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Nelson Mathews

Nelson Elmer Mathews

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 21, 1941 in Columbia, IL
High School: Columbia HS (Columbia, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1960
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs 1960-1965

Final Game: July 18, 1965
Relatives: Father of T.J. Mathews
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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
1959	17	CHC-min	D,D-	91	327	327		95	12	10	10						.291	.291	.480	.771		157							PRS,MRT · MIDW,APPY
1960	18	CHC-min	B,A	109	353	350	4	98	14	7	4	3	1		3	19	.280	.286	.394	.680		138							WEN,LNC · NORW,EL
1960	18	CHC	NL	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1961	19	CHC-min	AA	138	557	495	47	109	19	10	5	44	6	6	55	106	.220	.296	.329	.625		163		0	3	4			SAN · TL
1961	19	CHC	NL	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1962	20	CHC-CLE/CHC-min	B,AA,AAA	121	463	391	79	132	23	10	24	73	11	6	67	106	.338	.433	.632	1.065		247		1	1	3	0		WEN,SAN,SLC · NORW,TL,PCL
1962	20	CHC	NL	15	57	49	5	15	2	0	2	13	3	3	5	4	.306	.393	.469	.862	127	23	1	2	1	0	0	8
1963	21	CHC	NL	61	171	155	12	24	3	2	4	10	3	4	16	48	.155	.234	.277	.511	43	43	5	0	0	0	2	8/9
1964	22	KCA	AL	157	620	573	58	137	27	5	14	60	2	3	43	*143*	.239	.293	.377	.670	82	216	18	1	2	1	7	*8
1965	23	OAK-min	AAA	37	137	118	11	29	3	1	3	20	0	0	15	31	.246	.331	.364	.695		43		1	1	2			VAN · PCL
1965	23	KCA	AL	67	211	184	17	39	7	7	2	15	0	2	24	49	.212	.300	.359	.659	88	66	4	0	1	2	4	87/9
1966	24	OAK-DET-min	AAA	90	272	241	29	48	6	5	1	18	3	0	30	59	.199	.290	.278	.568		67		1	0	0			VAN,SYR · PCL,IL
1967	25	PHI-min	AA	21	83	67	6	14	3	1	0	6	1	0	16	16	.209	.361	.284	.645		19							REA · EL
6 Yrs				306	1076	978	93	218	39	14	22	98	8	12	88	248	.223	.288	.359	.647	78	351	28	3	4	3	13
162 Game Avg.				162	570	518	49	115	21	7	12	52	4	6	47	131	.223	.288	.359	.647	78	186	15	2	2	2	7

CHC (4 yrs)				82	245	221	18	42	5	2	6	23	6	7	21	56	.190	.266	.312	.579	60	69	6	2	1	0	2
KCA (2 yrs)				224	831	757	75	176	34	12	16	75	2	5	67	192	.232	.295	.373	.667	84	282	22	1	3	3	11

NL (4 yrs)				82	245	221	18	42	5	2	6	23	6	7	21	56	.190	.266	.312	.579	60	69	6	2	1	0	2
AL (2 yrs)				224	831	757	75	176	34	12	16	75	2	5	67	192	.232	.295	.373	.667	84	282	22	1	3	3	11

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
1960	18	CHC	NL	3	8	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.477	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/9
1961	19	CHC	NL	3	9	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/8
1962	20	CHC	NL	15	57	2	-0	-0	1	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.514	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$	8
1963	21	CHC	NL	61	171	-12	-0	-1	4	-0	-10	-1.2	6	-4	-0.6	.480	.492	-1.1	0.4	-8	$	8/9
1964	22	KCA	AL	157	620	-12	-1	-2	1	-1	-16	-2.0	17	2	-0.4	.489	.489	-0.2	-0.2	0	$	*8
1965	23	KCA	AL	67	211	-4	-2	-0	-2	-2	-10	-1.2	6	-4	-0.6	.483	.493	-0.3	-0.5	-2	$	87/9
6 Seasons				306	1076	-28	-4	-4	5	-3	-35	-4.3	31	-3	-1.3	.487	.496	-1.4	-0.0	-8	$

