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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,8-10	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 17	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 18	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	MLN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	MLN		SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	MLN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	MLN		LAD	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 26	MLN		LAD	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
12	12	Apr 28	MLN		PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 29	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	MLN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	15	May 2	MLN		PHI	W,11-2	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	16	May 3	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 4	MLN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
18	18	May 5	MLN		NYM	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
19	19	May 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	20	May 7	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
21	21	May 8	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 9	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
23	23	May 10 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-5	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
24	24	May 10 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	26	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
25	25	May 12	MLN	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 13	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 14	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
28	28	May 15	MLN	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
29	30 (1)	May 17 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	31	May 17 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
31	32	May 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
32	33	May 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
33	34	May 22	MLN		STL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
34	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	MLN		STL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
35	37	May 24 (2)	MLN		STL	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
36	38	May 26	MLN		HOU	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
37	39	May 27	MLN		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	40	May 28	MLN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	41	May 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
40	42	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	43	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
42	44	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 2	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
44	46	Jun 3	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	47	Jun 4	MLN		CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
46	48	Jun 5	MLN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
47	49	Jun 6	MLN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
48	50	Jun 7	MLN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
49	51	Jun 8	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
50	52	Jun 9 (1)	MLN	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	53	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
52	54	Jun 11	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
53	55	Jun 12	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	56	Jun 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	57	Jun 14 (1)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
56	58	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	59	Jun 16	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	61 (1)	Jun 19	MLN		HOU	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	7	2	2	11	0	3B
59	62	Jun 20	MLN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
60	66 (3)	Jun 23	MLN		LAD	W,5-2	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
61	67	Jun 24	MLN		LAD	L,4-15	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	68	Jun 26	MLN		NYM	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
63	69	Jun 27	MLN		NYM	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	70	Jun 28 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	71	Jun 28 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
66	72	Jun 29	MLN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	73	Jun 30	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	MLN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
69	75	Jul 2	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
70	76	Jul 3	MLN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	77	Jul 4	MLN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	79 (1)	Jul 9	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,9-8	GF	23	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH 3B
75	82	Jul 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
76	83	Jul 12 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	84	Jul 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	85	Jul 14	MLN		SFG	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
79	86	Jul 15	MLN		SFG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	87	Jul 16	MLN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	88	Jul 18	MLN		PIT	L,2-8	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	101 (12)	Jul 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,13-3	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	102	Aug 1	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	103	Aug 2	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
85	104	Aug 4 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	106 (1)	Aug 5	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	107	Aug 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	108	Aug 7	MLN		LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	110 (1)	Aug 9	MLN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	111	Aug 11	MLN		HOU	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
91	112	Aug 12	MLN		HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	113	Aug 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
93	114	Aug 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	115	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	116	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	117	Aug 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	118	Aug 19	MLN	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	119	Aug 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
99	120	Aug 21	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	121	Aug 22	MLN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
101	122	Aug 23	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
102	123	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
103	124	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
104	126 (1)	Aug 27	MLN		SFG	W,13-0	GS	22	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
105	127	Aug 28	MLN		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
106	128	Aug 29	MLN		SFG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
107	129	Aug 30 (1)	MLN		SFG	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
108	130	Aug 30 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	131	Sep 1	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	133 (1)	Sep 3	MLN	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
111	134	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
112	135	Sep 5	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
113	136	Sep 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
114	137	Sep 7 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
115	138	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
116	139	Sep 9	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
117	140	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
118	141	Sep 11	MLN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
119	142	Sep 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
120	143	Sep 13	MLN		CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
121	145 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	146	Sep 16	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	147	Sep 19 (1)	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
124	148	Sep 19 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	149	Sep 20	MLN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
126	150	Sep 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
127	151	Sep 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	152	Sep 24	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
129	153	Sep 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
130	154	Sep 26	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
131	155	Sep 27	MLN	@	PHI	W,14-8	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
132	156	Sep 29	MLN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	157	Sep 30	MLN		NYM	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
134	160 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH 3B
135	162 (1)	Oct 4	MLN		PIT	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							135gm		1134.0	184	252	17	453	23