Tom Matchick
John Thomas Matchick
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 7, 1943 in Hazleton, PA
High School: Hazle Township (Hazle Township, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1967
Final Game: October 3, 1972
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 23 DET AL 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1968 24 DET AL 80 244 227 18 46 6 2 3 14 0 2 10 46 .203 .248 .286 .534 60 65 3 4 2 1 3 64/3
1969 25 DET AL 94 316 298 25 72 11 2 0 32 3 0 15 51 .242 .276 .292 .568 56 87 8 0 1 2 3 45/63
1970 26 TOT AL 65 181 172 13 32 3 2 0 11 0 1 7 25 .186 .222 .227 .449 25 39 8 1 1 0 2 64/5
1970 26 BOS AL 10 16 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0 /546
1970 26 KCR AL 55 165 158 11 31 3 2 0 11 0 0 5 23 .196 .226 .241 .466 30 38 8 1 1 0 2 64/5
1971 27 MIL AL 42 122 114 6 25 1 0 1 7 3 2 7 23 .219 .264 .254 .519 49 29 1 0 1 0 0 5/4
1972 28 BAL AL 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 /5
6 Seasons 292 878 826 63 178 21 6 4 64 6 6 39 148 .215 .254 .270 .524 49 223 20 5 5 3 8
162 Game Avg. 162 487 458 35 99 12 3 2 36 3 3 22 82 .215 .254 .270 .524 49 124 11 3 3 2 4
DET (3 yrs) 182 566 531 44 119 17 4 3 46 3 2 25 99 .224 .263 .288 .551 57 153 11 4 3 3 6
KCR (1 yr) 55 165 158 11 31 3 2 0 11 0 0 5 23 .196 .226 .241 .466 30 38 8 1 1 0 2
BOS (1 yr) 10 16 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 31 2 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 42 122 114 6 25 1 0 1 7 3 2 7 23 .219 .264 .254 .519 49 29 1 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1967 23 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 87 .250 .167 .246 .167 .316 .167 .369 .333 .686 -2 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1968 24 DET AL 244 189 16 2.3 82 .240 .203 .241 .248 .311 .286 .357 .534 .668 60 .312 -11.8 -1.4 .414 .119 .084 .0
1969 25 DET AL 316 237 23 2.6 99 .289 .242 .260 .276 .337 .292 .392 .568 .730 56 .295 -18.5 -1.9 .449 .111 .050 .0
1970 26 TOT AL 181 150 7 1.2 97 .218 .186 .258 .222 .332 .227 .393 .449 .725 25 .094 -18.4 -1.9 .309 .076 .041
1970 26 BOS AL 16 14 0 0.0 104 .083 .071 .267 .188 .342 .071 .407 .259 .750 -28 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .143 .071 .000
1970 26 KCR AL 165 136 7 1.4 97 .230 .196 .257 .226 .331 .241 .392 .466 .723 30 .111 -15.9 -1.6 .326 .076 .044
1971 27 MIL AL 122 93 8 2.3 91 .267 .219 .253 .264 .324 .254 .375 .519 .699 49 .266 -7.9 -0.8 .402 .105 .035 1.5
1972 28 BAL AL 9 8 0 0.0 85 .250 .222 .250 .222 .319 .222 .361 .444 .680 31 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .125 -0.111 .000
6 Seasons 878 682 54 2.1 93 .257 .215 .253 .254 .327 .270 .380 .524 .707 49 .240 -58.3 -6.2 .396 .102 .054 4.8
162 Game Avg. 487 378 30 2.1 93 .257 .215 .253 .254 .327 .270 .380 .524 .707 49 .240 -58.3 -6.2 .396 .102 .054 3
DET (3 yrs) 566 431 39 2.4 91 .269 .224 .252 .263 .326 .288 .377 .551 .703 57 .296 -31.1 -3.4 .431 .113 .064 3.0
KCR (1 yr) 165 136 7 1.4 97 .230 .196 .257 .226 .331 .241 .392 .466 .723 30 .112 -15.9 -1.6 .326 .076 .044
BOS (1 yr) 16 14 0 0.0 104 .083 .071 .267 .188 .342 .071 .407 .259 .750 -28 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .143 .071 .000
BAL (1 yr) 9 8 0 0.0 85 .250 .222 .250 .222 .319 .222 .361 .444 .680 31 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .125 -0.111 .000
MIL (1 yr) 122 93 8 2.3 91 .267 .219 .253 .264 .324 .254 .375 .519 .699 49 .266 -7.9 -0.8 .402 .105 .035 1.5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 24 DET AL WS STL W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 23 DET AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 67%
1968 24 DET AL 244 1.2% 18.9% 4.1% 4.5% 24% 4.60 4.9 75.7 16.2 1.28 73%
