T.J. Mathews

Timothy Jay Mathews

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 9, 1970 in Belleville, IL
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 36th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1995
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals/Astros 1995-2002

Final Game: July 24, 2002
Relatives: Son of Nelson 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
1992	22	STL-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HAM · NYPL
1993	23	STL-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPR · MIDW
1994	24	STL-min	AA,A+	27	22	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.143	.143	.143	.286		3	0	0	1	0	0		ARK,SPT · TL,FLOR
1995	25	STL-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1995	25	STL	NL	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	STL	NL	67	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	TOT	MLB	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	STL	NL	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	28	OAK	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1999	29	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	OAK-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2000	30	OAK	AL	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2001	31	TOT	MLB	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL	NL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	HOU-STL-min	AA,AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		RRK,NOR,MEM · TL,PCL
2002	32	HOU	NL	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2004	34	LAD-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2005	35	HOU-min	AAA	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		RRK · PCL
2006	36	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
8 Yrs				362	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (5 yrs)				210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (4 yrs)				140	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				152	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

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
1995	25	STL	NL	23	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$109,000	1
1996	26	STL	NL	67	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$130,000	1
1997	27	STL	NL	40	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$240,000	1
1997	27	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1998	28	OAK	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$315,000	1
1999	29	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$750,000	1
2000	30	OAK	AL	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,225,000	1
2001	31	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,900,000	1
2001	31	STL	NL	10	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
2002	32	HOU	NL	12	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000	1
8 Seasons				362	12	-3	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.500	.500	-0.2	0.1	-1	$5,669,000

OAK (5 yrs)				210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$4,190,000
STL (4 yrs)				140	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$479,000
HOU (1 yr)				12	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000

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
1995	25	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.338	.000	.418	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	26	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1997	27	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.000	.341	.000	.423	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1997	27	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.000	.341	.000	.423	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2000	30	OAK	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.344						.000	0.3	0.0
2001	31	TOT	MLB	3	3	0	0.0	111		.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.440	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2001	31	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	111		.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.440	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2002	32	HOU	NL	1	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.273	.000	.348	.000	.434	.000	.782	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				12	12	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.083	.340	.000	.427	.083	.766	-75	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.083	.091	.000
162 Game Avg.				5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.083	.340	.000	.427	.083	.766	-75	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.083	.091	.000

STL (4 yrs)				10	10	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.000	.339	.000	.426	.000	.764	-100	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
OAK (5 yrs)				1	0	0						1.000	.344							0.3	0.0
HOU (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.273	.000	.348	.000	.434	.000	.782	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				11	12	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.000	.339	.000	.427	.000	.766	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
AL (5 yrs)				1	0	0						1.000	.344							0.3	0.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1996	26	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1
1996	26	STL	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							3
1 NLDS							1
1 NLCS							2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	25	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%
1996	26	STL	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	0.00	25%	0%	0.0%	0%
1997	27	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1997	27	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%

2000	30	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00						0%
2001	31	TOT	MLB	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2001	31	STL	NL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2002	32	HOU	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
8 Yrs				12	0.0%	58.3%	8.3%	0.0%		7.00	1.6			3.00	4.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	1.86	5.3	31.7	7.4	0.79	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1995	25	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.22	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.68	-0.6	0
1996	26	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-1.3	0
1997	27	TOT	MLB	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	-0.3	0
1997	27	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	-0.3	0
1997	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	28	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1999	29	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	30	OAK	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.16	0.0	-0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.5	0
2001	31	TOT	MLB	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-0.9	0
2001	31	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
2001	31	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-0.9	0
2002	32	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.11	-0.5	0
8 Yrs				-2.9	-0.3	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.40	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.92	-3.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1995	25	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	26	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	27	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	31	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	31	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	32	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1995	25	STL	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	26	STL	NL	4	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1997	27	TOT	MLB	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1997	27	STL	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2000	30	OAK	AL	1	100%	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
2001	31	TOT	MLB	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	31	STL	NL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	32	HOU	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				12	42%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	25	STL	NL	2	9	4.50	5	56%	40%	40%	0%	20%	60%	0%	33%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1996	26	STL	NL	4	17	4.25	11	65%	64%	9%	18%	9%	36%	0%	24%	75%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
1997	27	TOT	MLB	1	5	5.00	3	60%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	40%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1997	27	STL	NL	1	5	5.00	3	60%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	40%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	1	4	4.00	0	0%						0%	0%		0%	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2001	31	TOT	MLB	3	11	3.67	9	82%	78%	22%	0%	0%	22%	0%	18%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
2001	31	STL	NL	3	11	3.67	9	82%	78%	22%	0%	0%	22%	0%	18%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
2002	32	HOU	NL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
6 Yrs				12	48	4.00	30	63%	60%	17%	10%	13%	40%	0%	25%	58%	25%	8%	1	0	8%	1	0	8%	1	1	71%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	GDP
1995	25	23	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1996	26	90	6	6	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1997	27	154	7	7	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1998	28	220	7	7	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1999	29	270	7	7	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2000	30	320	8	7	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0
2001	31	350	11	10	1	7	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0
2002	32	362	12	11	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	25	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
1996	26	67	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	67
1997	27	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	64

2000	30	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	50
2001	31	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
2002	32	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
6 Yrs		249	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	246
162 Game Avg.		162	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	246

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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