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Wid Matthews
Wid Curry Matthews (Matty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 18, 1923
Final Game June 7, 1925
Born October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, IL
Died October 5, 1965 in Hollywood, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 26 PHA AL 129  485   52  133  11  6   1   25  16 16  50  27  .274  .343  .328   76  159   6           1    
 1924 27 WSH AL  53  169   25   51  10  4   0   13   3  8  11   4  .302  .355  .408   99   69  12           3    
 1925 28 WSH AL  10    9    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .444  .444  .444  128    4   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      192  663   79  188  21 10   1   39  19 24  61  32  .284  .348  .350   83  232  18   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   67  159  18  8   1   33  16 20  51  27  .284  .348  .350   83  196  15   0   0   3   0
 Career High    129  485   52  133  11  6   1   25  16 16  50  27  .274  .343  .328   76  159  12   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 26 PHA AL  542  374   52   3.7   109| .274  .291| .343  .361| .328  .403| .671  .764|  76  .397 -16.7  -1.6  50%
 1924 27 WSH AL  195  138   21   4.0   109| .302  .294| .355  .363| .408  .404| .763  .767|  99  .416  -0.5  -0.1  27%
 1925 28 WSH AL    9    5    2  10.7   114| .444  .297| .444  .367| .444  .416| .888  .784| 128  .794   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       746  517   75   3.9   109| .284  .292| .348  .362| .350  .403| .698  .765|  83  .409 -16.9  -1.7  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1923 26 PHA AL OF 127 316 3 18 0 .947 .965 2.51 2.26 2 125 0 1924 27 WSH AL OF 44 121 7 2 2 .985 .970 2.91 2.27 1 43 0 1925 28 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 26 PHA AL OF 127 316 3 18 0 .947 .965 2.51 2.26 2 125 0 1924 27 WSH AL OF 44 121 7 2 2 .985 .970 2.91 2.27 1 43 0 1925 28 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 1 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 172 438 10 20 2 .957 .966 2.60 2.26 3 169 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 172 438 10 20 2 .957 .966 2.60 2.26
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.

Stolen Bases
1923 AL-16-10

Caught Stealing
1923 AL-16-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 15, 1923: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Heinie Scheer and $40,000 to the Milwaukee (American Association) for Al Simmons.

June 2, 1924: Traded by the Milwaukee (American Association) to the Washington Senators for Showboat Fisher and cash.

August 8, 1924: Traded by the Washington Senators with $50,000 to the Sacramento (PCL) for Earl McNeely. Wid Matthews returned to original teams on September 29, 1924.

September 29, 1924: Sent by the Sacramento (PCL) to the Washington Senators to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1924. The Sacramento (PCL) sent Earl McNeely to the Washington Senators for Wid Matthews and $50,000. Wid Matthews returned to original teams on September 29, 1924.


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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