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T.J. Mathews
Timothy Jay Mathews
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 9, 1970 in Belleville, IL
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
Final Game: July 24, 2002
Relatives: Son of Nelson Mathews
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1995 25 STL NL 1 1 .500 1.52 23 0 12 0 0 2 29.2 21 7 5 1 11 1 28 0 0 2 120 276 1.079 6.4 0.3 3.3 8.5 2.55
1996 26 STL NL 2 6 .250 3.01 67 0 23 0 0 6 83.2 62 32 28 8 32 4 80 2 0 1 345 140 1.124 6.7 0.9 3.4 8.6 2.50
1997 27 TOT MLB 10 6 .625 3.01 64 0 26 0 0 3 74.2 75 32 25 9 30 4 70 2 0 1 329 142 1.406 9.0 1.1 3.6 8.4 2.33
1997 27 STL NL 4 4 .500 2.15 40 0 12 0 0 0 46.0 41 14 11 4 18 3 46 1 0 1 197 194 1.283 8.0 0.8 3.5 9.0 2.56
1997 27 OAK AL 6 2 .750 4.40 24 0 14 0 0 3 28.2 34 18 14 5 12 1 24 1 0 0 132 101 1.605 10.7 1.6 3.8 7.5 2.00
1998 28 OAK AL 7 4 .636 4.58 66 0 15 0 0 1 72.2 71 44 37 6 29 3 53 4 0 1 319 99 1.376 8.8 0.7 3.6 6.6 1.83
1999 29 OAK AL 9 5 .643 3.81 50 0 15 0 0 3 59.0 46 28 25 9 20 4 42 2 0 2 242 120 1.119 7.0 1.4 3.1 6.4 2.10
2000 30 OAK AL 2 3 .400 6.03 50 0 19 0 0 0 59.2 73 40 40 10 25 5 42 2 0 2 273 77 1.642 11.0 1.5 3.8 6.3 1.68
2001 31 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 4.30 30 0 7 0 0 1 37.2 39 20 18 4 12 3 29 0 0 1 164 101 1.354 9.3 1.0 2.9 6.9 2.42
2001 31 OAK AL 0 1 .000 5.09 20 0 4 0 0 1 23.0 28 14 13 2 11 3 19 0 0 1 108 85 1.696 11.0 0.8 4.3 7.4 1.73
2001 31 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.07 10 0 3 0 0 0 14.2 11 6 5 2 1 0 10 0 0 0 56 141 0.818 6.8 1.2 0.6 6.1 10.00
2002 32 HOU NL 0 0 3.44 12 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 19 7 7 2 5 3 13 0 0 0 76 126 1.309 9.3 1.0 2.5 6.4 2.60
8 Seasons 32 26 .552 3.82 362 0 121 0 0 16 435.1 406 210 185 49 164 27 357 12 0 10 1868 115 1.309 8.4 1.0 3.4 7.4 2.18
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .552 3.82 68 0 23 0 0 3 82 76 39 35 9 31 5 67 2 0 2 351 115 1.309 8.4 1.0 3.4 7.4 2.18
OAK (5 yrs) 24 15 .615 4.78 210 0 67 0 0 8 243.0 252 144 129 32 97 16 180 9 0 6 1074 95 1.436 9.3 1.2 3.6 6.7 1.86
STL (4 yrs) 8 11 .421 2.53 140 0 50 0 0 8 174.0 135 59 49 15 62 8 164 3 0 4 718 166 1.132 7.0 0.8 3.2 8.5 2.65
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 3.44 12 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 19 7 7 2 5 3 13 0 0 0 76 126 1.309 9.3 1.0 2.5 6.4 2.60
AL (5 yrs) 24 15 .615 4.78 210 0 67 0 0 8 243.0 252 144 129 32 97 16 180 9 0 6 1074 95 1.436 9.3 1.2 3.6 6.7 1.86
NL (5 yrs) 8 11 .421 2.62 152 0 54 0 0 8 192.1 154 66 56 17 67 11 177 3 0 4 794 161 1.149 7.2 0.8 3.1 8.3 2.64

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1996 26 STL NL NLDS W SDP 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1996 26 STL NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 27.0 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 9 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 21.6 4.00
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 27.0 2.00

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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 Awards
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 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 STL NL 39 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 28 OAK AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 29 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 30 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 31 TOT MLB 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 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
8 Seasons 163 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -76 0 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -76 0 1 0 0 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 139 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (5 yrs) 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 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
NL (5 yrs) 151 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 26 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 STL NL NLCS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 STL NL 25 P 23 0 29.2 10 4 5 1 1 .900 2.73 0.39 .960 1.85 0.51
1996 STL NL 26 P 67 0 83.2 8 0 6 2 0 .750 0.65 0.09 .962 1.84 0.52
1997 TOT MLB 27 P 64 0 74.2 16 6 8 2 0 .875 1.69 0.22 .962 1.81 0.51
1997 STL NL 27 P 40 0 46.0 10 5 4 1 0 .900 1.76 0.23 .960 1.86 0.52
1997 OAK AL 27 P 24 0 28.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.57 0.21 .967 1.73 0.49
1998 OAK AL 28 P 66 0 72.2 12 4 7 1 1 .917 1.36 0.17 .958 1.78 0.50
1999 OAK AL 29 P 50 0 59.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.26 .946 1.69 0.47
2000 OAK AL 30 P 50 0 59.2 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.96 0.26 .954 1.61 0.46
2001 TOT MLB 31 P 30 0 37.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.67 0.23 .957 1.77 0.48
2001 OAK AL 31 P 20 0 23.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.20 .950 1.76 0.49
2001 STL NL 31 P 10 0 14.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.84 0.30 .967 1.78 0.46
2002 HOU NL 32 P 12 0 18.1 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.96 0.33 .950 1.82 0.48
8 Seasons P 362 0 435.1 83 23 54 6 4 .928 1.59 0.21 .957 1.77 0.49
8 Seasons TOT 362 0 435.1 83 23 54 6 4 .928 1.59 0.21 .884 1.77 0.49

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1875), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 35th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 36th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1992.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein to the Oakland Athletics for Mark McGwire.

June 22, 2001: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

July 6, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 29, 2002: Released by the Houston Astros.

August 22, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

February 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

March 20, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.

August 6, 2004: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from Bridgeport (Atlantic).

September 9, 2004: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

August 29, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995St. Louis Cardinals$109,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$130,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$240,000
1998Oakland Athletics$315,000
1999Oakland Athletics$750,000
2000Oakland Athletics$1,225,000
2001Oakland Athletics$1,900,000
2002Houston Astros$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,669,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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