Greg Mathews
Gregory Inman Mathews
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1962 in Harbor City, CA
High School: Savanna (Anaheim, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1986
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 24 STL NL 11 8 .579 3.65 23 22 1 1 0 0 145.1 139 61 59 15 44 3 67 2 6 5 591 101 1.259 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.52
1987 25 STL NL 11 11 .500 3.73 32 32 0 2 1 0 197.2 184 87 82 17 71 5 108 0 2 7 822 112 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.52 RoY-6
1988 26 STL NL 4 6 .400 4.24 13 13 0 1 0 0 68.0 61 34 32 4 33 5 31 2 4 4 286 82 1.382 8.1 0.5 4.4 4.1 0.94
1990 28 STL NL 0 5 .000 5.33 11 10 0 0 0 0 50.2 53 34 30 2 30 1 18 2 1 2 229 71 1.638 9.4 0.4 5.3 3.2 0.60
1992 30 PHI NL 2 3 .400 5.16 14 7 1 0 0 0 52.1 54 31 30 7 24 2 27 1 2 1 228 68 1.490 9.3 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.13
5 Seasons 28 33 .459 4.08 93 84 2 4 1 0 514.0 491 247 233 45 202 16 251 7 15 19 2156 94 1.348 8.6 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.24
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .459 4.08 36 32 1 2 0 0 197 189 95 90 17 78 6 96 3 6 7 828 94 1.348 8.6 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.24
STL (4 yrs) 26 30 .464 3.96 79 77 1 4 1 0 461.2 437 216 203 38 178 14 224 6 13 18 1928 98 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 4.4 1.26
PHI (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.16 14 7 1 0 0 0 52.1 54 31 30 7 24 2 27 1 2 1 228 68 1.490 9.3 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1987 25 STL NL NLCS W SFG 1 0 1.000 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 5 4 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 41 0.871 5.2 1.7 2.6 8.7 3.33
1987 25 STL NL WS L MIN 0 0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 16 1.091 4.9 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.50
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.21 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.0 8 6 5 3 5 0 13 1 0 1 57 0.929 5.1 1.9 3.2 8.4 2.60
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 5 4 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 41 0.871 5.2 1.7 2.6 8.7 3.33
1 WS 0 0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 16 1.091 4.9 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 24 STL NL 23 591 537 61 139 32 1 15 7 9 44 67 .259 .317 .406 .723 .272 218 15 2 7 1 3
1987 25 STL NL 32 822 740 87 184 44 3 17 13 7 71 108 .249 .314 .385 .699 .271 285 22 0 9 2 5
1988 26 STL NL 13 286 247 34 61 16 3 4 10 8 33 31 .247 .337 .385 .721 .265 95 7 2 1 3 5
1990 28 STL NL 11 229 191 34 53 11 4 2 13 2 30 18 .277 .378 .408 .786 .295 78 5 2 4 2 1
1992 30 PHI NL 14 228 200 31 54 13 0 7 3 3 24 27 .270 .350 .440 .790 .281 88 4 1 2 1 2
5 Seasons 93 2156 1915 247 491 116 11 45 46 29 202 251 .256 .328 .399 .727 .274 764 53 7 23 9 16
162 Game Avg. 36 828 736 95 189 45 4 17 18 11 78 96 .256 .328 .399 .727 .274 294 20 3 9 3 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1986 24 STL NL 23 22 11 8 3 0 0 12 10 .545 0 3 1 0 12 55% 52 82 17 11 5 1 8 3.5 2.8 6.5
1987 25 STL NL 32 32 11 11 10 1 4 14 18 .438 2 6 2 1 16 50% 52 81 21 31 15 3 9 4.1 4.1 6.2
1988 26 STL NL 13 13 4 6 3 1 2 6 7 .462 0 0 1 0 5 38% 49 79 23 13 7 0 6 3.5 3.1 5.2 80 4 8 0 1 123
1990 28 STL NL 11 10 0 4 6 0 1 1 9 .100 3 2 0 0 3 30% 43 74 22 10 7 1 2 3.6 3.3 4.9 76 5 3 2 0 102
1992 30 PHI NL 14 7 1 3 3 1 0 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 3 43% 46 68 21 9 5 2 1 2.8 3.8 5.9 86 1 5 1 0 100
5 Seasons 93 84 27 32 25 3 7 34 50 .405 6 11 4 1 39 46% 50 82 17 74 39 7 26 3.7 3.5 5.9 80 10 16 3 1 123
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 24 STL NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.011 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1990 28 STL NL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.179 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31
