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 Pitching

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
1984	22	STL-min	Rk,A,A-	3	4	.429	4.03	14	11	0	2	1	0	73.2	67	37	33	8	36	1	51	3	3	4			1.398	8.2	1.0	4.4	6.2	1.42	JOH,SAV,ERI · APPY,SALL,NYPL
1985	23	STL-min	A,AAA	19	5	.792	1.79	28	28	0	10	4	0	196.0	137	50	39	11	73	0	143	2	4	5			1.071	6.3	0.5	3.4	6.6	1.96	SPT,LOU · FLOR,AA
1986	24	STL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.58	7	7	0	2	2	0	45.1	44	19	13	2	14	0	20	0	4	0			1.279	8.7	0.4	2.8	4.0	1.43	LOU · AA
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	100	1.259	8.6	0.9	2.7	4.1	1.52
1987	25	STL-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.05	3	3	0	2	2	0	22.0	18	5	5	2	3	1	20	0	0	0			0.955	7.4	0.8	1.2	8.2	6.67	LOU · AA
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-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.31	5	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	15	14	13	3	9	0	8	0	6	0			1.500	8.4	1.7	5.1	4.5	0.89	LOU · AA
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	83	1.382	8.1	0.5	4.4	4.1	0.94

1989	27	STL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0								0.00	LOU · AA
1990	28	STL-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	6.97	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	22	17	16	4	13	0	10	2	2	1			1.694	9.6	1.7	5.7	4.4	0.77	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
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	72	1.638	9.4	0.4	5.3	3.2	0.60

1991	29	MIL-min	AAA,A,AA	8	4	.667	3.44	22	18	1	2	2	0	110.0	101	52	42	7	43	1	78	2	8	3	465		1.309	8.3	0.6	3.5	6.4	1.81	DEN,BEL,ELP · AA,MIDW,TL
1992	30	PHI-min	AAA	3	7	.300	2.96	16	15	0	1	0	0	85.0	93	40	28	7	23	0	63	2	3	2	362		1.365	9.8	0.7	2.4	6.7	2.74	SWB · IL
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	69	1.490	9.3	1.2	4.1	4.6	1.13
5 Yrs				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	69	1.490	9.3	1.2	4.1	4.6	1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1986	24	STL	NL	145.1	23	22	61	3.78	4.21	0.58	0.14	99.0	3.73	-2	-0.2	.0	-0.1	0.9	13	.493	.499	$60,000
1987	25	STL	NL	197.2	32	32	87	3.96	4.57	0.07	0.17	101.0	4.72	15	1.6		-0.1	3.1	38	.550	.510	$100,000	RoY-6
1988	26	STL	NL	68.0	13	13	34	4.50	3.95	-0.01	0.13	100.1	4.09	-3	-0.4		-0.0	0.1	3	.471	.498	$125,000

1990	28	STL	NL	50.2	11	10	34	6.04	4.20	0.23	0.13	99.4	4.08	-12	-1.2	.9	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.393	.493	$125,000

1992	30	PHI	NL	52.1	14	7	31	5.33	3.85	-0.15	0.04	99.6	4.03	-8	-0.9	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.438	.495	$145,000
5 Seasons				514.0	93	84	247	4.32	4.28	0.20	0.14	100.0	4.22	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.3	2.8	44	.489	.499	$555,000

STL (4 yrs)				461.2	79	77	216	4.21	4.32	0.24	0.15	100.1	4.24	-2	-0.1	.5	-0.2	3.3	47	.498	.500	$410,000
PHI (1 yr)				52.1	14	7	31	5.33	3.85	-0.15	0.04	99.6	4.03	-8	-0.9	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.438	.495	$145,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	8
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	4

