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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 DET AL 23 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.10
1968 DET AL 24 SS 59 48 369.0 180 53 118 9 20 .950 0.6 2.0 0.6 2.6 -2.0 0 4.17 2.90 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 DET AL 24 2B 13 10 93.2 60 25 34 1 7 .983 1.2 15.4 1.2 1.5 -0.3 0 5.67 4.54 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 DET AL 24 1B 6 0 24.0 30 28 2 0 4 1.000 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 11.25 5.00 .990 9.60 8.32
1969 DET AL 25 2B 47 45 392.2 217 89 122 6 32 .972 4.8 14.7 3.8 1.7 2.2 1 4.84 4.49 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 DET AL 25 3B 27 24 210.2 61 15 45 1 2 .984 3.5 19.9 3.5 3.2 0.3 0 2.56 2.22 .954 3.16 2.74
1969 DET AL 25 SS 6 6 50.0 15 6 8 1 2 .933 -2.2 -52.8 -2.2 -1.7 -0.6 0 2.52 2.33 .967 4.97 4.43
1969 DET AL 25 1B 2 1 12.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 6.00 .992 9.60 8.35
1970 TOT AL 26 SS 44 37 328.2 197 64 130 3 32 .985 7.1 25.9 6.1 1.7 4.4 1 5.31 4.41 .966 4.94 4.39
1970 TOT AL 26 2B 11 6 63.0 45 22 23 0 7 1.000 2.9 55.2 2.9 0.7 2.2 0 6.43 4.09 .978 5.36 4.64
1970 TOT AL 26 3B 3 0 9.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.9 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 2.89 1.00 .933 2.99 2.67
1970 BOS AL 26 3B 2 0 8.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 3.24 1.50 .933 3.02 2.65
1970 BOS AL 26 2B 1 1 8.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 5.40 4.60
1970 BOS AL 26 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
1970 KCR AL 26 SS 43 37 327.2 197 64 130 3 32 .985 7.2 26.4 6.2 1.8 4.4 1 5.33 4.51 .966 4.94 4.39
1970 KCR AL 26 2B 10 5 55.0 42 21 21 0 6 1.000 2.6 56.7 2.6 0.4 2.2 0 6.87 4.20 .979 5.35 4.64
1970 KCR AL 26 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1971 MIL AL 27 3B 41 32 284.1 95 31 62 2 6 .979 4.1 17.3 4.1 2.5 1.6 0 2.94 2.27 .955 3.04 2.74
1971 MIL AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1972 BAL AL 28 3B 3 2 21.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 -0.1 -5.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .957 3.00 2.70
4 Seasons SS 110 91 748.2 393 124 256 13 54 .967 5.5 8.8 4.5 2.6 1.8 1 4.57 3.45 .965 4.87 4.22
4 Seasons 3B 74 58 525.1 166 49 113 4 8 .976 7.4 16.9 7.4 5.2 2.2 0 2.78 2.19 .954 3.09 2.74
4 Seasons 2B 72 61 550.1 322 136 179 7 46 .978 8.7 19.0 7.7 3.7 4.1 1 5.15 4.38 .976 5.21 4.55
2 Seasons 1B 8 1 36.0 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -3.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.50 5.25 .990 9.60 8.32
6 Seasons TOT 264 211 1860.1 923 348 551 24 112 .974 21.5 13.9 19.5 11.4 8.1 2 4.35 3.41 .942 4.56 4.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 DET AL 23 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2
1968 DET AL 24 80 58 80 80 0 0 6 13 0 59 0 0 0 0 16 1
1969 DET AL 25 94 76 94 94 0 0 2 47 27 6 0 0 0 0 16 0
1970 KCR AL 26 55 42 55 55 0 0 0 10 1 43 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 BOS AL 26 10 1 10 10 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1971 MIL AL 27 42 32 42 42 0 0 0 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 BAL AL 28 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 292 211 292 292 0 0 8 72 74 110 0 0 0 0 54 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 DET AL 23 5 40% 80% 40% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 24 1534 60% 71% 23% 139 89% 0 51 20 22 9 114 92 18 0 0 9 0 8 1 8 20 7 1 7 0 1 17 8 8 1 0 1
1969 DET AL 25 221 52% 73% 25% 12 83% 0 7 2 1 4 8 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 26 1389 61% 77% 24% 151 93% 0 69 28 32 9 129 96 27 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 32 14 2 6 4 0 29 16 11 1 1 0
1970 BOS AL 26 5 40% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3154 60% 73% 24% 302 91% 0 128 50 56 22 251 193 48 0 3 13 0 11 2 12 54 23 3 13 4 1 48 26 19 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 DET AL 24 412 61% 77% 27% 39 95% 0 26 6 12 8 37 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 3 1 1 2 7 3 4 1 1 0
1969 DET AL 25 1710 62% 75% 23% 143 95% 0 94 31 39 24 125 105 13 0 2 6 0 6 0 5 33 11 5 7 3 27 11 16 5 2 2
1970 KCR AL 26 237 71% 78% 24% 34 100% 0 20 12 4 4 23 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 3 1 5 4 1 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 26 33 55% 64% 15% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 MIL AL 27 5 60% 100% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2397 63% 75% 24% 219 96% 0 141 50 55 36 187 157 22 0 2 7 0 6 1 5 48 15 6 12 6 40 19 21 6 3 2
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 DET AL 25 892 63% 72% 25% 68 96% 0 16 13 2 1 50 41 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
1970 BOS AL 26 38 68% 71% 13% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 26 4 75% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIL AL 27 1198 55% 79% 27% 95 94% 0 32 24 4 4 63 44 19 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 BAL AL 28 87 47% 80% 24% 7 86% 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2219 58% 76% 26% 173 94% 1 51 40 6 5 119 88 30 1 1 4 0 4 0 4 9 8 0 9 0 0 0 6 83%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 DET AL 24 99 54% 84% 27% 6 100% 0 28 2 26 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 DET AL 25 57 60% 70% 26% 4 100% 0 11 2 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 156 56% 79% 27% 10 100% 0 39 4 35 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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