1969 25 DET AL 316 0.0% 16.1% 4.8% 4.1% 18% 3.40 5.8 9.3 1.27 79%
1970 26 TOT AL 181 0.0% 13.8% 3.9% 2.8% 16% 3.57 6.9 15.6 1.05 81%
1970 26 BOS AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.0 1.75 75%
1970 26 KCR AL 165 0.0% 13.9% 3.0% 3.0% 16% 4.60 6.9 14.4 1.00 82%
1971 27 MIL AL 122 0.8% 18.9% 5.7% 1.6% 8% 3.29 5.0 114.0 16.3 0.77 74%
1972 28 BAL AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.0 0.20 89%
6 Seasons 878 0.5% 16.9% 4.4% 3.5% 17% 3.79 5.6 206.5 12.9 1.12 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 23 DET AL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 DET AL 3 0 26% 68 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 46% 6 3 3 1 1 0 6 3 3
1969 25 DET AL 2 0 29% 116 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 31% 17 13 4 1 1 0 8 4 4
1970 26 TOT AL 1 0 33% 54 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 89% 4 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 4
1970 26 BOS AL 0 0 67% 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 KCR AL 1 0 30% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 89% 4 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 4
1971 27 MIL AL 0 0 16% 42 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1972 28 BAL AL 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6 0 27% 291 6 6 50% 6 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 12 44% 30 20 10 4 2 2 18 7 11
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 23 DET AL 6 100% 1 6 1 0 0 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1968 24 DET AL 244 86% 46 13 5 0 3 1.84 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 100% 45 3 7% 16 4 25% 139 11 8% 11 3 27% 10 2 20% 0
1969 25 DET AL 316 83% 72 16 8 0 2 1.22 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 52 8 15% 34 12 35% 190 33 17% 19 12 63% 23 7 30% 0
1970 26 TOT AL 181 92% 32 13 0 0 0 1.01 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 36 8 22% 23 3 13% 102 11 11% 8 2 25% 7 3 43% 0
1970 26 BOS AL 16 88% 1 7 0 0 0 0.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1970 26 KCR AL 165 93% 31 6 0 0 0 1.09 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 36 8 22% 22 3 14% 96 11 11% 7 2 29% 7 3 43% 0
1971 27 MIL AL 122 89% 25 0 0 0 0 1.38 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25% 19 1 5% 14 3 21% 74 6 8% 6 2 33% 7 1 14% 0
1972 28 BAL AL 9 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 878 87% 178 48 14 0 5 1.31 4 0 21 4 0 4 0 0 9 5 56% 154 20 13% 87 22 25% 510 61 12% 44 19 43% 48 14 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 23 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 88 250 233 19 47 6 2 3 14 0 2 10 48 .202 .246 .283 .529 58 66 3 4 2 1 3
1969 25 182 566 531 44 119 17 4 3 46 3 2 25 99 .224 .263 .288 .551 57 153 11 4 3 3 6
1970 26 247 747 703 57 151 20 6 3 57 3 3 32 124 .215 .253 .273 .526 49 192 19 5 4 3 8
1971 27 289 869 817 63 176 21 6 4 64 6 5 39 147 .215 .255 .271 .525 49 221 20 5 5 3 8
1972 28 292 878 826 63 178 21 6 4 64 6 6 39 148 .215 .254 .270 .524 49 223 20 5 5 3 8

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 23 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1968 24 80 252 234 23 53 7 2 3 18 0 12 46 .226 .278 .312 .590 20 80
1969 25 94 315 298 26 72 11 2 0 33 3 15 51 .242 .276 .292 .568 24 94
1970 26 65 179 171 15 31 3 2 0 12 0 7 25 .181 .218 .222 .440 8 65
1971 27 42 126 118 7 28 1 0 1 8 3 8 23 .237 .286 .271 .557 9 42
1972 28 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
6 Seasons 292 887 836 71 184 22 6 4 71 6 42 148 .220 .262 .275 .537 61 292
162 Game Avg. 162 492 464 39 102 12 3 2 39 3 23 82 .220 .262 .275 .537 34 292

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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