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Mike Matheny
Michael Scott Matheny
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 22, 1970 in Columbus, OH
High School: Reynoldsburg (Reynoldsburg, OH)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1994
Final Game: May 31, 2006
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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
1994 23 MIL AL 28 59 53 3 12 3 0 1 2 0 1 3 13 .226 .293 .340 .633 61 18 1 2 1 0 0 2
1995 24 MIL AL 80 181 166 13 41 9 1 0 21 2 1 12 28 .247 .306 .313 .619 59 52 3 2 1 0 0 2
1996 25 MIL AL 106 341 313 31 64 15 2 8 46 3 2 14 80 .204 .243 .342 .584 44 107 9 3 7 4 0 2/D
1997 26 MIL AL 123 356 320 29 78 16 1 4 32 0 1 17 68 .244 .294 .338 .631 64 108 9 7 9 3 0 *2/3
1998 27 MIL NL 108 341 320 24 76 13 0 6 27 1 0 11 63 .238 .278 .334 .612 61 107 6 7 3 0 0 2
1999 28 TOR AL 57 179 163 16 35 6 0 3 17 0 0 12 37 .215 .271 .307 .578 47 50 3 1 2 1 0 2
2000 29 STL NL 128 464 417 43 109 22 1 6 47 0 0 32 96 .261 .317 .362 .679 70 151 12 4 7 4 8 *2/3 GG
2001 30 STL NL 121 424 381 40 83 12 0 7 42 0 1 28 76 .218 .276 .304 .581 51 116 11 4 8 3 5 *2/3
2002 31 STL NL 110 363 315 31 77 12 1 3 35 1 3 32 49 .244 .313 .317 .630 68 100 3 2 8 6 6 2/3
2003 32 STL NL 141 498 441 43 111 18 2 8 47 1 1 44 81 .252 .320 .356 .676 79 157 11 2 8 3 16 *2/3 GG
2004 33 STL NL 122 419 385 28 95 22 1 5 50 0 2 23 83 .247 .292 .348 .640 65 134 12 3 5 3 7 *2/3 GG
2005 34 SFG NL 134 485 443 42 107 34 0 13 59 0 2 29 91 .242 .295 .406 .701 81 180 11 6 3 4 10 *2 GG
2006 35 SFG NL 47 177 160 10 37 8 0 3 18 0 0 9 30 .231 .276 .338 .613 57 54 7 2 3 3 2 2
13 Seasons 1305 4287 3877 353 925 190 9 67 443 8 14 266 795 .239 .293 .344 .637 64 1334 98 45 65 34 54
162 Game Avg. 162 532 481 44 115 24 1 8 55 1 2 33 99 .239 .293 .344 .637 64 166 12 6 8 4 7
STL (5 yrs) 622 2168 1939 185 475 86 5 29 221 2 7 159 385 .245 .304 .339 .644 67 658 49 15 36 19 42
MIL (5 yrs) 445 1278 1172 100 271 56 4 19 128 6 5 57 252 .231 .278 .334 .612 57 392 28 21 21 7 0
SFG (2 yrs) 181 662 603 52 144 42 0 16 77 0 2 38 121 .239 .290 .388 .678 75 234 18 8 6 7 12
TOR (1 yr) 57 179 163 16 35 6 0 3 17 0 0 12 37 .215 .271 .307 .578 47 50 3 1 2 1 0
NL (8 yrs) 911 3171 2862 261 695 141 5 51 325 3 9 208 569 .243 .298 .349 .648 68 999 73 30 45 26 54
AL (5 yrs) 394 1116 1015 92 230 49 4 16 118 5 5 58 226 .227 .276 .330 .607 54 335 25 15 20 8 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 30 STL NL NLDS ARI L 4 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 31 STL NL NLDS ARI W 3 13 9 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .444 .545 .556 1.101 5 0 0 2 0 1
2002 31 STL NL NLCS SFG L 5 19 19 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .316 .316 .579 .895 11 0 0 0 0 0
2004 33 STL NL NLDS LAD W 4 15 14 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .500 .786 7 0 0 1 0 0
2004 33 STL NL NLCS HOU W 7 21 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .105 .150 .105 .255 2 0 0 1 0 1
2004 33 STL NL WS BOS L 4 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .200 .250 .450 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 27 88 79 6 20 3 0 2 10 0 0 3 19 .253 .274 .367 .641 29 0 0 4 2 2
3 NLDS 11 38 33 4 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 6 .303 .343 .424 .767 14 0 0 3 0 1
2 NLCS 12 40 38 2 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 .211 .231 .342 .573 13 0 0 1 0 1
1 WS 4 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .200 .250 .450 2 0 0 0 2 0

