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Tom
Matchick		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 7, 1943 in Usa, PA, HAZLETON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980   
Gold Glove 1970    1973    1975    1978    1979   
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
1967 23 TOR AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1968 24 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1969 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1970 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
1971 27 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 7 6
1972 28 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1973 29 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1974 30 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 7
1975 31 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 6
1976 32 SDP NL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 33 SDP NL $ 390,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 6
1978 34 SDP NL $ 390,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
1979 35 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1980 36 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1981 37 SDP NL $ 544,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 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
1967 23 A   137 504 48 138 9 1 9 45 14 8 73 57 .274 .366 .349 .715 69.6  
1968 24 DET AL 122 363 19 69 9 4 1 21 6 5 16 67 .190 .224 .245 .469 16.5 0.0
1969 25 DET AL 35 43 7 13 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 5 .302 .302 .419 .721 4.5 1.3
1970 26 DET AL 154 518 35 104 19 1 0 36 5 0 21 88 .201 .232 .241 .474 24.9 0.0
1971 27 DET AL 100 288 28 76 9 2 4 26 7 4 17 42 .264 .305 .351 .656 31.0 4.3
1972 28 DET AL 112 328 32 81 10 2 1 32 10 4 21 51 .247 .290 .299 .589 29.1 1.8
1973 29 DET AL 155 488 57 125 12 4 5 44 4 3 34 85 .256 .303 .328 .631 48.3 4.5
1974 30 MIN AL 151 507 59 121 17 0 2 37 8 4 32 84 .239 .284 .284 .568 39.5 0.4
1975 31 MIN AL 153 501 66 143 20 2 3 54 6 6 33 78 .285 .333 .351 .684 54.9 6.7
1976 32 SDP NL 153 457 44 101 13 0 0 40 3 6 28 73 .221 .267 .249 .516 25.1 0.0
1977 33 SDP NL 152 458 48 103 9 0 1 35 5 0 18 82 .225 .256 .251 .507 27.2 0.0
1978 34 SDP NL 150 474 47 121 10 3 3 44 6 6 18 101 .255 .283 .308 .591 37.8 3.6
1979 35 SDP NL 152 453 56 100 12 1 3 41 2 4 17 99 .221 .251 .272 .523 25.5 0.0
1980 36 SDP NL 150 451 40 110 11 4 1 38 2 3 27 98 .244 .289 .293 .582 35.3 1.5
1981 37 SDP NL 143 429 32 90 10 1 0 24 0 2 24 105 .210 .254 .238 .492 21.0 0.0
14 Years Sim 1882 5758 570 1357 164 25 24 475 65 48 306 1058 .236 .275 .285 .560 420.4 24.1
1 Years A 137 504 48 138 9 1 9 45 14 8 73 57 .274 .372 .349 .721 69.6  
162 Game Average 495 49 116 14 2 2 40 5 4 26 91 .236 .275 .285 .560 36.2  
Career Highs 155 518 66 143 20 4 5 54 10 6 34 105 .302 .333 .419 .721 54.9  
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   4083 396 968 119 11 16 351 45 39 213 701 .237 .276 .283 .559 300.2
vs LH   1675 174 389 45 14 8 124 20 9 93 357 .232 .274 .290 .564 128.4
Home 932 2807 295 679 73 16 18 245 30 26 161 493 .242 .284 .299 .582 228.7
Away 950 2951 275 678 91 9 6 230 35 22 145 565 .230 .267 .273 .540 199.9
RISP   1308 0 316 36 2 5 424 0 0 91 224 .242 .288 .284 .572 107.4
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Close/Late   540 54 122 16 3 1 28 0 0 30 90 .226 .266 .272 .538 37.2
Mar/Apr 318 985 99 235 28 7 2 79 8 7 61 193 .239 .285 .287 .572 77.3
May 337 1046 97 227 27 5 4 85 22 11 55 181 .217 .257 .264 .521 66.4
June 324 1026 106 248 24 2 5 97 14 10 52 192 .242 .278 .284 .561 77.4
July 295 905 86 232 34 3 3 98 10 7 37 171 .256 .287 .310 .597 75.5
August 309 933 87 216 32 5 5 63 8 8 45 171 .232 .267 .293 .559 67.8
Sep/Oct 299 863 95 199 19 3 5 53 3 5 56 150 .231 .279 .277 .556 64.2
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
1968 24 DET AL 3B 64 64 509.0 38 117 3 14 .981 2.74   1.4
    SS 56 54 466.0 78 201 5 31 .982 5.39   2.9
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 25 DET AL 3B 27 10 108.0 10 25 0 2 1.000 2.92   0.5
    SS 4 3 23.0 8 7 0 1 1.000 5.87   0.1
