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Eddie Mathews
Edwin Lee Mathews Jr.
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Final Game: September 27, 1968
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1978 (301/379 ballots).
Died: February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 BSN NL 20 3B 142 438 160 259 19 21 .957 2.95 .954 2.92 MVP-21,RoY-3
1953 MLN NL 21 3B 157 495 154 311 30 33 .939 2.96 .952 2.72 AS,MVP-2
1954 MLN NL 22 3B 127 126 1117.1 379 112 254 13 28 .966 2.4 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.0 1 2.95 2.88 .951 3.17 2.82 MVP-19
1954 MLN NL 22 LF 10 10 90.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 0.5 6.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 2.10 2.10 .974 2.22 1.98 MVP-19
1954 MLN NL 22 OF 10 10 90.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 0.5 6.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 2.10 2.10 .978 2.36 2.18 MVP-19
1955 MLN NL 23 3B 137 137 1232.1 441 140 280 21 23 .952 3.7 3.6 4.7 0.8 3.9 -1 3.07 3.07 .951 3.13 2.81 AS,MVP-18
1956 MLN NL 24 3B 150 149 1321.0 445 133 287 25 22 .944 -2.5 -2.3 -2.5 -1.8 -0.7 0 2.86 2.80 .957 3.05 2.64 AS
1957 MLN NL 25 3B 147 147 1333.0 446 131 299 16 27 .964 3.3 3.0 4.3 2.9 1.4 -1 2.90 2.93 .951 2.96 2.71 AS,MVP-8
1958 MLN NL 26 3B 149 149 1312.0 489 116 351 22 24 .955 16.1 14.7 17.1 3.2 14.0 -1 3.20 3.13 .952 3.18 2.86 AS
1959 MLN NL 27 3B 148 148 1315.2 467 144 305 18 21 .961 -2.4 -2.2 -2.4 0.5 -2.9 0 3.07 3.03 .949 2.97 2.66 AS,MVP-2
1960 MLN NL 28 3B 153 153 1369.1 443 141 280 22 23 .950 -5.4 -4.7 -5.4 -9.8 4.4 0 2.77 2.75 .952 2.97 2.61 AS,MVP-10
1961 MLN NL 29 3B 151 151 1340.1 467 168 281 18 30 .961 -1.2 -1.1 -1.2 -5.3 4.2 0 3.01 2.97 .947 2.92 2.60 AS,MVP-17
1962 MLN NL 30 3B 140 140 1223.0 440 141 283 16 22 .964 1.8 1.8 2.8 0.4 2.4 -1 3.12 3.03 .948 2.95 2.56 AS,MVP-29
1962 MLN NL 30 1B 7 7 59.0 69 67 2 0 7 1.000 -0.5 -10.2 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 10.53 9.86 .990 9.79 8.04 AS,MVP-29
1963 MLN NL 31 3B 121 115 1048.0 402 113 276 13 23 .968 15.3 17.5 15.3 4.1 11.3 0 3.34 3.21 .939 2.93 2.54
1963 MLN NL 31 LF 42 42 321.2 70 63 1 6 0 .914 -1.2 -4.5 -1.2 -0.3 -1.0 0 1.79 1.52 .973 1.80 1.38
1963 MLN NL 31 OF 42 42 321.2 70 63 1 6 0 .914 -1.2 -4.5 -1.2 -0.3 -1.0 0 1.79 1.52 .979 2.01 1.75
1964 MLN NL 32 3B 128 123 1078.0 392 130 247 15 19 .962 5.1 5.7 5.1 3.7 1.4 0 3.15 2.95 .940 2.93 2.60
1964 MLN NL 32 1B 7 7 57.0 61 54 5 2 4 .967 0.2 4.2 0.2 0.6 -0.3 0 9.32 8.43 .990 10.03 8.83
1965 MLN NL 33 3B 153 146 1290.1 433 113 301 19 19 .956 3.3 3.1 4.3 -1.1 5.4 -1 2.89 2.71 .951 2.82 2.47 MVP-20
1966 ATL NL 34 3B 127 115 1023.0 371 114 237 20 31 .946 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.5 1.2 0 3.09 2.76 .954 3.04 2.66
1967 TOT MLB 35 1B 92 80 701.2 739 678 52 9 59 .988 1.0 1.7 1.0 -1.3 2.3 0 9.36 7.93 .991 9.90 8.75
1967 TOT MLB 35 3B 45 39 333.0 103 36 61 6 3 .942 -4.4 -15.9 -4.4 -5.2 0.8 0 2.62 2.16 .952 3.04 2.74
1967 HOU NL 35 1B 79 68 602.2 620 572 40 8 50 .987 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -1.9 1.8 0 9.14 7.75 .991 9.96 8.82
1967 HOU NL 35 3B 24 20 178.2 58 22 33 3 3 .948 -3.7 -24.9 -3.7 -3.7 -0.1 0 2.77 2.29 .950 2.96 2.75
1967 DET AL 35 3B 21 19 154.1 45 14 28 3 0 .933 -0.7 -5.4 -0.7 -1.5 0.9 0 2.45 2.00 .956 3.13 2.72
1967 DET AL 35 1B 13 12 99.0 119 106 12 1 9 .992 1.1 13.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 10.73 9.08 .991 9.53 8.32
1968 DET AL 36 1B 6 6 44.0 38 34 3 1 5 .974 0.6 16.4 0.6 0.1 0.5 0 7.57 6.17 .989 9.59 8.32
1968 DET AL 36 3B 6 5 33.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 0.7 25.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.55 2.17 .946 3.05 2.67
17 Seasons 3B 2181 1843 16369.1 6664 2049 4322 293 369 .956 36.5 2.7 40.5 -6.1 46.8 -4 3.50 2.92 .950 3.00 2.68
4 Seasons 1B 112 100 861.2 907 833 62 12 75 .987 1.3 1.8 1.3 -0.6 2.0 0 9.35 7.99 .991 9.89 8.69
2 Seasons LF 52 52 411.2 93 84 1 8 0 .914 -0.7 -2.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 0 1.86 1.63 .973 1.89 1.50
2 Seasons OF 52 52 411.2 93 84 1 8 0 .914 -0.7 -2.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 0 1.86 1.63 .978 2.09 1.83
17 Seasons TOT 2345 1995 17642.2 7664 2966 4385 313 444 .959 37.1 2.5 41.1 -6.9 48.2 0 -4 3.75 3.13 .914 3.32 2.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1952 BSN NL 20 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 21 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 22 138 136 138 138 0 0 0 0 127 0 10 0 0 10 2 0
