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Bobby Mathews
Robert T. Mathews

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 140 lb.

Born: November 21, 1851 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1871
Final Game: October 10, 1887
Died: April 17, 1898 in Baltimore, MD
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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
1871	19	KEK	NA	19	91	89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	1	2	0	.270	.286	.326	.612	74	29						*1
1872	20	BAL	NA	50	226	223	36	50	1	0	0	21	1	1	3	2	.224	.235	.229	.463	39	51						*1/O5
1873	21	NYU	NA	52	233	223	40	43	3	3	0	13	1	1	10	3	.193	.227	.233	.461	38	52						*1/O
1874	22	NYU	NA	65	301	298	46	72	6	1	0	30	2	0	3	3	.242	.249	.268	.518	63	80						*1/5O
1875	23	NYU	NA	70	266	264	23	48	6	2	0	15	1	2	2	5	.182	.188	.220	.408	41	58						*1/O
1876	24	NYU	NL	56	221	218	19	40	4	1	0	9			3	2	.183	.195	.211	.406	37	46						*1/O
1877	25	CIN	NL	15	60	59	5	10	0	0	0	0			1	2	.169	.183	.169	.353	17	10						1/O6

1879	27	PRO	NL	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10			7	12	.202	.233	.231	.465	54	40						1O/5

1881	29	TOT	NL	35	133	128	8	23	3	0	0	8			5	11	.180	.211	.203	.414	32	26						O1
1881	29	PRO	NL	16	62	57	6	11	1	0	0	4			5	6	.193	.258	.211	.469	49	12						1/O
1881	29	BSN	NL	19	71	71	2	12	2	0	0	4			0	5	.169	.169	.197	.366	16	14						O/1
1882	30	BSN	NL	45	177	169	17	38	6	0	0	13			8	18	.225	.260	.260	.520	68	44						1O/6
1883	31	PHA	AA	45	172	167	15	31	2	0	0	11	0		5		.186	.209	.198	.407	27	33						1/O
1884	32	PHA	AA	49	191	184	26	34	5	1	0	0	0		7		.185	.215	.223	.437	39	41		0				1/O
1885	33	PHA	AA	48	189	179	22	30	3	0	0	12	0		10		.168	.212	.184	.396	23	33		0				1/O
1886	34	PHA	AA	24	91	88	16	21	3	0	0	10	1		3		.239	.264	.273	.536	68	24		0				1/O
1887	35	PHA	AA	7	29	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		4		.200	.310	.200	.510	43	5		0				/1
15 Seasons				623	2560	2487	318	504	47	9	1	162	8	5	73	58	.203	.225	.230	.455	44	572		0
162 Game Avg.				162	666	647	83	131	12	2	0	42			19		.203	.225	.230	.455	44	149
				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
PHA (5 yrs)				173	672	643	84	121	13	1	0	33	1		29		.188	.223	.212	.435	35	136		0
NYU (3 yrs)				187	800	785	109	163	15	6	0	58	4	3	15	11	.208	.223	.242	.465	49	190
PRO (2 yrs)				59	242	230	31	46	3	0	1	14			12	18	.200	.240	.226	.466	53	52
BSN (2 yrs)				64	248	240	19	50	8	0	0	17			8	23	.208	.234	.242	.476	53	58
CIN (1 yr)				15	60	59	5	10	0	0	0	0			1	2	.169	.183	.169	.353	17	10
KEK (1 yr)				19	91	89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	1	2	0	.270	.286	.326	.612	74	29
NYU (1 yr)				56	221	218	19	40	4	1	0	9			3	2	.183	.195	.211	.406	37	46
BAL (1 yr)				50	226	223	36	50	1	0	0	21	1	1	3	2	.224	.235	.229	.463	39	51

NL (5 yrs)				194	771	747	74	146	15	1	1	40			24	45	.195	.220	.222	.443	46	166
AA (5 yrs)				173	672	643	84	121	13	1	0	33	1		29		.188	.223	.212	.435	35	136		0
NA (5 yrs)				256	1117	1097	160	237	19	7	0	89	7	5	20	13	.216	.230	.246	.476	49	270

