Greg Mathews

Gregory Inman Mathews

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1962 in Harbor City, CA
High School: Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1986
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1986-1992
Agents: Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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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
1984	22	STL-min	A,A-,Rk	14	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200		1		0	1	0	0		SAV,ERI,JOH · SALL,NYPL,APPY
1985	23	STL-min	A,AAA	28	14	9	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.444	.808		4		0	3	0	0		SPT,LOU · FLOR,AA
1986	24	STL-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1986	24	STL	NL	23	52	43	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	.047	.089	.047	.135	-61	2	1	2	7	0	0	1
1987	25	STL-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1987	25	STL	NL	32	78	68	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.191	.225	.206	.431	15	14	1	0	7	0	0	1	RoY-6
1988	26	STL-min	AAA	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1988	26	STL	NL	13	25	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.174	.208	.174	.382	11	4	1	1	1	0	0	1

1989	27	STL-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1990	28	STL-min	AAA,AA	5	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	0	0	0		LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1990	28	STL	NL	12	17	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.286	.598	66	4	1	0	1	0	0	1

1991	29	MIL-min	AA,A,AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ELP,BEL,DEN · TL,MIDW,AA
1992	30	PHI-min	AAA	16	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	2	0	0		SWB · IL
1992	30	PHI	NL	14	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	-79	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
5 Yrs				94	189	162	9	22	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	60	.136	.181	.148	.329	-9	24	4	3	18	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	326	279	16	38	3	0	0	9	0	0	10	103	.136	.181	.148	.329	-9	41	7	5	31	0	0

STL (4 yrs)				80	172	148	9	22	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	52	.149	.192	.162	.354	-2	24	4	3	16	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				14	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	-79	0	0	0	2	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	Awards
1986	24	STL	NL	23	52	-11	0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.482	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$60,000	1
1987	25	STL	NL	32	78	-9	-0	-0	0	11	1	0.1	2	4	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	4	$100,000	1	RoY-6
1988	26	STL	NL	13	25	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$125,000	1

1990	28	STL	NL	12	17	-1	0	-0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$125,000	1

1992	30	PHI	NL	14	17	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$145,000	1
5 Seasons				94	189	-26	1	0	0	25	-1	-0.1	6	5	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	5	$555,000

STL (4 yrs)				80	172	-23	1	-0	0	23	0	0.1	5	6	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	6	$410,000
PHI (1 yr)				14	17	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$145,000

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
1986	24	STL	NL	52	49	0	0.0	97	.083	.047	.261	.089	.332	.047	.394	.135	.726	-61	.000	-9.7	-1.0	.095	.000	.000
1987	25	STL	NL	78	63	4	1.7	108	.277	.191	.271	.225	.341	.206	.423	.431	.764	15	.132	-8.7	-0.8	.304	.059	.015
1988	26	STL	NL	25	21	1	1.3	90	.250	.174	.257	.208	.321	.174	.378	.382	.699	11	.112	-2.7	-0.3	.250	.000	.000

1990	28	STL	NL	17	13	1	2.1	98	.333	.214	.264	.313	.331	.286	.397	.598	.728	66	.200	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.214	.071

1992	30	PHI	NL	17	16	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.067	.325	.000	.381	.067	.706	-79	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.071	.071	.000
5 Yrs				189	162	6	1.0	100	.216	.136	.265	.181	.333	.148	.403	.329	.736	-9	.061	-25.0	-2.6	.229	.049	.012
162 Game Avg.				326	279	10	1.0	100	.216	.136	.265	.181	.333	.148	.403	.329	.736	-9	.061	-25.0	-2.6	.229	.049	.012

STL (4 yrs)				172	146	6	1.1	101	.229	.149	.266	.192	.334	.162	.405	.354	.739	-2	.072	-21.6	-2.2	.246	.047	.014
PHI (1 yr)				17	16	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.067	.325	.000	.381	.067	.706	-79	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.071	.071	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1987	25	STL	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	2	4	2	2	2	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	2
1987	25	STL	NL	WS	MIN	L	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	5	3	2	2	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	2
1 NLCS							2	4	2	2	2	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	2
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	24	STL	NL	52	0.0%	36.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		21.5		1.58	46%
1987	25	STL	NL	78	0.0%	26.9%	3.9%	1.3%	8%	7.00	3.2		22.7		6.17	60%
1988	26	STL	NL	25	0.0%	28.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3			3.67	12.00	64%	18%	0.0%	0%

