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Nelson Mathews
Nelson Elmer Mathews

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 9, 1960
  vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 18, 1965
Born July 21, 1941 in Columbia, IL

Father of T.J. Mathews

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 18 CHC NL   3    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   38    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 19 CHC NL   3    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -41    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 20 CHC NL  15   49    5   15   2  0   2   13   3  3   5   4  .306  .393  .469  127   23   1   0   0   2   1
 1963 21 CHC NL  61  155   12   24   3  2   4   10   3  4  16  48  .155  .234  .277   44   43   0   0   2   0   5
 1964 22 KCA AL 157  573   58  137  27  5  14   60   2  3  43 143  .239  .293  .377   82  216   2   1   7   1  18
 1965 23 KCA AL  67  184   17   39   7  7   2   15   0  2  24  49  .212  .300  .359   88   66   1   2   4   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      306  978   93  218  39 14  22   98   8 12  88 248  .223  .288  .359   78  351   4   3  13   3  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   49  115  21  7  12   52   4  6  47 131  .223  .288  .359   78  186   2   2   7   2  15
 Career High    157  573   58  137  27  7  14   60   3  4  43 143  .239  .293  .377   82  216   2   2   7   2  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 18 CHC NL    8    6    1   4.5    98| .250  .262| .250  .328| .250  .402| .500  .730|  38  .512  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1961 19 CHC NL    9    8    0   0.0   106| .111  .271| .111  .338| .111  .422| .222  .760| -41  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1962 20 CHC NL   57   39    8   5.5   106| .306  .275| .393  .342| .469  .417| .862  .759| 127  .584   2.1   0.2  50%
 1963 21 CHC NL  171  140    9   1.7    94| .155  .261| .234  .323| .277  .390| .511  .713|  44  .184 -12.1  -1.3  42%
 1964 22 KCA AL  620  460   59   3.4    99| .239  .260| .293  .329| .377  .404| .670  .733|  82  .407 -15.4  -1.6  40%
 1965 23 KCA AL  211  154   20   3.5    91| .212  .250| .300  .319| .359  .382| .659  .702|  88  .436  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1076  807   97   3.2    97| .223  .259| .288  .327| .359  .399| .647  .726|  78  .385 -31.2  -3.3  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 18 CHC NL RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.75 2.81 1.97 2 16.0 1961 19 CHC NL CF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.30 2.50 2.65 2 18.0 1962 20 CHC NL CF 14 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.86 2.27 1.95 2.47 14 120.3 1963 21 CHC NL OF 46 91 1 2 1 .979 .977 2.00 1.75 2.24 2.01 40 370.3 CF 45 88 1 2 1 .978 .982 1.98 2.09 2.17 2.37 40 368.3 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1964 22 KCA AL CF 154 381 6 13 2 .968 .981 2.51 2.13 2.63 2.45 150 1326.0 1965 23 KCA AL OF 57 103 1 2 0 .981 .978 1.82 1.78 2.08 2.04 47 450.3 CF 26 53 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.04 2.03 2.36 2.40 21 201.7 LF 25 40 1 1 0 .976 .979 1.64 1.49 1.89 1.87 20 195.7 RF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.38 1.57 1.87 1.85 6 53.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 19 CHC NL CF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.30 2.50 2.65 2 18.0 1962 20 CHC NL CF 14 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.86 2.27 1.95 2.47 14 120.3 1963 21 CHC NL CF 45 88 1 2 1 .978 .982 1.98 2.09 2.17 2.37 40 368.3 1964 22 KCA AL CF 154 381 6 13 2 .968 .981 2.51 2.13 2.63 2.45 150 1326.0 1965 23 KCA AL CF 26 53 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.04 2.03 2.36 2.40 21 201.7 1965 23 KCA AL LF 25 40 1 1 0 .976 .979 1.64 1.49 1.89 1.87 20 195.7 1960 18 CHC NL OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.90 2.81 2.19 2 16.0 1961 19 CHC NL OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 2.50 2.15 2 18.0 1962 20 CHC NL OF 14 25 0 1 0 .962 .973 1.79 1.79 1.87 2.07 14 120.3 1963 21 CHC NL OF 46 91 1 2 1 .979 .977 2.00 1.75 2.24 2.01 40 370.3 1964 22 KCA AL OF 154 384 5 13 2 .968 .980 2.53 1.79 2.64 2.04 150 1326.0 1965 23 KCA AL OF 57 103 1 2 0 .981 .978 1.82 1.78 2.08 2.04 47 450.3 1960 18 CHC NL RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.75 2.81 1.97 2 16.0 1963 21 CHC NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1965 23 KCA AL RF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.38 1.57 1.87 1.85 6 53.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 275 613 7 18 3 .972 .979 2.25 1.78 2.43 2.04 255 2301.0 25 241 11# CF* 241 553 7 16 3 .972 .981 2.32 2.12 2.48 2.43 227 2034.3 LF* 25 40 1 1 0 .976 .979 1.64 1.49 1.89 1.87 20 195.7 RF* 11 17 0 1 0 .944 .983 1.55 1.61 2.15 1.88 8 71.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 275 613 7 18 3 .972 .979 2.25 1.78 2.43 2.04 255 2301
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Doubles
1964 AL-27-10

Triples
1965 AL-7-7

Strikeouts
1964 AL-143-1

Grounded into Double Plays
1964 AL-18-7

Outs
1964 AL-460-10

Youngest Player
1960 NL-18-3
1961 NL-19-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1992) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3082) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1963: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Kansas City Athletics for Fred Norman.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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