Matt Alexander

Matthew Alexander

Positions: Pinch Runner, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 30, 1947 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Bethune HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Grambling State University (Grambling, LA)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1973
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates/Cubs 1973-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHC NL 26 CF 3 2 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 0.69 0.33 .980 2.63 2.63
1973 CHC NL 26 OF 3 2 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 1.38 0.67 .975 2.22 2.23
1974 CHC NL 27 3B 19 13 11 125.0 38 12 23 3 3 .921 -5 -45 2.52 1.84 .948 3.04 3.04
1974 CHC NL 27 OF 4 0 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 1.08 0.25 .980 2.27 2.28
1974 CHC NL 27 CF 3 0 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -135 1.69 0.33 .980 2.70 2.77
1974 CHC NL 27 2B 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 0.50 .970 5.40 5.45
1974 CHC NL 27 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.00
1975 OAK AL 28 DH 17 0
1975 OAK AL 28 OF 11 1 1 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.25 0.64 .979 2.38 2.36
1975 OAK AL 28 RF 7 1 1 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.89 0.57 .975 2.13 2.10
1975 OAK AL 28 2B 3 0 0 3.0 3 0 2 1 1 .667 0 0 6.00 0.67 .973 5.40 5.37
1975 OAK AL 28 CF 3 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.50 1.00 .983 2.85 2.83
1975 OAK AL 28 3B 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -96 0.00 0.00 3.24 3.15
1975 OAK AL 28 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
1976 OAK AL 29 OF 23 4 1 76.2 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1 14 2.70 1.00 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 OAK AL 29 DH 19 0
1976 OAK AL 29 RF 11 3 1 43.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2 56 3.35 1.45 .980 2.22 2.22
1976 OAK AL 29 CF 7 0 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -77 1.93 0.43 .983 2.96 2.99
1976 OAK AL 29 LF 7 1 0 19.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 0.92 0.29 .980 2.24 2.24
1977 OAK AL 30 OF 31 2 2 78.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -31 2.29 0.65 .978 2.35 2.32
1977 OAK AL 30 CF 17 2 2 47.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.64 0.82 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 OAK AL 30 DH 13 0
1977 OAK AL 30 SS 12 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.79
1977 OAK AL 30 RF 10 0 0 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -97 2.14 0.50 .974 2.10 2.07
1977 OAK AL 30 LF 7 0 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 0.90 0.14 .980 2.07 2.09
1977 OAK AL 30 2B 4 0 0 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 3.00 0.75 .977 5.40 5.38
1977 OAK AL 30 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
1979 PIT NL 32 OF 11 2 1 31.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 38 2.59 0.82 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 PIT NL 32 LF 6 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -152 0.00 0.00 1.99 2.00
1979 PIT NL 32 CF 3 2 1 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 2.57 1.33 .985 2.83 2.80
1979 PIT NL 32 RF 3 0 0 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.09 1.67 .980 2.21 2.17
1979 PIT NL 32 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 5.00
1980 PIT NL 33 OF 4 1 0 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 109 4.91 1.50 .980 2.29 2.30
1980 PIT NL 33 CF 2 1 0 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 80 5.00 2.50 .984 2.80 2.85
1980 PIT NL 33 LF 2 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .975 2.25 2.05
1980 PIT NL 33 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.50
1981 PIT NL 34 OF 6 0 0 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2 104 3.27 1.33 .980 2.33 2.33
1981 PIT NL 34 CF 3 0 0 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 71 3.18 2.00 .987 2.81 2.80
1981 PIT NL 34 LF 3 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 216 7.20 1.33 .975 2.16 2.13
8 Seasons OF 93 12 6 269.0 76 75 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 2.54 0.82 .979 2.37 2.36
8 Seasons CF 41 7 4 126.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 1 10 2.64 0.90 .984 2.81 2.83
5 Seasons RF 32 4 2 97.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.78 0.94 .978 2.17 2.13
6 Seasons LF 26 1 0 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.76 0.35 .977 2.15 2.12
3 Seasons 3B 22 13 11 132.0 38 12 23 3 3 .921 -5 -47 2.39 1.59 .948 3.05 3.05
2 Seasons SS 13 12 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.81
4 Seasons 2B 10 0 0 17.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -0 -21 3.18 0.60 .974 5.40 5.40
9 Seasons TOT 138 37 17 420.0 121 88 29 4 4 .967 -3 -10 2.51 0.85 .969 2.72 2.92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1973 CHC NL 26 CF -0 -37 -0 0 -0 0
1974 CHC NL 27 3B -5 -45 -5 -3 -2 0
1974 CHC NL 27 CF -1 -135 -1 -0 -0 0