1990	28	STL	NL	17	0.0%	29.4%	11.8%	5.9%	33%	2.50	2.8			0.80	3.00	53%	30%	0.0%	20%

1992	30	PHI	NL	17	0.0%	47.1%	5.9%	0.0%		8.00	1.8			1.50	3.00	35%	13%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				189	0.0%	31.8%	3.2%	1.1%	9%	10.00	2.7		32.4	1.80	3.48	54%	20%	0.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	41.3	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1986	24	STL	NL	-9.7	-1.0	52	-1.1	0.2	-1.2	1.05	-1.0	-0.0	-10.0	-1.0	1.00	-10.1	0
1987	25	STL	NL	-8.7	-0.8	79	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.94	-0.9	0.3	-8.8	-0.9	0.92	-9.7	0
1988	26	STL	NL	-2.7	-0.3	25	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.83	-0.3	-0.1	-3.4	-0.4	0.81	-2.7	0

1990	28	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	18	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	1.27	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.00	-1.2	0

1992	30	PHI	NL	-3.4	-0.4	17	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.72	-0.3	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.80	-3.2	0
5 Yrs				-25.0	-2.6	191	-2.3	1.4	-3.8	.97	-2.6	0.2	-26.2	-2.7	0.92	-26.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	24	STL	NL	0	0	25%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	25	STL	NL	0	0	31%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14%	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1988	26	STL	NL	1	0	20%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	28	STL	NL	0	0	40%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

1992	30	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	29%	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	27%	6	5	1	2	2	0	3	1	2

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
1986	24	STL	NL	52	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	64%	15	1	7%	18	4	22%	38	2	5%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
1987	25	STL	NL	78	28%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	16	1	6%	14	4	29%	49	4	8%	6	4	67%	3	2	67%	0
1988	26	STL	NL	25	20%	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1990	28	STL	NL	17	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1992	30	PHI	NL	17	29%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				189	53%	22	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	28	18	64%	41	4	10%	41	12	29%	112	6	5%	10	6	60%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			35%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	26	STL	NL	25	89	3.56	59	66%	25%	29%	17%	29%	75%	0%	49%	61%	24%	0%	0	0	16%	4	4	4%	1	0	14%	0	0	0

1990	28	STL	NL	17	65	3.82	40	62%	35%	23%	18%	25%	65%	0%	40%	65%	18%	6%	1	0	12%	2	0	12%	2	1	40%	0	0	0

1992	30	PHI	NL	17	61	3.59	45	74%	27%	31%	24%	18%	73%	0%	54%	58%	35%	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				59	215	3.64	144	67%	28%	28%	19%	24%	72%	0%	48%	61%	25%	2%	1	0	12%	7	4	5%	3	1	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1986	24	23	52	43	1	2	0	2	0	19	.047	.089	.047	.135	-61	2	1	2	7
1987	25	55	130	111	6	15	1	5	3	40	.135	.172	.144	.317	-14	16	2	2	14
1988	26	68	155	134	7	19	1	5	3	47	.142	.179	.149	.328	-10	20	3	3	15
1989	27	68	155	134	7	19	1	5	3	47	.142	.179	.149	.328	-10	20	3	3	15
1990	28	80	172	148	9	22	2	5	5	52	.149	.192	.162	.354	-2	24	4	3	16
1991	29	80	172	148	9	22	2	5	5	52	.149	.192	.162	.354	-2	24	4	3	16
1992	30	94	189	162	9	22	2	5	6	60	.136	.181	.148	.329	-9	24	4	3	18

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
1986	24	23	52	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.000	.044	.000	.044	0	23
1987	25	32	78	68	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	3	21	.191	.225	.206	.431	3	32
1988	26	13	26	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.208	.240	.208	.448	1	13

1990	28	12	17	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.286	.598	1	12

1992	30	14	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	14
5 Yrs		94	190	163	8	21	2	0	0	3	0	6	60	.129	.174	.141	.316	5	94
162 Game Avg.		162	327	281	14	36	3	0	0	5	0	10	103	.129	.174	.141	.316	9	94

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