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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1986-1992
Agents: Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
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	101	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

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

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 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	69	1.490	9.3	1.2	4.1	4.6	1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1986	24	STL	NL	145.1	22	61	72	10	1.0	11	1.1	$60,000
1987	25	STL	NL	197.2	32	87	119	2	1.0	32	3.3	$100,000	RoY-6
1988	26	STL	NL	68.0	13	34	36	0	.9	2	0.2	$125,000

1990	28	STL	NL	50.2	10	34	26	1	1.2	-8	-0.9	$125,000

1992	30	PHI	NL	52.1	7	31	27	-1	.9	-4	-0.5	$145,000
5 Seasons				514.0	84	247	280	12	1.0	33	3.2	$555,000

STL (4 yrs)				461.2	77	216	253	13	1.0	37	3.7	$410,000
PHI (1 yr)				52.1	7	31	27	-1	.9	-4	-0.5	$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 Season (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

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
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

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

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1986	24	STL	NL	52	-9	0	-1	0	0	5	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$60,000	1
1987	25	STL	NL	78	-8	0	-1	0	0	8	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$100,000	1	RoY-6
1988	26	STL	NL	25	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$125,000	1

1990	28	STL	NL	17	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$125,000	1

1992	30	PHI	NL	17	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$145,000	1
5 Seasons				189	-24	0	-2	0	0	18	4	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$555,000

STL (4 yrs)				172	-21	0	-2	0	0	17	4	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$410,000
PHI (1 yr)				17	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$145,000

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1986	STL	NL	24	P	23	22	1	145.1	20	3	17	0	1	1.000	1.24	0.87	.955	1.94	1.94	7	9	56%	1
1987	STL	NL	25	P	32	32	2	197.2	38	3	31	4	2	.895	1.55	1.06	.955	1.91	1.90	13	7	35%	3	RoY-6
1988	STL	NL	26	P	13	13	1	68.0	18	3	13	2	0	.889	2.12	1.23	.955	1.96	1.96	10	8	44%	2
1990	STL	NL	28	P	11	10	0	50.2	18	2	15	1	1	.944	3.02	1.55	.957	1.79	1.79	13	2	13%	1
1992	PHI	NL	30	P	14	7	0	52.1	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.20	0.50	.954	1.94	1.94	3	3	50%	0
	5 Seasons			P	93	84	4	514.0	101	12	82	7	4	.931	1.65	1.01	.955	1.92	1.91	46	29	39%	7
	5 Seasons			TOT	93	84	4	514.0	101	12	82	7	4	.931	1.65	1.01	.955	1.92	1.91	46	29	39%	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1987 NL 4 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1987 NL 4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 12, 1982: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 4, 1984: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
October 16, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
March 26, 1991: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
May 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 25, 1991: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
February 4, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1986	24	St. Louis Cardinals	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$100,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$125,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$125,000	1989 USA Today survey	Missed season with injury
1990	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$125,000	USA Today

1992	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$145,000	11/4/92 Toronto Sun	Includes $20,000 incentives

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$680,000

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