1992 30 PHI NL 14 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 0.912 2 2 3 0 3 4 2 5 3 2 3 0 4.7 28
3 Seasons 48 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1.026 2 3 4 0 3 6 2 7 5 2 5 0 5.3 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1986 24 STL NL 591 83% 2.5% 11.3% 7.5% 8.1% 35% 1.09 77% 89 15 17%
1987 25 STL NL 822 83% 2.1% 13.1% 8.6% 7.8% 35% 0.95 75% 135 22 16%
1988 26 STL NL 286 81% 1.4% 10.8% 11.5% 8.0% 38% 1.10 1.63 75% 20% 5.3% 26% 49 7 14%
1990 28 STL NL 229 79% 0.9% 7.9% 13.1% 7.4% 32% 0.79 1.26 76% 26% 2.6% 21% 38 5 13%
1992 30 PHI NL 228 75% 3.1% 11.8% 10.5% 8.8% 37% 0.75 1.05 73% 20% 8.0% 12% 35 4 11%
5 Seasons 2156 81% 2.1% 11.6% 9.4% 8.0% 35% 0.88 1.10 76% 22% 5.4% 20% 346 53 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 STL NL 286 1034 3.62 595 58% 26% 15% 22% 37% 74% 3% 43% 79% 50% 8% 22 12 12% 33 15 0 26% 5 6 0 0 0
1990 28 STL NL 229 794 3.47 463 58% 24% 13% 24% 39% 76% 1% 44% 82% 53% 10% 24 12 13% 29 12 3 33% 3 11 0 0 1
1992 30 PHI NL 228 796 3.49 446 56% 25% 17% 18% 39% 75% 1% 42% 77% 46% 7% 16 7 15% 34 12 1 11% 4 7 0 0 0
3 Seasons 743 2624 3.53 1504 57% 25% 15% 22% 38% 75% 2% 43% 80% 50% 8% 62 31 13% 96 39 4 22% 12 24 0 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1986 24 STL NL 591 139 15 0 7 13 2 3 12 19 10 1 53% 3 5 0 201 7 9 44% 6 7 1 1 0 1 1 1 11 0
1987 25 STL NL 822 184 17 0 8 15 2 7 10 23 12 0 52% 8 7 3 290 13 7 65% 11 7 2 0 0 0 3 3 15 0
1988 26 STL NL 286 61 4 2 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 16 8 0 50% 4 4 0 95 10 8 56% 9 6 1 1 0 1 2 0 12 0
1990 28 STL NL 229 53 7 1 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 19 8 2 42% 3 2 0 85 13 2 87% 8 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1992 30 PHI NL 228 54 19 1 7 0 3 5 2 3 4 4 2 1 50% 1 1 0 90 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 2156 491 30 4 45 0 28 37 8 16 29 81 40 4 49% 19 19 3 761 46 29 61% 37 25 9 2 0 2 7 4 50 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1986 24 11 8 .579 3.65 23 22 1 1 0 0 145.1 139 61 59 15 44 3 67 2 6 5 591 101 1.259 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.52 101
1987 25 22 19 .537 3.70 55 54 1 3 1 0 343.0 323 148 141 32 115 8 175 2 8 12 1413 107 1.277 8.5 0.8 3.0 4.6 1.52 107
1988 26 26 25 .510 3.79 68 67 1 4 1 0 411.0 384 182 173 36 148 13 206 4 12 16 1699 103 1.294 8.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.39 103
1989 27 26 25 .510 3.79 68 67 1 4 1 0 411.0 384 182 173 36 148 13 206 4 12 16 1699 103 1.294 8.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.39 103
1990 28 26 30 .464 3.96 79 77 1 4 1 0 461.2 437 216 203 38 178 14 224 6 13 18 1928 98 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 4.4 1.26 98
1991 29 26 30 .464 3.96 79 77 1 4 1 0 461.2 437 216 203 38 178 14 224 6 13 18 1928 98 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 4.4 1.26 98
1992 30 28 33 .459 4.08 93 84 2 4 1 0 514.0 491 247 233 45 202 16 251 7 15 19 2156 94 1.348 8.6 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.24 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1986 24 7 7 .500 4.23 134.0 142 70 63 15 45 62 2 1.396 9.5 3.0 4.2 1.38 1.0 23
1987 25 11 10 .524 3.68 191.0 180 87 78 17 69 104 0 1.304 8.5 3.3 4.9 1.51 0.8 32
1988 26 2 4 .333 5.23 62.0 64 40 36 4 35 28 2 1.597 9.3 5.1 4.1 0.80 0.6 13
1990 28 2 3 .400 5.81 48.0 53 34 31 2 30 17 2 1.729 9.9 5.6 3.2 0.57 0.4 11
1992 30 1 4 .200 6.38 48.0 58 38 34 8 26 25 1 1.750 10.9 4.9 4.7 0.96 1.5 14
5 Seasons 23 28 .451 4.51 483.0 497 269 242 46 205 236 7 1.453 9.3 4.4 1.15 0.9 93

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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