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Nelson Mathews
Nelson Elmer Mathews

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

Born: July 21, 1941 in Columbia, IL
High School: Columbia (Columbia, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1960
Final Game: July 18, 1965
Relatives: Father of T.J. Mathews
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Nelson Mathews
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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
1960	18	CHC	NL	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
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	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	44	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	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
6 Seasons				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

Advanced Batting

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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	.262	.250	.328	.250	.402	.500	.730	38	.512	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1961	19	CHC	NL	9	8	0	0.0	106	.143	.111	.271	.111	.338	.111	.422	.222	.760	-41	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1962	20	CHC	NL	57	39	8	5.5	106	.302	.306	.275	.393	.342	.469	.417	.862	.759	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	44	.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	.733	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 Seasons				1076	807	97	3.2	97	.276	.223	.259	.288	.327	.359	.399	.647	.726	78	.385	-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	.385	-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	.257	.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	.257	.295	.327	.373	.399	.667	.726	84	.414	-18.6	-1.9	.571	.225	.140	3.6

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons				1076	2.0%	23.1%	8.2%	7.0%	34%	2.82	3.9	44.5	10.0	0.90	66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	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	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	19	CHC	NL	1	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	20	CHC	NL	0	0	15%	17	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1963	21	CHC	NL	1	0	22%	46	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	7	5	2	2	0	2	5	2	3
1964	22	KCA	AL	11	0	26%	225	2	3	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	45%	27	15	11	8	7	1	14	3	10
1965	23	KCA	AL	2	0	25%	64	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	39%	8	7	1	1	1	0	4	0	4
6 Seasons				15	0	25%	359	8	12	40%	8	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	19	45%	45	28	16	12	9	3	25	6	18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	0.16	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	0.02	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	0.03	2	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	9	2	22%	46	11	24%	8	5	63%	2	0	0%	0
1963	21	CHC	NL	171	54%	24			8	0	0	0	0.60	4	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		32	5	16%	13	0	0%	86	6	7%	5	2	40%	5	1	20%	0
1964	22	KCA	AL	620	33%	137			1	0	0	0	1.77	14	2	14	10	4	11	3	1	3	2	67%	109	18	17%	53	8	15%	358	46	13%	20	6	30%	28	7	25%	0
1965	23	KCA	AL	211	38%	39			10	1	0	1	1.98	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	36	4	11%	21	5	24%	130	14	11%	10	3	30%	13	1	8%	0
6 Seasons				1076	38%	218			22	2	0	2	1.21	22	3	21	14	8	15	7	1	5	4	80%	193	28	15%	97	15	15%	627	78	12%	43	16	37%	48	9	19%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	38	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	95	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	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	55	48	5	14	2	0	2	12	3	5	4	.292	.382	.458	.840	8	15
1963	21	61	171	155	14	24	3	2	4	11	3	16	48	.155	.234	.277	.511	10	61
1964	22	156	612	568	61	135	27	5	14	63	2	42	142	.238	.291	.377	.668	62	157
1965	23	67	213	186	19	41	7	7	2	17	0	25	49	.220	.310	.366	.675	22	67
6 Seasons		305	1068	974	101	214	39	14	22	103	8	88	247	.220	.286	.356	.642	103	306
162 Game Avg.		162	567	517	54	114	21	7	12	55	4	47	131	.220	.286	.356	.642	55	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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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50