CHC (4 yrs)				82	245	-12	-1	-1	6	-1	-9	-1.1	8	-1	-0.3	.486	.498	-0.9	0.6	-6	$
KCA (2 yrs)				224	831	-16	-3	-3	-1	-3	-26	-3.2	23	-2	-1.0	.487	.491	-0.5	-0.6	-2	$

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	PwrSpd
1960	18	CHC	NL	8	6	1	4.5	98	.333	.250	.261	.250	.326	.250	.400	.500	.727	39	.512	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1961	19	CHC	NL	9	8	0	0.0	106	.143	.111	.270	.111	.337	.111	.421	.222	.757	-41	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1962	20	CHC	NL	57	39	8	5.5	107	.302	.306	.275	.393	.343	.469	.417	.862	.760	127	.584	2.1	0.2	.789	.265	.163	2.4
1963	21	CHC	NL	171	140	9	1.7	94	.194	.155	.261	.234	.323	.277	.390	.511	.713	43	.184	-12.1	-1.3	.414	.219	.123	3.4
1964	22	KCA	AL	620	460	59	3.4	99	.295	.239	.260	.293	.329	.377	.404	.670	.734	82	.407	-15.4	-1.6	.567	.211	.138	3.5
1965	23	KCA	AL	211	154	20	3.5	91	.274	.212	.250	.300	.319	.359	.382	.659	.702	88	.436	-3.2	-0.3	.583	.266	.147	.0
6 Yrs				1076	807	97	3.2	97	.276	.223	.259	.288	.327	.359	.399	.647	.726	78	.387	-31.2	-3.3	.548	.222	.136	11.7
162 Game Avg.				570	427	51	3.2	97	.276	.223	.259	.288	.327	.359	.399	.647	.726	78	.387	-31.2	-3.3	.548	.222	.136	6

CHC (4 yrs)				245	193	18	2.5	97	.226	.190	.264	.266	.328	.312	.398	.579	.726	60	.289	-12.6	-1.4	.474	.213	.122	6.0
KCA (2 yrs)				831	614	79	3.5	97	.290	.232	.258	.295	.327	.373	.399	.667	.726	84	.414	-18.6	-1.9	.571	.225	.140	3.6

NL (4 yrs)				245	193	18	2.5	97	.226	.190	.264	.266	.328	.312	.398	.579	.726	60	.289	-12.6	-1.4	.474	.213	.122	6.0
AL (2 yrs)				831	614	79	3.5	97	.290	.232	.258	.295	.327	.373	.399	.667	.726	84	.414	-18.6	-1.9	.571	.225	.140	3.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	18	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.00	75%
1961	19	CHC	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.5			1.50	78%
1962	20	CHC	NL	57	3.5%	7.0%	8.8%	7.0%	27%	0.80	12.3	24.5	3.8	0.43	75%
1963	21	CHC	NL	171	2.3%	28.1%	9.4%	5.3%	38%	3.00	3.2	38.8	15.5	0.85	60%
1964	22	KCA	AL	620	2.3%	23.1%	6.9%	7.4%	34%	3.33	4.0	40.9	9.6	1.04	67%
1965	23	KCA	AL	211	1.0%	23.2%	11.4%	7.6%	41%	2.04	3.8	92.0	12.3	0.76	64%
6 Yrs				1076	2.0%	23.1%	8.2%	7.0%	34%	2.82	3.9	44.5	10.0	0.90	66%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.4%	6.4%	29%	1.75	6.1	38.8	8.7	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	18	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.68	-0.8	0.19	1
1961	19	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.90	0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.09	-0.2	0.01	1
1962	20	CHC	NL	2.1	0.2	63	0.1	1.2	-1.1	.99	-0.0	0.1	1.5	0.1	1.07	0.0	0.02	1
1963	21	CHC	NL	-12.1	-1.3	179	-1.5	1.9	-3.4	.91	-1.3	-0.3	-13.7	-1.4	0.91	-13.2	0.57	8
1964	22	KCA	AL	-15.4	-1.6	629	-2.7	8.9	-11.6	.98	-0.8	-1.9	-10.1	-1.0	0.93	-7.9	1.83	1
1965	23	KCA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	213	-0.7	3.1	-3.9	.99	-0.6	-0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.94	-6.7	1.94	10
6 Yrs				-31.2	-3.3	1101	-4.9	15.3	-20.2	.97	-2.8	-2.3	-28.2	-2.9	0.94	-28.8	1.18	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	18	CHC	NL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	19	CHC	NL	1	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	20	CHC	NL	0	15%	17	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	1	75%	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1963	21	CHC	NL	1	22%	46	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	2	50%	7	5	2	2	0	2	5	2	3
1964	22	KCA	AL	11	26%	225	2	3	40%	3	3	0	4	15	45%	27	15	11	8	7	1	14	3	10
1965	23	KCA	AL	2	25%	64	0	2	0%	0	2	0	2	1	39%	8	7	1	1	1	0	4	0	4
6 Yrs				15	25%	359	8	12	40%	8	12	1	6	19	45%	45	28	16	12	9	3	25	6	18