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
1871	19	KEK	NA	91	66	8	3.2	92	.270	.270	.292	.286	.316	.326	.391	.612	.708	74	.278	-3.0	-0.3	.485	.090	.056	.0
1872	20	BAL	NA	226	174	12	1.9	82	.226	.224	.297	.235	.308	.229	.361	.463	.669	39	.159	-16.2	-1.6	.310	.018	.004	.0
1873	21	NYU	NA	233	181	12	1.8	82	.195	.193	.294	.227	.307	.233	.363	.461	.670	38	.142	-16.3	-1.6	.343	.085	.040	.0
1874	22	NYU	NA	301	226	20	2.4	73	.244	.242	.282	.249	.291	.268	.346	.518	.637	63	.276	-12.2	-1.3	.376	.044	.027	.0
1875	23	NYU	NA	266	218	11	1.4	57	.185	.182	.256	.188	.264	.220	.314	.408	.578	41	.164	-15.0	-1.8	.271	.042	.038	.0
1876	24	NYU	NL	221	178	9	1.4	62	.185	.183	.262	.195	.275	.211	.318	.406	.593	37	.146	-13.8	-1.6			.028
1877	25	CIN	NL	60	49	2	1.1	66	.175	.169	.263	.183	.281	.169	.328	.353	.608	17	.092	-5.1	-0.6			.000

1879	27	PRO	NL	180	138	9	1.8	66	.213	.202	.259	.233	.274	.231	.335	.465	.609	54	.223	-8.3	-1.0			.029

1881	29	TOT	NL	133	105	5	1.3	72	.197	.180	.261	.211	.291	.203	.342	.414	.633	32	.125	-9.8	-1.1			.023
1881	29	PRO	NL	62	46	3	1.7	73	.216	.193	.262	.258	.293	.211	.344	.469	.636	49	.203	-3.1	-0.3			.018
1881	29	BSN	NL	71	59	2	0.9	72	.182	.169	.260	.169	.290	.197	.341	.366	.631	16	.072	-6.7	-0.8			.028
1882	30	BSN	NL	177	131	11	2.2	70	.252	.225	.254	.260	.282	.260	.346	.520	.627	68	.292	-5.7	-0.6			.036
1883	31	PHA	AA	172	136	7	1.4	76	.186	.186	.266	.209	.296	.198	.350	.407	.646	27	.150	-13.7	-1.6	.279	.042	.012
1884	32	PHA	AA	191	150	9	1.6	73	.185	.185	.252	.215	.291	.223	.343	.437	.634	39	.211	-12.4	-1.5	.320	.076	.038
1885	33	PHA	AA	189	149	7	1.2	77	.168	.168	.258	.212	.304	.184	.346	.396	.650	23	.136	-15.7	-1.8	.289	.073	.017
1886	34	PHA	AA	91	67	6	2.4	75	.239	.239	.247	.264	.310	.273	.329	.536	.639	68	.327	-3.4	-0.4	.418	.080	.034	.0
1887	35	PHA	AA	29	20	2	2.6	97	.200	.200	.280	.310	.344	.200	.378	.510	.722	43	.274	-1.8	-0.2	.450	.160	.000
15 Seasons				2560	1988	130	1.8	73	.207	.203	.269	.225	.291	.230	.343	.455	.634	44	.190	-152.3	-17.0	.326	.058	.027	1.8
162 Game Avg.				666	517	34	1.8	73	.207	.203	.269	.225	.291	.230	.343	.455	.634	44	.190	-152.3	-17.0	.326	.058	.027
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHA (5 yrs)				672	522	31	1.6	76	.188	.188	.257	.223	.301	.212	.345	.435	.646	35	.191	-46.9	-5.5	.318	.070	.023	.0
NYU (3 yrs)				800	625	43	1.9	71	.211	.208	.277	.223	.287	.242	.340	.465	.627	49	.196	-43.5	-4.7	.330	.055	.034	.0
PRO (2 yrs)				242	184	12	1.8	68	.213	.200	.260	.240	.279	.226	.337	.466	.616	53	.217	-11.4	-1.3			.026
BSN (2 yrs)				248	190	13	1.8	71	.230	.208	.256	.234	.284	.242	.344	.476	.628	53	.220	-12.4	-1.4			.033
CIN (1 yr)				60	49	2	1.1	66	.175	.169	.263	.183	.281	.169	.328	.353	.608	17	.092	-5.1	-0.6			.000
KEK (1 yr)				91	66	8	3.2	92	.270	.270	.292	.286	.316	.326	.391	.612	.708	74	.278	-3.0	-0.3	.485	.090	.056	.0
NYU (1 yr)				221	178	9	1.4	62	.185	.183	.262	.195	.275	.211	.318	.406	.593	37	.147	-13.8	-1.6			.028
BAL (1 yr)				226	174	12	1.9	82	.226	.224	.297	.235	.308	.229	.361	.463	.669	39	.158	-16.2	-1.6	.310	.018	.004	.0