1974 CHC NL 27 2B 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 27 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 RF -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 CF 1 120 1 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 3B -0 -96 -0 0 -0
1975 OAK AL 28 LF -0 -80 -0 -0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 29 RF 2 56 2 1 1 0
1976 OAK AL 29 CF -1 -77 -1 -0 -0 0
1976 OAK AL 29 LF -0 -12 -0 -0 -0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 CF 0 3 0 0 -0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 SS
1977 OAK AL 30 RF -2 -97 -1 -0 -0 -1
1977 OAK AL 30 LF -0 -48 -0 -0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 2B -0 -40 -0 -0 -0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 3B -0 -60 -0 0 -0
1979 PIT NL 32 LF -1 -152 -1 -0 -0 0
1979 PIT NL 32 CF 1 60 1 0 1 0
1979 PIT NL 32 RF 1 120 0 0 -0 1
1979 PIT NL 32 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 33 CF 1 80 1 1 -0 0
1980 PIT NL 33 LF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 33 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 34 CF 1 71 1 1 0 0
1981 PIT NL 34 LF 1 216 1 0 1 0
8 Seasons CF 1 10 1 2 -1 0
5 Seasons RF 1 15 1 1 1 0
6 Seasons LF -0 -8 -0 -1 1 0
3 Seasons 3B -5 -47 -5 -3 -2 0
2 Seasons SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2B -0 -21 -0 -0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT -3 -10 -3 -2 -1 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHC NL 26 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 9
1974 CHC NL 27 45 13 45 24 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 3 1 4 0 13 13
1975 OAK AL 28 63 1 63 16 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 7 11 17 2 51
1976 OAK AL 29 61 4 61 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 11 25 19 2 45
1977 OAK AL 30 90 14 90 49 0 0 0 4 1 12 7 17 10 34 13 0 67
1978 PIT NL 31 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1979 PIT NL 32 44 2 44 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 3 12 0 1 36
1980 PIT NL 33 37 1 37 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 34
1981 PIT NL 34 15 0 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 4 9
9 Seasons 374 37 374 138 0 0 0 10 22 13 26 41 32 99 49 23 271
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 35% 80% 20% 3 33%
1974 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 57% 100% 30% 4 25%
1975 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 28 39% 68% 21% 7 43%
1976 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 63 48% 94% 24% 9 33%
1977 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 207 55% 82% 26% 21 67%
1979 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 53 70% 77% 32% 7 57%
1980 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 39 23% 79% 26% 7 71%
1981 PIT NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 67 54% 76% 40% 10 60%
8 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 17 7 41.2% 10 0 0.0% 0 541 50% 82% 28% 68 54%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.5% 61% 82% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40% 90% 10% 0
1975 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 83 61% 76% 24% 8 50%
1976 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 177 63% 82% 34% 20 80%
1977 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 94 59% 82% 28% 12 42%
1979 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 46 80% 78% 30% 9 56%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 4 28.6% 10 1 7.1% 0 410 63% 80% 30% 49 61%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.1% 61% 82% 27% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 16 56% 94% 25% 1 0%
1976 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 74 54% 91% 32% 4 50%
1977 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 46 67% 89% 28% 5 20%
1979 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 78% 24% 3 0%
1980 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 100% 38% 4 50%
1981 PIT NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 52% 81% 52% 5 80%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 202 58% 88% 32% 22 41%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.8% 61% 82% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 CHC NL 27 570 59% 81% 27% 35 89% 0 11 6 3 2 24 19 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1975 OAK AL 28 21 52% 90% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 8 50% 63% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 599 59% 81% 27% 35 89% 0 11 6 3 2 24 19 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 PIT NL 32 6 100% 67% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 100% 67% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 CHC NL 27 16 75% 63% 19% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 14 64% 79% 43% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 39 54% 82% 21% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 33 4 100% 50% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 73 63% 75% 25% 6 83% 0 2 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 94%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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