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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1960	CHC	NL	18	OF	2	2	2	16.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	23	2.81	2.50	.978	2.19	2.20
1960	CHC	NL	18	RF	2	2	2	16.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	23	2.81	2.50	.980	1.97	2.00
1961	CHC	NL	19	CF	2	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	47	2.50	2.50	.980	2.65	2.60
1961	CHC	NL	19	OF	2	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	47	2.50	2.50	.976	2.15	2.15
1962	CHC	NL	20	CF	14	14	14	120.1	27	26	0	1	0	.963	1	8	1.94	1.86	.979	2.47	2.45
1962	CHC	NL	20	OF	14	14	14	120.1	26	25	0	1	0	.962	1	8	1.87	1.79	.974	2.07	2.05
1963	CHC	NL	21	OF	46	40	34	370.1	94	91	1	2	1	.979	4	12	2.24	2.00	.977	2.01	2.00
1963	CHC	NL	21	CF	45	40	34	368.1	91	88	1	2	1	.978	4	11	2.17	1.98	.982	2.37	2.36
1963	CHC	NL	21	RF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.980	1.80	1.80
1964	KCA	AL	22	CF	154	150	144	1326.0	400	381	6	13	2	.968	1	1	2.63	2.51	.981	2.45	2.44
1964	KCA	AL	22	OF	154	150	144	1326.0	402	384	5	13	2	.968	1	1	2.64	2.53	.980	2.04	2.03
1965	KCA	AL	23	OF	57	47	43	450.1	106	103	1	2	0	.981	-2	-6	2.08	1.82	.978	2.04	2.03
1965	KCA	AL	23	CF	26	21	19	201.2	53	53	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-11	2.37	2.04	.979	2.40	2.40
1965	KCA	AL	23	LF	25	20	20	195.2	42	40	1	1	0	.976	0	3	1.89	1.64	.979	1.87	1.86
1965	KCA	AL	23	RF	8	6	4	53.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-1	-18	1.87	1.38	.978	1.85	1.84
	6 Seasons			OF	275	255	239	2301.0	638	613	7	18	3	.972	5	2	2.43	2.25	.979	2.04	2.03
	5 Seasons			CF	241	227	213	2034.1	576	553	7	16	3	.972	4	3	2.48	2.32	.981	2.43	2.42
	1 Season			LF	25	20	20	195.2	42	40	1	1	0	.976	0	3	1.89	1.64	.979	1.87	1.86
	3 Seasons			RF	11	8	6	71.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944	-0	-5	2.15	1.55	.979	1.88	1.86
	6 Seasons			TOT	275	255	239	2301.0	638	613	7	18	3	.972	5	2	2.43	2.25	.979	2.04	2.03

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof
1960	CHC	NL	18	RF	0	23	0	1	-0	0
1961	CHC	NL	19	CF	1	47	-0	-0	0	1
1962	CHC	NL	20	CF	1	8	1	0	1	0
1963	CHC	NL	21	CF	4	11	2	0	2	1
1963	CHC	NL	21	RF	0	120	0	0	0	0
1964	KCA	AL	22	CF	1	1	1	2	-1	0
1965	KCA	AL	23	CF	-2	-11	-2	-1	-0	0
1965	KCA	AL	23	LF	0	3	0	0	0	0
1965	KCA	AL	23	RF	-1	-18	0	1	-1	-1
	5 Seasons			CF	4	3	2	0	2	2
	1 Season			LF	0	3	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			RF	-0	-5	1	2	-1	-1
	6 Seasons			TOT	5	2	4	2	1	1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1960	CHC	NL	18	3	2	3	2	0	0	2	2	1	0
1961	CHC	NL	19	3	2	3	2	0	2	0	2	1	0
1962	CHC	NL	20	15	14	15	14	0	14	0	14	1	0
1963	CHC	NL	21	61	40	61	46	0	45	1	46	11	8
1964	KCA	AL	22	157	150	157	154	0	154	0	154	2	1
1965	KCA	AL	23	67	47	67	57	25	26	8	57	11	2
	6 Seasons			306	255	306	275	25	241	11	275	27	11

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1961	CHC	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	6	60.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	79	52%	87%	34%	16	31%
1962	CHC	NL	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	4	33.3%	8	0	0.0%	0	502	61%	78%	25%	53	49%
1963	CHC	NL	21	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	22	15	0	11	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	10	7	1	48	25	52.1%	22	1	2.1%	0	1494	60%	81%	34%	175	50%
1964	KCA	AL	22	13	0	11	2	3	6	0	1	0	4	84	41	0	52	4	3	10	4	0	19	6	1	34	30	0	199	85	42.7%	110	4	2.0%	2	5851	60%	78%	26%	701	55%
1965	KCA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	13	12	0	30	14	46.7%	16	0	0.0%	0	863	62%	78%	27%	78	68%
	5 Seasons			16	0	13	3	4	7	0	2	0	4	122	63	0	76	8	3	13	5	0	29	7	1	59	51	1	299	134	44.8%	160	5	1.7%	2	8789	60%	79%	27%	1023	55%
	MLB Averages																														41.5%			2.2%			63%	79%	28%		56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1965	KCA	AL	23	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	6	0	4	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	17	10	58.8%	7	0	0.0%	1	817	60%	81%	28%	65	62%
	1 Season			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	6	0	4	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	17	10	58.8%	7	0	0.0%	1	817	60%	81%	28%	65	62%
	MLB Averages																														58.4%			2.4%			63%	79%	28%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1960	CHC	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	70	76%	81%	23%	7	71%
1963	CHC	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6	33%	83%	67%	2	50%
1965	KCA	AL	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	229	55%	86%	30%	16	69%
	3 Seasons			1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	305	59%	85%	29%	25	68%
	MLB Averages																														40.6%			3.0%			63%	79%	28%		54%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1964 AL 154 (1st)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1964 AL 381 (1st)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1964 AL 13 (1st)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1964 AL 154 (5th)
Putouts as OF s c a p y 1964 AL 384 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1964 AL 13 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1964 AL 2.63 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1964 AL 2.51 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1964 AL 2.64 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1964 AL 2.53 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1960 NL born 1941-07-21 (3rd) 1961 NL born 1941-07-21 (5th)

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