1955 MLN NL 23 141 137 141 141 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 MLN NL 24 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 MLN NL 25 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 MLN NL 26 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 27 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 28 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 29 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 MLN NL 30 152 147 152 152 0 0 7 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1963 MLN NL 31 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 121 0 42 0 0 42 1 0
1964 MLN NL 32 141 130 141 141 0 0 7 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1965 MLN NL 33 156 146 156 156 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 ATL NL 34 134 115 134 134 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 HOU NL 35 101 88 101 101 0 0 79 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1967 DET AL 35 36 31 36 36 0 0 13 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 DET AL 36 31 11 31 31 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
17 Seasons 2391 1995 2391 2391 0 0 112 0 2181 0 52 0 0 52 83 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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%
1954 MLN NL 22 3831 62% 78% 27% 284 93% 3 93 70 9 14 194 152 37 3 9 11 0 9 2 10 22 15 1 19 3 0 3 11 73%
1955 MLN NL 23 3603 63% 79% 27% 277 91% 5 90 70 6 14 185 146 30 3 10 11 0 11 0 10 17 13 0 13 3 0 2 10 80%
1956 MLN NL 24 3814 60% 81% 28% 290 88% 0 93 71 6 16 183 153 23 4 9 18 0 13 5 18 15 11 1 14 1 1 0 8 75%
1957 MLN NL 25 5807 63% 79% 29% 440 89% 9 128 91 11 26 299 238 48 5 9 16 0 9 7 13 28 18 2 24 3 2 1 15 87%
1958 MLN NL 26 5243 62% 79% 30% 465 89% 7 105 80 10 15 333 282 41 3 8 22 0 16 6 19 23 19 1 22 1 1 0 18 61%
1959 MLN NL 27 5474 59% 80% 29% 443 89% 6 136 101 13 22 285 251 26 2 6 18 0 13 5 13 18 13 1 16 2 1 1 20 60%
1960 MLN NL 28 5881 59% 78% 27% 430 87% 9 138 101 9 27 270 224 35 7 9 22 0 17 5 20 21 13 1 16 3 1 1 14 43%
1961 MLN NL 29 5781 59% 81% 28% 447 90% 6 168 129 7 32 278 216 48 2 11 19 0 15 4 18 32 23 1 26 4 3 0 12 42%
1962 MLN NL 30 4985 64% 80% 28% 415 92% 4 127 99 11 17 281 233 35 6 5 15 0 12 3 15 22 16 3 19 3 3 0 14 71%
1963 MLN NL 31 4390 64% 76% 27% 382 91% 4 112 83 13 16 262 211 41 3 11 14 0 11 3 12 22 17 1 20 2 1 1 14 79%
1964 MLN NL 32 4457 64% 78% 28% 368 90% 4 126 92 14 20 238 198 28 3 12 14 1 11 2 12 18 12 0 13 3 3 0 5 40%
1965 MLN NL 33 5151 59% 75% 26% 374 91% 2 102 72 10 20 264 231 29 1 10 15 0 15 0 13 18 10 1 14 4 0 4 11 73%
1966 ATL NL 34 4161 61% 77% 25% 330 91% 10 104 79 11 14 217 173 33 6 2 19 1 16 2 13 30 18 0 19 6 2 4 15 93%
1967 HOU NL 35 767 64% 75% 24% 51 92% 1 24 18 1 5 28 21 6 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
1967 DET AL 35 639 58% 77% 26% 45 84% 1 15 12 1 2 24 20 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 DET AL 36 145 58% 72% 26% 11 91% 0 2 1 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 64129 61% 78% 28% 5052 90% 71 1563 1169 132 261 3350 2757 465 49 113 220 2 173 45 191 289 200 13 237 39 18 18 168 68%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

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%
1962 MLN NL 30 247 66% 77% 30% 8 100% 0 65 4 61 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0
1964 MLN NL 32 207 61% 78% 25% 12 92% 0 49 1 45 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 35 2617 66% 76% 24% 140 95% 1 556 41 505 11 52 44 31 7 0 2 8 1 6 1 5 46 0 0 1 40 1 5 2 3 11 91%
1967 DET AL 35 409 59% 75% 28% 29 97% 1 105 9 94 3 7 13 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 2 1 100%
1968 DET AL 36 204 54% 68% 19% 11 91% 0 33 2 30 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 3684 64% 76% 25% 200 95% 2 808 57 735 17 73 66 46 10 1 4 11 2 8 1 6 68 0 0 1 56 1 10 3 7 12 92%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 MLN NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 399 60% 78% 26% 30 70%
1963 MLN NL 31 6 0 6 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 11 8 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 29 19 65.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 1370 64% 78% 27% 122 52%
2 Seasons 8 0 8 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 14 9 0 6 3 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 35 23 65.7% 12 0 0.0% 1 1769 63% 78% 27% 152 56%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.4% 62% 77% 27% 48%

* 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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