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	3

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	1
5 Yrs				93	2156	1915	247	491	116	11	45	46	29	202	251	.256	.328	.399	.727	.274	764	53	7	23	9	16	19
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	7
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.387	.711	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	24	STL	NL	3.0	0.3	616	0.9	10.8	-9.9	1.00	0.6	0.3	8.0	0.9	1.00	4.0	0	0	1
1987	25	STL	NL	11.4	1.2	854	1.1	15.2	-14.1	1.00	1.6	-0.5	16.3	1.7	1.00	17.2	0	0	0
1988	26	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.5	312	-0.3	4.7	-5.0	.96	-0.6	0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.96	-4.1	0	0	0

1990	28	STL	NL	-8.7	-0.9	246	-0.5	4.5	-5.1	1.20	-1.1	0.6	-5.7	-0.6	1.20	-10.4	0	1	0

1992	30	PHI	NL	-8.5	-0.9	237	-0.2	3.5	-3.7	.88	-0.9	0.7	-6.0	-0.6	0.88	-9.4	2	2	3
5 Yrs				-7.4	-0.8	2265	1.0	38.8	-37.8	1.00	-0.4	1.3	9.9	1.0	1.00	-2.8	2	3	4

Starting Pitching*

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%	51.8	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%	52.1	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%	48.8	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%	43.3	74	22	10	7	1	2	3.6	3.3	4.9	77	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%	45.9	68	21	9	5	2	1	2.8	3.8	5.9	86	1	5	1	0	100
5 Yrs				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													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.3	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	1.004	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	1.204	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	.881	2	2	3	0	3	4	2	5	3	2	3	0	4.7	28
3 Yrs				48	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%		1.021	2	3	4	0	3	6	2	7	5	2	5	0	5.3	28

Ratio Pitching*

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	17%	2.5%	11.3%	7.5%	8.1%	35%		1.09	77%				89	15	17%
1987	25	STL	NL	822	17%	2.1%	13.1%	8.6%	7.8%	35%		0.95	75%				135	22	16%
1988	26	STL	NL	286	19%	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	21%	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	25%	3.1%	11.8%	10.5%	8.8%	37%	0.75	1.05	73%	20%	8.0%	12%	35	4	11%
5 Yrs				2156	19%	2.1%	11.6%	9.4%	8.0%	35%	0.88	1.10	76%	22%	5.4%	20%	346	53	15%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	287	1035	3.61	595	57%	26%	15%	22%	37%	74%	3%	43%	79%	50%	8%	22	12	11%	33	15	0	26%	5	6	-1	0	0

1990	28	STL	NL	231	800	3.46	466	58%	24%	13%	24%	38%	76%	1%	44%	83%	53%	10%	24	12	13%	30	12	3	33%	3	11	-2	0	1

1992	30	PHI	NL	229	801	3.50	448	56%	25%	17%	18%	39%	75%	1%	42%	77%	45%	7%	16	7	15%	34	12	1	11%	4	7	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				747	2636	3.53	1509	57%	25%	15%	22%	38%	75%	2%	43%	80%	50%	8%	62	31	13%	97	39	4	22%	12	24	-4	0	1
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	3	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 Yrs				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	8	4	50	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	145.1	139	61	59	15	44	3	67	2	6	5	591	100	1.259	8.6	0.9	2.7	4.1	1.52	100
1987	25	22	19	.537	3.70	55	54	1	3	1	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	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	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	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	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	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	6	8	.429	4.33	133.0	145	71	64	16	46	61	2	1.436	9.8	3.1	4.1	1.33	1.1	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	5.31	61.0	65	40	36	4	35	28	2	1.639	9.6	5.2	4.1	0.80	0.6	13

1990	28	2	3	.400	5.94	47.0	54	34	31	2	31	17	2	1.809	10.3	5.9	3.3	0.55	0.4	11

1992	30	1	4	.200	6.38	48.0	57	38	34	7	25	25	1	1.708	10.7	4.7	4.7	1.00	1.3	14
5 Yrs		22	29	.431	4.56	480.0	501	270	243	46	206	235	7	1.473	9.4		4.4	1.14	0.9	93

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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