Eddie Mathews

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX us

Died: February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA

Buried: Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, CA

High School: Santa Barbara HS (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 20-185d, 10,869th in major league history)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 36-350d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1978. (Voted by BBWAA on 301/379 ballots)
View Eddie Mathews's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Edwin Lee Mathews

Nicknames: Eddie Mattress, Cap'n Eddie, Santa Barbara Bomber or Brookfield Bomber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

95.9

8537

2315

512

.271

1509

RBI

1453

OBP

.376

SLG

.509

OPS

.886

OPS+

143

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	MLN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	59	14.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 17	MLN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
4	4	Apr 19	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
5	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
7	7	Apr 23	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 25	MLN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 26	MLN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 27	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
13	13	Apr 30	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	15	May 2	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	2	3	1	6	0	3B
16	16	May 3	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
17	17	May 4	MLN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	18	May 6	MLN	@	STL	W,12-8	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	19	May 7	MLN	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 9	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
21	21	May 10	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 11	MLN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
23	23	May 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
24	24	May 14	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
25	25	May 17	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	26	May 18	MLN	@	CIN	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
27	27	May 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	29 (1)	May 21	MLN		LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
29	30	May 22	MLN		SFG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
30	31	May 23	MLN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
31	32	May 24	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	33	May 25 (1)	MLN		CHC	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	34	May 25 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
34	35	May 26	MLN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
35	36	May 27	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
36	37	May 28	MLN		STL	L,4-7	CG	56	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	38	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
38	39	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	40	May 31	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	42	Jun 3	MLN	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
42	43	Jun 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-9	CG	52	11.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
43	44	Jun 5	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	50	11.1	2	3	0	5	1	3B
44	45	Jun 6	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
45	46	Jun 7	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
46	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
47	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	49	Jun 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
49	50	Jun 12	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
50	51	Jun 13	MLN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	21	6.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
51	52	Jun 14	MLN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	53	Jun 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
53	54	Jun 17	MLN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	55	Jun 19	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	56	Jun 20	MLN		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
56	57	Jun 21	MLN		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
57	58	Jun 22	MLN		STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	59	Jun 23	MLN		SFG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	60	Jun 24	MLN		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
60	61	Jun 25	MLN		SFG	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	62	Jun 26	MLN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	63	Jun 27	MLN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	64	Jun 28	MLN		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
64	65	Jun 29	MLN		LAD	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
65	66	Jun 30	MLN		CIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1	MLN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
67	68	Jul 2	MLN		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	69	Jul 3	MLN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	70	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	71	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	72	Jul 5	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	73	Jul 6	MLN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
73	74	Jul 9	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
74	75	Jul 10	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
75	76	Jul 11	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
76	77	Jul 12	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
77	78	Jul 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	0	1	0	1	1	3B
78	79	Jul 14	MLN	@	SFG	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
79	80	Jul 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	81	Jul 16	MLN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	86 (4)	Jul 21	MLN		STL	L,4-5	CG	54	14.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
82	87	Jul 22	MLN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
83	88	Jul 23	MLN		STL	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	89	Jul 24	MLN		STL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	90	Jul 25 (1)	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
86	91	Jul 25 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	92	Jul 26	MLN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	49	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
88	93	Jul 27	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	94	Jul 29	MLN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	95	Jul 30	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
91	96	Jul 31	MLN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	97	Aug 1	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
93	98	Aug 2	MLN		SFG	W,10-0	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	99	Aug 3 (1)	MLN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
95	100	Aug 3 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	101	Aug 4	MLN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	102	Aug 5	MLN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
98	103	Aug 6	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	104	Aug 7	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
100	105	Aug 8	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	106	Aug 9	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	107	Aug 10 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
103	108	Aug 10 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,14-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
104	109	Aug 11	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	110	Aug 12	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	111	Aug 13 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	112	Aug 13 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
108	113	Aug 14	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
109	114	Aug 15	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
110	115	Aug 16	MLN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
111	116	Aug 17 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	117	Aug 17 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
113	118	Aug 19 (1)	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
114	119	Aug 19 (2)	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	120	Aug 20	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
116	121	Aug 21	MLN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
117	122	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
118	123	Aug 24	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
119	124	Aug 25	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
120	125	Aug 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
121	126	Aug 27	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	50	11.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
122	127	Aug 28	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
123	128	Aug 29	MLN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	129	Aug 30	MLN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	130	Aug 31	MLN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	132	Sep 1 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
128	133	Sep 3	MLN	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
129	134	Sep 4	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
130	135	Sep 5	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
131	136	Sep 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
132	137	Sep 7 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
133	138	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
134	139	Sep 9	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
135	140	Sep 10	MLN		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	141	Sep 12	MLN		STL	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
137	142	Sep 13	MLN		STL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
138	143	Sep 14	MLN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
139	144	Sep 15	MLN		LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	145	Sep 16	MLN		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
141	146	Sep 17	MLN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
142	147	Sep 18	MLN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
143	148	Sep 19	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
144	149	Sep 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
145	150	Sep 21	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
146	151	Sep 23	MLN		PHI	L,5-6	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	152	Sep 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
148	153	Sep 27	MLN		CIN	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
149	154	Sep 28	MLN		CIN	L,0-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							149gm		1312.0	116	351	22	489	24