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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	HOU		ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 12	HOU		ATL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
3	3	Apr 13	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
5	5	Apr 15	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 16	HOU	@	STL	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
7	7	Apr 18	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	9	Apr 21	HOU		CIN	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
10	10	Apr 22	HOU		CIN	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
11	11	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
12	12	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
13	15 (2)	Apr 27	HOU		STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
14	16	Apr 28	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19 (2)	May 2	HOU	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	20	May 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
17	22 (1)	May 5	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
18	24 (1)	May 9	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
19	25	May 10	HOU		LAD	L,1-5	GS	34	9.0	6	0	2	8	0	1B
20	26	May 12	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
21	28 (1)	May 14 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
22	29	May 14 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	3B
23	30	May 15	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
24	32 (1)	May 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
25	33	May 18	HOU		SFG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
26	34	May 19	HOU		SFG	L,2-6	GF	20	4.0	5	1	0	6	1	PH 1B
27	35	May 20	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
28	37 (1)	May 22	HOU		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
29	39 (1)	May 24	HOU		PIT	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	40	May 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,17-4	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B 3B
31	41	May 27	HOU	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
32	42	May 30 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
33	43	May 30 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	44	May 31	HOU		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	45	Jun 1	HOU		NYM	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
36	46	Jun 2	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
37	47	Jun 3	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B 3B
38	48	Jun 4	HOU		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	50 (1)	Jun 6	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	51	Jun 7	HOU	@	STL	W,17-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
41	52	Jun 8	HOU	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
42	53	Jun 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	54	Jun 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
44	55	Jun 11 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
45	56	Jun 11 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
46	57	Jun 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
47	59 (1)	Jun 14	HOU		SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
48	60	Jun 15	HOU		SFG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
49	62 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	GS	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
50	63	Jun 17 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
51	64	Jun 18	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	65	Jun 19	HOU		STL	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
53	67 (1)	Jun 21	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
54	68	Jun 23	HOU	@	CHC	L,8-9	GF	15	2.1	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
55	69	Jun 24	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
56	70	Jun 25 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	71	Jun 25 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	72	Jun 27	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-13	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
59	73	Jun 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
60	74	Jun 30	HOU		LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	75	Jul 1	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	76	Jul 2	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
63	77	Jul 4 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-9	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
64	78	Jul 4 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
65	79	Jul 5	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
66	80	Jul 6	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
67	81	Jul 7	HOU		CHC	W,11-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
68	82	Jul 8	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
69	85 (2)	Jul 14	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
70	86	Jul 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
71	87	Jul 16 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
72	88	Jul 16 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
73	89	Jul 18	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	90	Jul 19 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	91	Jul 19 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	92	Jul 20	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	93	Jul 21	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	95 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	96	Jul 23 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-15	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
80	97	Jul 24	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
81	98	Jul 25	HOU		PHI	L,7-12	CG	51	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
82	99	Jul 26	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	100	Jul 27	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
84	101	Jul 28	HOU		PIT	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	102	Jul 29	HOU		PIT	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B 3B
86	103	Jul 30 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	104	Jul 30 (2)	HOU		NYM	W,9-1	GS	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	3B 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	106 (1)	Aug 1	HOU		NYM	L,1-5	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
89	109 (2)	Aug 5	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-10	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
90	110	Aug 6	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
91	111	Aug 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	112	Aug 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
93	113	Aug 10	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
94	114	Aug 11	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	58	15.1	16	2	1	19	3	1B
95	115	Aug 12 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	116	Aug 12 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
97	117	Aug 13	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
98	119 (1)	Aug 16	HOU		LAD	L,1-7	GS	34	7.1	9	2	1	12	0	1B
				Player went from Houston Astros to Detroit Tigers
99	119	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	17	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
100	120	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	123 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	124	Aug 22 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
103	126 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
104	127	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	128	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
106	129	Aug 26	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	130	Aug 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	131	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	W,10-0	GS	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B 1B
109	133 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	134	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	135	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
112	136	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
113	137	Sep 3	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
114	138	Sep 4 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	139	Sep 4 (2)	DET		KCA	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
116	140	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	141	Sep 6 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	142	Sep 6 (2)	DET		KCA	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
119	143	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
120	144	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
121	145	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
122	146	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	155 (8)	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,8-3	GS	22	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
124	156	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
125	157	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
126	158	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
127	159	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
128	160	Sep 30 (1)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
129	161	Sep 30 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
130	162	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	14	3	0	17	2	1B
131	163	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							137gm		1034.2	714	113	15	842	62