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Eddie
Mathews		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 13, 1931 in Usa, TX, TEXARKANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1954    1955    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1962    1966   
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
1952 20 BRK NL     6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1953 21 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 7 7
1954 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 9 10 10 7 7 7
1955 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1956 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1957 25 BRK NL $ 2,964,286   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1958 26 BRK NL $ 4,278,571   8 8 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1959 27 BRK NL $ 7,820,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1960 28 BRK NL $ 7,820,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1961 29 BRK NL $ 7,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1962 30 BRK NL $ 7,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1963 31 BRK NL $ 7,820,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1964 32 NYA AL $ 7,820,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
1965 33 NYA AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 6
1966 34 NYA AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1967 35 NYA AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 4
1968 36 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,820,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 6 7 7 10 10 10 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
1952 20 AAA   132 472 92 138 24 6 45 99 13 7 92 77 .292 .408 .655 1.062 119.1  
1953 21 BRK NL 50 153 32 47 6 0 9 16 1 1 28 17 .307 .412 .523 .935 30.3 6.3
    AAA   99 343 69 116 20 5 36 85 12 5 84 47 .338 .468 .741 1.209 106.3  
1954 22 BRK NL 157 558 112 145 21 2 33 106 5 3 98 86 .260 .367 .482 .849 98.5 15.8
1955 23 BRK NL 150 539 139 163 21 3 46 131 1 2 106 75 .302 .416 .609 1.024 127.4 29.3
1956 24 BRK NL 155 542 89 136 23 4 26 92 1 1 100 90 .251 .365 .452 .817 89.3 16.9
1957 25 BRK NL 157 550 96 154 24 10 33 126 5 5 82 98 .280 .373 .540 .913 104.5 23.4
1958 26 BRK NL 160 524 99 159 27 2 38 116 3 2 103 89 .303 .417 .580 .997 117.4 27.4
1959 27 BRK NL 157 523 80 143 32 0 18 86 9 3 99 102 .273 .385 .438 .823 91.4 19.2
1960 28 BRK NL 155 535 104 140 24 1 29 101 7 4 118 96 .262 .393 .473 .866 100.8 21.8
1961 29 BRK NL 156 560 108 185 28 1 33 109 3 2 92 73 .330 .422 .561 .982 121.4 26.8
1962 30 BRK NL 155 545 92 143 18 3 21 76 0 0 97 109 .262 .374 .422 .796 86.9 17.4
1963 31 BRK NL 161 554 75 132 17 2 15 60 2 4 103 111 .238 .356 .357 .713 76.7 13.1
1964 32 NYA AL 155 507 82 109 15 5 17 68 9 7 96 103 .215 .339 .365 .704 67.0 10.8
1965 33 NYA AL 156 528 66 139 18 3 11 59 5 7 99 116 .263 .379 .371 .751 76.2 15.0
1966 34 NYA AL 154 507 78 138 29 4 15 89 10 6 115 117 .272 .403 .434 .837 93.4 20.3
1967 35 NYA AL 156 561 106 130 26 4 19 65 11 9 103 164 .232 .350 .394 .744 82.4 15.1
1968 36 TAM AL 130 339 42 73 6 1 11 43 10 4 50 99 .215 .315 .336 .652 39.7 6.5
16 Years Sim 2364 8025 1400 2136 335 45 374 1343 82 60 1489 1545 .266 .379 .459 .838 1403.2 285.2
2 Years AAA 231 815 161 254 44 11 81 184 25 12 176 124 .312 .432 .691 1.123 225.4  
162 Game Average 549 95 146 22 3 25 92 5 4 102 105 .266 .379 .459 .838 96.2  
Career Highs 161 561 139 185 32 10 46 131 11 9 118 164 .330 .422 .609 1.024 127.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5254 1026 1495 232 30 263 927 62 47 1025 903 .285 .399 .490 .890 1045.7
vs LH   2771 374 641 103 15 111 416 20 13 464 642 .231 .340 .399 .740 408.3
Home 1181 3925 721 1062 158 24 187 669 38 36 745 730 .271 .385 .466 .851 728.3
Away 1183 4100 679 1074 177 21 187 674 44 24 744 815 .262 .374 .452 .826 725.8
RISP   2062 0 573 87 15 102 923 0 0 466 389 .278 .403 .483 .886 425.1
Pinch Hitting   201 38 54 7 1 9 33 1 1 30 42 .269 .362 .448 .810 33.5
Close/Late   1018 171 292 42 9 35 173 0 0 195 167 .287 .400 .449 .849 189.6
Mar/Apr 369 1289 237 357 60 6 70 231 12 6 247 260 .277 .391 .496 .887 255.5
May 404 1395 210 351 68 12 49 200 20 12 248 287 .252 .364 .423 .787 226.9
June 387 1318 233 365 43 7 70 234 12 11 237 248 .277 .385 .480 .865 249.3
July 370 1262 229 329 55 9 58 228 14 13 245 264 .261 .380 .456 .836 228.1
August 427 1446 270 398 62 4 72 248 16 7 269 257 .275 .386 .473 .859 274.0
Sep/Oct 407 1315 221 336 47 7 55 202 8 11 243 229 .256 .370 .427 .798 220.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1953 21 BRK NL RF 40 34 318.7 54 0 1 0 .982 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 3 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 9.0 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 22 BRK NL 1B 99 98 865.0 1107 76 10 93 .992 12.31 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 50 46 416.3 66 0 1 0 .985 1.43 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 4 0 6.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1955 23 BRK NL 1B 141 137 1213.7 1502 106 11 165 .993 11.92 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 5 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 24 BRK NL 1B 142 141 1254.7 1493 118 13 141 .992 11.56 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 10 2 35.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1957 25 BRK NL 1B 95 94 828.0 975 92 3 101 .997 11.60 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 44 35 327.7 75 2 0 1 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 16 14 132.7 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1958 26 BRK NL RF 73 70 625.7 138 1 1 0 .993 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 72 68 613.0 786 53 6 75 .993 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 6 0 10.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.36 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 27 BRK NL 3B 122 118 1068.0 48 227 20 23 .932 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 22 19 181.0 205 18 2 12 .991 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 4 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 28 BRK NL 3B 115 112 1007.3 68 231 15 14 .952 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 30 29 263.3 305 19 5 32 .985 11.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 2 31.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0  
