Highs   161 147 1272.7 1356 281 16 110 1.000 10.58    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1965-4-6
 Homeruns
1972-10-24
 Strikeouts
1965-4-130
1966-5-135
1967-5-131
1968-2-138
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Joe Gordon (923)
  4. Woodie Held (920)
  5. Ron Cey (920)
  6. Graig Nettles (914)
  7. Don Buddin (910)
  8. Wayne Gross (893)
  9. Ryne Sandberg (877)
  10. Juan Samuel (876)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1960
Injured on 6/28/1960 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1964 (Going to PIT: 1B Nelson Mathews. Going to STL: P Chuck Stobbs, 2B Don Demeter)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1964, off Raul Sanchez (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1964, off Don Mossi (WAS)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/7/1965
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/23/1968 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 8/11/1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/13/1969 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $421,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $1,120,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: C Duke Sims, P Joe Hoerner. Going to BOS: C Dick Brown, DH Dick Stuart, C Larry Howard, 3B Nelson Mathews, P Tommie Sisk)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1971, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/13/1972 to a 2-year deal worth $2,090,000 per year
7/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $950,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/14/1975 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
7/1/1975: Signed a minor league contract extension with Toronto
 
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