    2B 2 1 10.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1970 26 DET AL SS 153 152 1283.3 222 583 35 110 .958 5.65   5.9
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 1 1 0 .857 13.50   0.0
1971 27 DET AL SS 98 83 745.7 100 305 10 49 .976 4.89   2.4
    1B 2 0 3.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 12.30   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 28 DET AL SS 111 97 842.0 118 356 18 70 .963 5.07   2.6
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 29 DET AL SS 153 149 1255.3 191 538 18 100 .976 5.23   4.7
    1B 1 1 9.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1974 30 MIN AL 3B 150 149 1227.0 75 300 13 34 .966 2.75   4.0
    SS 18 0 34.0 6 17 2 4 .920 6.09   0.2
    2B 3 0 5.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.36   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1975 31 MIN AL SS 131 124 1084.3 180 501 17 101 .976 5.65   6.4
    3B 22 22 184.0 10 45 1 3 .982 2.69   0.5
    2B 3 3 25.0 4 12 0 3 1.000 5.76   0.1
1976 32 SDP NL SS 151 148 1218.7 207 521 29 100 .962 5.38   5.6
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 33 SDP NL SS 111 109 870.7 167 433 23 89 .963 6.20   3.6
    3B 41 39 320.3 21 96 4 9 .967 3.29   1.3
    2B 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 34 SDP NL SS 150 146 1215.7 195 594 31 127 .962 5.84   7.4
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 35 SDP NL SS 147 145 1178.7 214 624 28 133 .968 6.40   5.1
    2B 3 0 6.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
    1B 3 0 3.0 8 0 1 1 .889 24.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 36 SDP NL SS 144 143 1188.0 204 570 33 115 .959 5.86   6.1
    1B 5 0 11.7 17 0 0 1 1.000 13.12   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1981 37 SDP NL SS 143 142 1151.3 194 575 23 103 .971 6.01   7.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 1570 1495 12556.6 2084 5825 272 1133 .967 5.67   60.5
  3B 311 284 2358.7 156 585 21 62 .972 2.83   7.7
  2B 20 4 58.7 12 28 0 5 1.000 6.14   0.2
  1B 19 1 39.3 56 1 2 3 .966 13.05   0.1
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1922 1784 15017.3 2308 6439 295 1203 .967 5.24   68.5
Career Highs   172 152 1293.3 227 628 36 136 1.000 6.45    
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
1972 28 DET AL 10 39 9 19 2 1 2 6 0 1 1 7 .487 .500 .744 1.244
1976 32 SDP NL 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .133 .267
1978 34 SDP NL 17 55 5 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 15 .273 .298 .309 .607
1980 36 SDP NL 17 54 10 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 9 .204 .246 .278 .523
1981 37 SDP NL 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267
Career Post-Season Batting 54 178 26 49 3 2 3 12 1 1 6 38 .275 .299 .365 .664
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.
Strikeouts
1978-8-101
1979-9-99
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Bob Aspromonte (864)
  5. John Mihalic (858)
  6. Bobby Richardson (855)
  7. Taylor Duncan (851)
  8. Tony Piet (850)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 68th overall pick, by Toronto in 1967
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 2/3/1968 (Going to TOR: 1B Roberto Clemente. Going to DET: SS Tom Matchick, P Jim Ray)
Had first career hit on 4/5/1968, off Jerry Stephenson (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1968, off Tom Seaver (OAK)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1973
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/4/1974 to a 3-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1975
Traded from Minnesota to San Diego on 2/7/1976 (Going to SDP: 3B Tom Matchick. Going to MIN: 3B Jim ray Hart)
7/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $390,000 per year, for 2 years
10/3/1978: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $350,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1978
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1979
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $544,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 3/30/1981 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
 
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