Tommy Matchick

John Thomas Matchick

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 173 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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Royals/Brewers/RedSox/Orioles 1967-1972

Final Game: October 3, 1972
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Standard Batting

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
1962	18	STL-min	D,C	115	495	440	74	122	20	3	1	41	10		39	88	.277	.337	.343	.681		151		4	6	6	1		BRU,WPG · GAFL,NORL
1963	19	DET-min	A,AA	133	529	506	30	143	19	3	3	14	0	2	23	45	.283	.314	.350	.664		177							LAK,KNX · FLOR,SALL
1964	20	BAL-DET-min	AA,AAA	122	477	432	47	110	21	6	2	41	1	3	43	88	.255	.323	.345	.668		149		1	0	1			KNX,ELM,SYR · SOUL,EL,IL
1965	21	DET-min	AAA	132	504	450	48	116	15	5	7	61	1	3	34	76	.258	.317	.360	.677		162		8	6	6			SYR · IL
1966	22	DET-min	AAA	145	617	544	60	136	26	5	12	54	2	2	47	89	.250	.319	.382	.702		208		9	16	1			SYR · IL
1967	23	DET-min	AAA	120	505	464	51	134	19	8	11	55	4	2	27	78	.289	.329	.435	.765		202		4	4	6			TOL · IL
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	KCR-MIL-min	AAA	95	376	332	35	101	13	6	7	43	7	9	35	55	.304	.370	.443	.813		147		2	3	4			OMA,EVN · AA
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-min	AAA	132	519	453	51	114	18	8	11	59	3	5	40	66	.252	.309	.400	.709		181		3	11	12			ROC · IL
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
1973	29	NYY-min	AAA	87	306	262	21	71	13	3	3	35	1	2	30	41	.271	.341	.378	.719		99		1	7	6			SYR · IL
1974	30	PIT-min	AAA	90	264	237	14	54	4	1	1	24	0	1	21	49	.228	.295	.266	.561		63		2	3	1			CHL · IL
1975	31	BAL-min	AAA	84	292	254	32	70	11	4	2	33	1	1	26	35	.276	.345	.374	.719		95		2	8	2			ROC · IL
1976	32	NYY-BAL-min	AAA	93	357	321	41	85	16	3	4	44	0	0	28	63	.265	.321	.371	.692		119		0	5	3			SYR,ROC · IL
6 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1967	23	DET	AL	8	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/6
1968	24	DET	AL	80	244	-11	-1	-0	2	3	-7	-1.0	7	-0	-0.3	.488	.494	-0.4	0.5	-2	$	64/3
1969	25	DET	AL	94	316	-19	-0	0	6	2	-11	-1.3	9	-2	-0.4	.487	.492	-1.1	0.9	-9	$	45/63
1970	26	BOS	AL	10	16	-2	-0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.471	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$22,000	/546
1970	26	KCR	AL	55	165	-16	1	-1	10	3	-4	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.492	.497	-1.0	1.4	-8	$	64/5
1971	27	MIL	AL	42	122	-8	0	1	4	1	-2	-0.3	4	2	0.1	.493	.498	-0.4	0.5	-2	$18,000	5/4
1972	28	BAL	AL	3	9	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.448	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/5
6 Seasons				292	878	-58	-2	0	21	9	-29	-3.6	26	-3	-0.9	.488	.497	-3.4	3.3	-24	$40,000

DET (3 yrs)				182	566	-31	-2	0	8	5	-19	-2.4	16	-3	-0.8	.488	.495	-1.6	1.4	-11	$
KCR (1 yr)				55	165	-16	1	-1	10	3	-4	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.492	.497	-1.0	1.4	-8	$
BOS (1 yr)				10	16	-2	-0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.471	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$22,000
BAL (1 yr)				3	9	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.448	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
MIL (1 yr)				42	122	-8	0	1	4	1	-2	-0.3	4	2	0.1	.493	.498	-0.4	0.5	-2	$18,000

Advanced Batting

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	.247	.167	.316	.167	.370	.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	.338	.292	.392	.568	.730	56	.295	-18.5	-1.9	.449	.111	.050	.0
1970	26	TOT	AL	181	150	7	1.3	97	.218	.186	.258	.222	.332	.227	.393	.449	.725	25	.096	-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	-.111	.000
6 Yrs				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	-.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

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				878	0.5%	16.9%	4.4%	3.5%	17%	3.79	5.6	206.5	12.9	1.12	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.1%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	45.4	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	23	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.93	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.96	-0.7	0.93	6
1968	24	DET	AL	-11.8	-1.4	248	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	.94	-1.2	0.7	-12.0	-1.3	0.94	-10.7	1.72	13
1969	25	DET	AL	-18.5	-1.9	323	-2.0	3.7	-5.7	.98	-1.7	-0.3	-12.5	-1.3	0.94	-16.5	1.15	16
1970	26	TOT	AL	-18.4	-1.9	184	-2.0	2.3	-4.3	1.16	-1.8	0.1	-16.2	-1.7	0.96	-18.1	0.93	13
1970	26	BOS	AL	-2.6	-0.3	17	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	1.13	-0.3	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.88	-2.9	0.88	7
1970	26	KCR	AL	-15.9	-1.6	167	-1.7	2.2	-3.8	1.17	-1.6	0.1	-13.0	-1.4	0.97	-15.2	0.98	6
1971	27	MIL	AL	-7.9	-0.8	128	-1.4	1.3	-2.6	1.02	-0.7	-0.6	-9.4	-1.0	0.98	-7.7	1.27	0
1972	28	BAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.2	0.99	-1.1		0
6 Yrs				-58.3	-6.2	899	-6.1	11.0	-17.1	1.01	-5.7	-0.4	-52.1	-5.5	0.95	-54.9	1.22	48

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	24	DET	AL	244	86%	46			13	5	0	3	1.72	3	0	6	3	0	3	0	0	2	2	100%	45	3	7%	16	4	25%	139	11	8%	11	3	27%	5	2	40%	0
1969	25	DET	AL	316	83%	72			16	8	0	2	1.15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	52	8	15%	34	12	35%	190	33	17%	19	12	63%	12	3	25%	0
1970	26	TOT	AL	181	92%	32			13	0	0	0	0.93	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	36	8	22%	23	3	13%	102	11	11%	8	2	25%	9	6	67%	0
1970	26	BOS	AL	16	88%	1			7	0	0	0	0.88	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	0.98	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	36	8	22%	22	3	14%	96	11	11%	7	2	29%	9	6	67%	0
1971	27	MIL	AL	122	89%	25			0	0	0	0	1.27	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	25%	19	1	5%	14	3	21%	74	6	8%	6	2	33%	7	3	43%	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 Yrs				878	87%	178			48	14	0	5	1.22	4	0	21	4	0	4	0	0	9	5	56%	154	20	13%	87	22	25%	510	61	12%	44	19	43%	33	14	42%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	233	22	52	7	2	3	17	0	11	46	.223	.272	.309	.581	19	80
1969	25	94	317	299	26	73	11	2	0	33	3	15	51	.244	.278	.294	.573	25	94
1970	26	65	182	173	14	33	3	2	0	12	0	7	25	.191	.227	.231	.458	9	65
1971	27	42	127	118	7	28	1	0	1	8	3	8	23	.237	.286	.271	.557	9	42
1972	28	3	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	3
6 Yrs		292	894	839	69	189	22	6	4	70	6	41	148	.225	.265	.280	.546	63	292
162 Game Avg.		162	496	465	38	105	12	3	2	39	3	23	82	.225	.265	.280	.546	35	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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