NL (5 yrs)				771	601	36	1.6	67	.207	.195	.259	.220	.280	.222	.333	.443	.613	46	.186	-42.7	-4.9			.027
AA (5 yrs)				672	522	31	1.6	76	.188	.188	.257	.223	.301	.212	.345	.435	.646	35	.191	-46.9	-5.5	.318	.070	.023	.0
NA (5 yrs)				1117	865	63	2.0	75	.219	.216	.282	.230	.293	.246	.349	.476	.642	49	.195	-62.6	-6.6	.338	.050	.030	.0

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	HBP
1871	19	19	91	89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	1	2	0	.270	.286	.326	.612	74	29
1872	20	69	317	312	51	74	4	1	0	31	3	2	5	2	.237	.249	.256	.506	50	80
1873	21	121	550	535	91	117	7	4	0	44	4	3	15	5	.219	.240	.247	.487	45	132
1874	22	186	851	833	137	189	13	5	0	74	6	3	18	8	.227	.243	.255	.498	51	212
1875	23	256	1117	1097	160	237	19	7	0	89	7	5	20	13	.216	.230	.246	.476	49	270
1876	24	312	1338	1315	179	277	23	8	0	98	7	5	23	15	.211	.224	.240	.465	47	316
1877	25	327	1398	1374	184	287	23	8	0	98	7	5	24	17	.209	.222	.237	.460	46	326
1878	26	327	1398	1374	184	287	23	8	0	98	7	5	24	17	.209	.222	.237	.460	46	326
1879	27	370	1578	1547	209	322	25	8	1	108	7	5	31	29	.208	.224	.237	.460	47	366
1880	28	370	1578	1547	209	322	25	8	1	108	7	5	31	29	.208	.224	.237	.460	47	366
1881	29	405	1711	1675	217	345	28	8	1	116	7	5	36	40	.206	.223	.234	.457	46	392
1882	30	450	1888	1844	234	383	34	8	1	129	7	5	44	58	.208	.226	.236	.463	48	436
1883	31	495	2060	2011	249	414	36	8	1	140	7	5	49	58	.206	.225	.233	.458	46	469
1884	32	544	2251	2195	275	448	41	9	1	140	7	5	56	58	.204	.224	.232	.456	45	510	0
1885	33	592	2440	2374	297	478	44	9	1	152	7	5	66	58	.201	.223	.229	.452	44	543	0
1886	34	616	2531	2462	313	499	47	9	1	162	8	5	69	58	.203	.224	.230	.455	44	567	0
1887	35	623	2560	2487	318	504	47	9	1	162	8	5	73	58	.203	.225	.230	.455	44	572	0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1874 NA--65--7th	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1873 NA--10--5th	AB per SO s c a p y 1876 NL--109.000--9th	Outs Made s c a p y 1874 NA--226--8th
Oldest s c a p y 1885 AA--born 1851-11-21--8th 1886 AA--born 1851-11-21--7th 1887 AA--born 1851-11-21--5th	Youngest s c a p y 1871 NA--born 1851-11-21--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50