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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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
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	190	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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1967	23	DET	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/6
1968	24	DET	AL	244	-11	-2	0	0	2	3	7	-1	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	64/3
1969	25	DET	AL	316	-16	0	-2	1	6	2	9	1	-0.1	-6	-0.6	0.5	$	45/63
1970	26	BOS	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$22,000	/546
1970	26	KCR	AL	165	-15	1	-1	-1	10	3	6	3	0.1	-7	-0.7	0.8	$	64/5
1971	27	MIL	AL	122	-7	0	-1	1	4	1	4	2	0.1	-2	-0.2	0.3	$18,000	5/4
1972	28	BAL	AL	9	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/5
6 Seasons				878	-53	-1	-4	1	21	9	27	2	-0.8	-21	-2.1	1.3	$40,000

DET (3 yrs)				566	-28	-2	-2	1	8	5	16	-1	-0.7	-10	-1.0	0.3	$
KCR (1 yr)				165	-15	1	-1	-1	10	3	6	3	0.1	-7	-0.7	0.8	$
BOS (1 yr)				16	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$22,000
BAL (1 yr)				9	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
MIL (1 yr)				122	-7	0	-1	1	4	1	4	2	0.1	-2	-0.2	0.3	$18,000

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1967	DET	AL	23	SS	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.960	4.50	4.60
1968	DET	AL	24	SS	59	48	18	369.0	180	53	118	9	20	.950	1	2	4.17	2.90	.962	4.79	4.77
1968	DET	AL	24	2B	13	10	8	93.2	60	25	34	1	7	.983	1	15	5.67	4.54	.977	5.11	5.08
1968	DET	AL	24	1B	6	0	0	24.0	30	28	2	0	4	1.000	-0	-10	11.25	5.00	.989	9.60	9.53
1969	DET	AL	25	2B	47	45	38	392.2	217	89	122	6	32	.972	5	15	4.84	4.49	.976	5.21	5.21
1969	DET	AL	25	3B	27	24	19	210.2	61	15	45	1	2	.984	4	20	2.56	2.22	.955	3.16	3.15
1969	DET	AL	25	SS	6	6	5	50.0	15	6	8	1	2	.933	-2	-53	2.52	2.33	.966	4.97	4.97
1969	DET	AL	25	1B	2	1	1	12.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0	10	9.00	6.00	.992	9.60	9.60
1970	TOT	AL	26	SS	44	37	33	328.2	197	64	130	3	32	.985	7	26	5.31	4.41	.967	4.93	4.91
1970	TOT	AL	26	2B	11	6	2	63.0	45	22	23	0	7	1.000	3	55	6.43	4.09	.979	5.36	5.32
1970	TOT	AL	26	3B	3	0	0	9.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-13	2.89	1.00	.950	2.99	3.07
1970	BOS	AL	26	3B	2	0	0	8.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.24	1.50	.950	3.02	3.05
1970	BOS	AL	26	2B	1	1	0	8.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	0	45	3.38	3.00	.980	5.40	5.30
1970	BOS	AL	26	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.90
1970	KCR	AL	26	SS	43	37	33	327.2	197	64	130	3	32	.985	7	26	5.33	4.51	.967	4.93	4.91
1970	KCR	AL	26	2B	10	5	2	55.0	42	21	21	0	6	1.000	3	57	6.87	4.20	.979	5.35	5.32
1970	KCR	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.70	3.10
1971	MIL	AL	27	3B	41	32	21	284.1	95	31	62	2	6	.979	4	17	2.94	2.27	.956	3.04	3.03
1971	MIL	AL	27	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-240	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.30
1972	BAL	AL	28	3B	3	2	1	21.0	7	2	4	1	0	.857	-0	-6	2.57	2.00	.954	3.00	2.97
	4 Seasons			SS	110	91	56	748.2	393	124	256	13	54	.967	5	9	4.57	3.45	.965	4.86	4.83
	4 Seasons			3B	74	58	41	525.1	166	49	113	4	8	.976	7	17	2.78	2.19	.955	3.09	3.07
	4 Seasons			2B	72	61	48	550.1	322	136	179	7	46	.978	9	19	5.15	4.38	.977	5.21	5.20
	2 Seasons			1B	8	1	1	36.0	42	39	3	0	4	1.000	-0	-3	10.50	5.25	.990	9.60	9.55
	6 Seasons			TOT	264	211	146	1860.1	923	348	551	24	112	.974	22	14	4.35	3.41	.968	4.56	4.58
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
November 26, 1962: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1962 first-year draft.
December 13, 1969: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Dalton Jones.
May 28, 1970: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Fiore.
May 11, 1971: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ted Savage.
October 22, 1971: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Bruce Look to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Herson (minors) and Mike Ferraro.
April 5, 1973: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees for Frank Baker.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1970	26	Boston Red Sox	$22,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1971	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$18,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$40,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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