1961 29 BRK NL 1B 146 146 1298.3 1468 103 6 147 .996 10.89 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    3B 5 0 14.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 12.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1962 30 BRK NL 1B 141 140 1254.0 1417 105 9 147 .994 10.92 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 4 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 7 0 12.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1963 31 BRK NL 1B 156 156 1363.0 1540 137 12 128 .993 11.07 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 4.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 32 NYA AL 1B 145 141 1261.7 1434 101 6 112 .996 10.95 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 33 NYA AL RF 101 99 878.7 170 0 2 0 .988 1.74 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 49 49 437.0 496 40 7 45 .987 11.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 34 NYA AL 1B 147 143 1273.7 1394 100 17 107 .989 10.56 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    3B 5 0 13.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 35 NYA AL 1B 149 145 1278.7 1536 105 10 125 .994 11.55 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    3B 2 0 6.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 36 TAM AL 3B 66 63 563.3 37 140 9 17 .952 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 22 7 83.3 111 6 0 9 1.000 12.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 8 5 45.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 2 17.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 14.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 1558 1513 13477.3 15776 1179 118 1439 .993 11.32 0 0 .000 0 26.7
  RF 355 295 2735.3 544 3 5 1 .991 1.80 0 0 .000 0 6.4
  3B 343 293 2726.3 159 617 44 54 .946 2.56 0 0 .000 0 7.4
  LF 64 16 235.0 70 2 0 1 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 2 2 17.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2325 2119 19193.9 16551 1807 168 1497 .991 8.61 1 0 .000 0 40.6
Career Highs   162 156 1374.3 1541 250 22 165 .997 11.68 1 0 .000 0  
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
1964 32 NYA AL 12 44 12 13 1 0 6 10 1 3 7 10 .295 .392 .727 1.119
1966 34 NYA AL 5 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .188 .316 .188 .503
1967 35 NYA AL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 66 13 16 1 0 6 10 1 3 10 13 .242 .342 .530 .872
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.
Batting Average
1958-10-.303
1961-2-.330
 On-Base Pct
1955-6-.416
1958-2-.417
1959-3-.385
1960-2-.393
1961-1-.422
1962-8-.374
1965-7-.379
1966-3-.403
 Slugging Pct
1955-2-.609
1957-7-.540
1958-8-.580
1961-6-.561
 OPS
1955-2-1.024
1957-9-.913
1958-6-.997
1960-7-.866
1961-4-.982
1966-9-.837
 XR
1955-2-127.4
1957-10-104.5
1958-7-117.4
1960-6-100.8
1961-3-121.4
1966-7-93.4
CAR-34-1403.2
 Games
1954-5-157
1957-3-157
1958-1-160
1959-3-157
1960-9-155
1961-6-156
1963-1-161
1964-9-155
1965-9-156
1967-4-156
CAR-37-2364
Runs
1954-6-112
1955-1-139
1957-10-96
1958-8-99
1960-3-104
1961-3-108
1962-5-92
1967-2-106
CAR-35-1400
 Hits
1961-2-185
 Total Bases
1955-6-328
1957-10-297
1958-7-304
1961-5-314
 Singles
1961-5-123
 Doubles
1959-9-32
 Triples
1957-1-10
Homeruns
1954-7-33
1955-2-46
1957-9-33
1958-6-38
CAR-46-374
 RBIs
1954-9-106
1955-2-131
1957-2-126
1958-4-116
1960-9-101
1961-6-109
1966-9-89
 Stolen Bases
1957-9-5
1959-6-9
1960-10-7
 Caught Stealing
1957-5-5
1958-8-2
1959-9-3
1960-6-4
 Walks
1954-7-98
1955-4-106
1956-4-100
1957-5-82
1958-3-103
1959-3-99
1960-1-118
1961-2-92
1962-2-97
1963-2-103
1964-2-96
1965-2-99
1966-2-115
1967-5-103
CAR-14-1489
 Strikeouts
1965-8-116
1967-1-164
CAR-32-1545
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 138    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1952
Injured on 4/30/1953 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/31/1953, off Connie Johnson (STL)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 9/19/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1955, hitting .550 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 4/8/1955 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 8/2/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1955, hitting .522 with 8 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1955, hitting .404 with 16 HR, 38 RBI
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/26/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1957, hitting .600 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1958, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/24/1958
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
7/31/1958: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $7,820,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1958, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1958, hitting .382 with 10 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1960, hitting .346 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1960, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1961, hitting .652 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 6 runs on 6/3/1961
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 6/26/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 4/8/1962
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 8/19/1963
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 2/1/1964 (Going to NYA: 1B Eddie Mathews, C Earl Battey. Going to BRK: 1B Ed Bouchee)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/18/1964
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/5/1967, off Hal Reniff (SEM)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/6/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $765,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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