Gary Matthews

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA).

High School: San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA)

Debut: September 6, 1972 (Age 22-063d, 13,287th in major league history)
vs. SDP 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1987 (Age 37-089d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein • Previously: Bruce Church

Full Name: Gary Nathaniel Matthews

Nicknames: Sarge

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Relatives: Father of Gary Matthews

Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star
NLCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

7147

2011

234

.281

1083

RBI

978

183

OBP

.364

SLG

.439

OPS

.802

OPS+

118

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

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	6 (2)	Apr 15	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	20	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
3	7	Apr 17	CHC	@	MON	W,7-6	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	8	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	9	Apr 19	CHC		PIT	L,8-14	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	11 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	12	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-0	GS	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	18 (5)	Apr 29	CHC	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	18	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	19	Apr 30	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20	May 1	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	21	May 2	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	22	May 3	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	23	May 4 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	32	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	25 (1)	May 6	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	26	May 7	CHC		LAD	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	27	May 8	CHC		LAD	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	28	May 9	CHC		SDP	L,2-6	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	29	May 10	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	31 (1)	May 13	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	32	May 14	CHC		SFG	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	33	May 16	CHC	@	HOU	L,6-9	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	35 (1)	May 18	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	37 (1)	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	38	May 22	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	40 (1)	May 24	CHC		HOU	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	45 (4)	May 30	CHC		ATL	W,6-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	46	May 31	CHC		ATL	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47	Jun 1	CHC		ATL	W,7-3	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	51 (3)	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	52	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	W,9-3	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	53	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	STL	W,14-2	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	55	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	58 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	60 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	62 (1)	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GS	31	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	63	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	L,8-11	GS	27	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
38	64	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	65	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	68 (2)	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-19	CG	51	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	69	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-7	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	72 (1)	Jun 29	CHC		NYM	L,4-7	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	75 (2)	Jul 2	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	76	Jul 3	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	77	Jul 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	78	Jul 5	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	79	Jul 6	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	80	Jul 8	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	81	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	28	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	82	Jul 10	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	83	Jul 11	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	84	Jul 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	85	Jul 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	86	Jul 17	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	87	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	88	Jul 19	CHC		SFG	W,11-6	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	89	Jul 20	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	91 (1)	Jul 22	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
60	92	Jul 23	CHC		SDP	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
61	93	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	W,8-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	94	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	W,9-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	95	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	L,11-13	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	96	Jul 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	98 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	99	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	100	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	101	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-12	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	102	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	104 (1)	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	GS	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	107 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		NYM	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	108	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
74	109	Aug 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
75	110	Aug 10	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	111	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
77	112	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	113	Aug 13	CHC		PIT	W,9-8	GS	37	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	114	Aug 14	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	116 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	117	Aug 16	CHC	@	MON	W,5-0	GS	22	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	119 (1)	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	120	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	L,3-8	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	121	Aug 21	CHC		ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	122	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	123	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
87	124	Aug 24	CHC		CIN	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	125	Aug 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	126	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
90	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	129	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	130	Aug 31	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	131	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	132	Sep 2 susp	CHC		HOU	L,7-8	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
95	133	Sep 3	CHC		HOU	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
96	135 (1)	Sep 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	139 (3)	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS	27	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
99	143 (2)	Sep 15	CHC	@	MON	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	147 (3)	Sep 19	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	148	Sep 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	151 (2)	Sep 23	CHC		MON	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	154 (2)	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
104	156 (1)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
105	158 (1)	Sep 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							105gm		779.0	138	5	9	152	1