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
1960	18	CHC	NL	8	100%	2			1	1	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1961	19	CHC	NL	9	56%	1			1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	20	CHC	NL	57	35%	15			1	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	9	2	22%	46	11	24%	8	5	63%	1	0	0%	0
1963	21	CHC	NL	171	54%	24			8	0	0	0	0.57	4	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		32	5	16%	13	0	0%	86	6	7%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1964	22	KCA	AL	620	33%	137			1	0	0	0	1.83	14	2	14	10	4	11	3	1	3	2	67%	109	18	17%	53	8	15%	358	46	13%	20	6	30%	15	6	40%	0
1965	23	KCA	AL	211	38%	39			10	1	0	1	1.94	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	36	4	11%	21	5	24%	130	14	11%	10	3	30%	9	3	33%	0
6 Yrs				1076	38%	218			22	2	0	2	1.18	22	3	21	14	8	15	7	1	5	4	80%	193	28	15%	97	15	15%	627	78	12%	43	16	37%	27	9	33%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1960	18	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	19	6	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0
1962	20	21	74	66	6	18	2	0	2	13	3	3	5	8	.273	.342	.394	.736	96	26	1	2	1	0	0
1963	21	82	245	221	18	42	5	2	6	23	6	7	21	56	.190	.266	.312	.579	60	69	6	2	1	0	2
1964	22	239	865	794	76	179	32	7	20	83	8	10	64	199	.225	.285	.359	.644	76	285	24	3	3	1	9
1965	23	306	1076	978	93	218	39	14	22	98	8	12	88	248	.223	.288	.359	.647	78	351	28	3	4	3	13

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	18	3	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	3
1961	19	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1962	20	15	56	48	5	14	2	0	2	12	3	5	4	.292	.382	.458	.840	8	15
1963	21	61	173	156	13	25	3	2	4	11	3	17	48	.160	.243	.282	.525	11	61
1964	22	156	621	573	60	140	28	5	14	62	2	44	142	.244	.299	.384	.683	66	157
1965	23	67	216	187	20	42	8	8	2	17	0	26	49	.225	.316	.385	.701	23	67
6 Yrs		305	1084	982	100	224	41	15	22	102	8	92	247	.228	.295	.368	.663	109	306
162 Game Avg.		162	576	522	53	119	22	8	12	54	4	49	131	.228	.295	.368	.663	58	306

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y 1964 AL 27 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1965 AL 7 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1964 AL 143 (1st)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1964 AL 18 (7th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1964 AL 460 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1960 NL born 1941-07-21 (3rd) 1961 NL born 1941-07-21 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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