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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1994 MIL AL 23 C 27 13 144.2 90 81 8 1 1 .989 -1.0 -8.3 -1 5.54 3.30 .991 6.79 5.73 4 6 14 5 26%
1995 MIL AL 24 C 80 47 460.0 283 261 18 4 2 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 3.49 .990 6.74 5.64 10 12 27 9 25%
1996 MIL AL 25 C 104 97 826.2 523 475 40 8 5 .985 1.0 1.5 1 5.61 4.95 .990 6.91 5.84 3 35 52 25 32%
1996 MIL AL 25 DH 1
1997 MIL AL 26 C 121 112 929.2 760 697 58 5 6 .993 6.0 7.7 6 7.31 6.24 .991 7.15 6.08 7 34 69 37 35%
1997 MIL AL 26 1B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.30 8.05
1998 MIL NL 27 C 107 91 795.0 623 570 45 8 9 .987 -4.0 -6.0 -4 6.96 5.75 .990 7.50 6.47 6 22 68 21 24%
1999 TOR AL 28 C 57 50 445.0 381 346 33 2 8 .995 2.0 5.4 2 7.67 6.65 .991 6.98 6.11 2 19 40 20 33%
2000 STL NL 29 C 124 117 1031.2 883 803 75 5 7 .994 19.0 22.1 19 7.66 7.08 .990 7.45 6.38 4 26 44 49 53% GG
2000 STL NL 29 1B 8 0 12.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 40.0 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0 9.75 1.63 .992 9.23 7.72 GG
2001 STL NL 30 C 121 117 1002.0 845 772 69 4 9 .995 7.0 8.4 7 7.55 6.95 .992 7.74 6.64 6 34 30 28 48%
2001 STL NL 30 1B 2 0 7.0 7 7 0 0 2 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 3.50 1.000 9.26 7.85
2002 STL NL 31 C 106 96 830.1 630 562 64 4 6 .994 6.0 8.7 6 6.79 5.91 .991 7.53 6.41 5 13 43 23 35%
2002 STL NL 31 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 8.00
2003 STL NL 32 C 138 121 1096.2 823 774 49 0 7 1.000 2.0 2.2 2 6.75 5.96 .992 7.33 6.46 5 36 40 15 27% GG
2003 STL NL 32 1B 4 0 7.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.75 1.000 9.64 7.98 GG
2004 STL NL 33 C 122 110 977.2 801 742 58 1 10 .999 5.0 6.1 5 7.36 6.56 .993 7.45 6.46 2 27 38 16 30% GG
2004 STL NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.20 GG
2005 SFG NL 34 C 132 127 1122.0 862 784 77 1 12 .999 8.0 8.6 8 6.91 6.52 .992 7.26 6.26 4 28 63 39 38% GG
2006 SFG NL 35 C 46 44 391.1 270 252 17 1 2 .996 2.0 6.1 2 6.19 5.85 .992 7.37 6.36 2 10 24 11 31%
13 Seasons C 1285 1142 10052.2 7774 7119 611 44 84 .994 53.0 6.3 53 6.92 6.02 .991 7.32 6.27 60 302 552 298 35%
6 Seasons 1B 18 0 31.0 29 28 1 0 4 1.000 0.7 27.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0 8.42 1.61 .997 9.35 7.87
1 Season DH 1
13 Seasons TOT 1303 1142 10083.2 7803 7147 612 44 88 .994 53.7 6.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 0 53 6.93 5.95 .986 7.32 6.30 60 302 552 298 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
2000-NL-C
2003-NL-C
2004-NL-C
2005-NL-C
All multiple winners

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--9--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 NL--16--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (562), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 31st round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.

December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 16, 1999: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Milwaukee Brewers$109,000
1995Milwaukee Brewers$110,000
1996Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
1997Milwaukee Brewers$210,000
1998Milwaukee Brewers$800,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$600,000
2000St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
2001St. Louis Cardinals$900,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$2,500,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$3,250,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$4,000,000
2005San Francisco Giants$2,000,000
2006San Francisco Giants$3,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$18,729,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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