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Nelson Mathews

Nelson Elmer Mathews

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

Born: July 21, 1941 in Columbia, IL
High School: Columbia HS (Columbia, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1960 (Age 19)   vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs 1960-1965

Final Game: July 18, 1965 (Age 23)   vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Father of T.J. Mathews
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Nelson Mathews: 22 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 10 go ahead
2 Tms
KCA16
CHC6
 
vs RHP14
vs LHP8
 
Home15
Away7
 
Leverage
High Lev6
Medium Lev6
Low Lev10
13 Opps
WSA3
CLE3
NYY3
PHI2
LAD2
BAL2
MIN1
PIT1
STL1
BOS1
LAA1
DET1
CHW1
21 Pitchers
Wally Bunker2
Dave Wickersham1
Jim Kaat1
Al Downing1
Barry Latman1
Ray Sadecki1
Jim Hannan1
Cal McLish1
Jack Lamabe1
Dick Donovan1
Marshall Bridges1
Roy Face1
Johnny Podres1
Jack Kralick1
Art Mahaffey1
Pete Richert1
Ralph Terry1
Gary Bell1
Gary Peters1
Bill Stafford1
8 Parks
Munic. Stad12
Wrigley Fld3
Dodger Stad2
Sprtsmn3/Busch1
Shibe Pk1
Comiskey Pk1
Memor. Stad1
Tiger Stad1
Where Hit
710
Unk7
82
92
891
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms20
2·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
7th8
8th7
2nd3
5th1
4th1
3rd1
6th1
Outs
211
06
15
 
DefPos
CF22
Bases
---11
1233
1--3
1-33
--31
-2-1
 
42 RBI
RISP8
0 on11
1 on5
2 on3
3 on3
Any on11
Inning
14
24
32
46
52
61
81
91
Extra1
 
1-310
4-69
7-end3
RelScore
+4..1
+25
Tied8
-12
-22
-31
-4..3
 
Ahead6
Tied8
Behind8
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1962 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1962-09-16 CHC LAD Stan Williams tied 0-0 b 1 1 123 4 5 8 0.210 85% Home Run (Fly Ball); Landrum Scores; Hubbs Scores; Williams Scores
2 2 2 1 1962-09-26 CHC PHI Art Mahaffey behind 0-1 b 4 1 1-3 3 6 8 0.252 77% Home Run (Deep LF); Williams Scores; Altman Scores
1963 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1963-05-01 CHC @ STL Ray Sadecki behind 3-6 t 4 1 1-- 2 7 8 0.164 34% Home Run; Rodgers Scores
4 4 2 1 1963-05-08 CHC PIT Roy Face tied 5-5 b 8 0 --- 1 7 8 0.276 88% Home Run
5 5 3 1 1963-06-02 (1) CHC @ PHI Cal McLish behind 1-5 t 4 2 --- 1 7 8 0.051 13% Home Run
6 6 4 1 1963-06-16 (1) CHC @ LAD Johnny Podres ahead 2-0 t 1 2 1-3 3 7 8 0.182 90% Home Run; Banks Scores; Rodgers Scores
1964 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1964-05-03 (1) KCA MIN Jim Kaat behind 0-2 b 5 2 --- 1 8 8 0.125 35% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
8 8 2 1 1964-06-17 KCA @ DET Dave Wickersham behind 0-1 t 6 2 -2- 2 2 8 0.329 63% Home Run; Causey Scores
9 9 3 1 1964-06-20 KCA WSA Marshall Bridges ahead 2-0 b 1 2 123 4 8 8 0.182 94% Home Run; Colavito Scores; Gentile Scores; Jimenez Scores
10 10 4 1 1964-06-28 KCA @ LAA Barry Latman ahead 2-0 t 3 0 --- 1 2 8 0.086 83% Home Run
11 11 5 1 1964-08-05 KCA NYY Al Downing ahead 2-0 b 4 2 123 4 8 8 0.160 97% Home Run (CF-RF); Gentile Scores/unER; Edwards Scores/unER; Alusik Scores/unER; Mathews Scores/unER
12 12 6 1 1964-08-06 KCA NYY Ralph Terry tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 1 2 8 0.129 64% Home Run
13 13 7 1 1964-08-11 KCA WSA Jim Hannan behind 1-5 b 9 0 --- 1 8 8 0.021 4% Home Run
14 14 8 1 1964-08-30 (1) KCA CLE Jack Kralick ahead 3-1 b 4 0 --- 1 8 8 0.075 87% Home Run
15 15 9 2 1964-08-30 (1) KCA CLE Gary Bell ahead 5-1 b 5 1 1-3 3 8 8 0.035 99% Home Run; Edwards Scores; Charles Scores
16 16 10 1 1964-08-30 (2) KCA CLE Dick Donovan tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 1 8 8 0.117 63% Home Run
17 17 11 1 1964-09-01 KCA BOS Jack Lamabe tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2 3 8 0.177 73% Home Run; Causey Scores
18 18 12 1 1964-09-04 KCA NYY Bill Stafford behind 5-9 b 10 0 1-- 2 7 8 0.048 8% Home Run (Deep LF); Charles Scores
19 19 13 1 1964-09-07 (1) KCA BAL Wally Bunker tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 1 7 8 0.117 63% Home Run
20 20 14 1 1964-09-11 (1) KCA @ BAL Wally Bunker tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 1 7 8 0.117 58% Home Run
1965 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
21 21 1 1 1965-05-03 KCA WSA Pete Richert tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 1 4 8 0.117 67% Home Run
22 22 2 1 1965-07-18 (2) KCA @ CHW Gary Peters behind 0-2 t 4 2 --3 2 7 8 0.229 46% Home Run; Reynolds Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.