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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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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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1960	CHC	NL	18	OF	2	2	16.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	22.5	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0	2.81	2.50	.980	2.19	1.90
1960	CHC	NL	18	RF	2	2	16.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	22.5	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0	2.81	2.50	.980	1.97	1.75
1961	CHC	NL	19	CF	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.7	46.7	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1	2.50	2.50	.980	2.65	2.30
1961	CHC	NL	19	OF	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.7	46.7	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1	2.50	2.50	.980	2.15	1.85
1962	CHC	NL	20	CF	14	14	120.1	27	26	0	1	0	.963	0.8	8.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0	1.94	1.86	.978	2.47	2.27
1962	CHC	NL	20	OF	14	14	120.1	26	25	0	1	0	.962	0.8	8.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0	1.87	1.79	.973	2.07	1.79
1963	CHC	NL	21	OF	46	40	370.1	94	91	1	2	1	.979	3.7	12.0	2.7	2.7	0.0	1	2.24	2.00	.977	2.01	1.75
1963	CHC	NL	21	CF	45	40	368.1	91	88	1	2	1	.978	3.5	11.4	2.5	2.5	0.0	1	2.17	1.98	.982	2.37	2.09
1963	CHC	NL	21	RF	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0	4.50	1.00	1.000	1.80	1.60
1964	KCA	AL	22	CF	154	150	1326.0	400	381	6	13	2	.968	1.1	1.0	1.1	-0.6	1.7	0	2.63	2.51	.981	2.45	2.13
1964	KCA	AL	22	OF	154	150	1326.0	402	384	5	13	2	.968	1.1	1.0	1.1	-0.6	1.7	0	2.64	2.53	.980	2.04	1.79
1965	KCA	AL	23	OF	57	47	450.1	106	103	1	2	0	.981	-2.1	-5.6	-1.1	-1.3	0.2	-1	2.08	1.82	.978	2.04	1.78
1965	KCA	AL	23	CF	26	21	201.2	53	53	0	0	0	1.000	-1.8	-10.7	-1.8	-0.4	-1.4	0	2.37	2.04	.979	2.40	2.03
1965	KCA	AL	23	LF	25	20	195.2	42	40	1	1	0	.976	0.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.5	0	1.89	1.64	.979	1.87	1.49
1965	KCA	AL	23	RF	8	6	53.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-0.8	-18.1	0.2	-0.9	1.1	-1	1.87	1.38	.983	1.85	1.58
6 Seasons				OF	275	255	2301.0	638	613	7	18	3	.972	4.5	2.3	3.5	1.4	2.3	1	2.43	2.25	.979	2.04	1.78
5 Seasons				CF	241	227	2034.1	576	553	7	16	3	.972	4.3	2.5	2.3	2.4	0.0	2	2.48	2.32	.981	2.43	2.12
1 Season				LF	25	20	195.2	42	40	1	1	0	.976	0.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.5	0	1.89	1.64	.979	1.87	1.49
3 Seasons				RF	11	8	71.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944	-0.3	-5.1	0.7	-1.0	1.8	-1	2.15	1.55	.983	1.88	1.61
6 Seasons				TOT	275	255	2301.0	638	613	7	18	3	.972	4.5	2.3	3.5	1.4	2.3	1	2.43	2.25	.951	2.04	1.78

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 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1963: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Kansas City Athletics for Fred Norman.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50