Terry Mathews

Terry Alan Mathews

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

Born: October 5, 1964 in Alexandria, LA
High School: Menard HS (Alexandria, LA)
School: University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, LA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1991
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Orioles/Rangers/Royals 1991-1999

Final Game: August 11, 1999
Died: February 24, 2012 in Alexandria, LA
Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, LA
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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
1987	22	TEX-min	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GST · SALL
1988	23	TEX-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POE · FLOR
1989	24	TEX-min	AA,A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUL,POE · TL,FLOR
1990	25	TEX-min	AA,AAA	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1991	26	TEX-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1991	26	TEX	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	27	TEX-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1992	27	TEX	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1993	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	33	28	26	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	.192	.222	.308	.530		8		0	1	0	0		JAC,TUC · TL,PCL
1994	29	FLA-min	AAA	13	15	14	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.214	.267	.357	.624		5	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1994	29	FLA	NL	24	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.667	1.167	199	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	30	FLA-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHR · IL
1995	30	FLA	NL	57	13	13	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.462	.462	.615	1.077	182	8	1	0	0	0	0	1
1996	31	TOT	MLB	71	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	31	FLA	NL	57	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	31	BAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	32	BAL	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	OAK-BAL-min	AAA,AA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM,ROC,BOW · PCL,IL,EL
1998	33	BAL	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	34	KCR-min	AA,AAA,Rk	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WCH,OMA,ROY · TL,PCL,GULF
1999	34	KCR	AL	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	35	TEX-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
8 Yrs				324	24	24	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.375	.375	.500	.875	128	12	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	12	12	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.375	.375	.500	.875	128	6	1	0	0	0	0

BAL (3 yrs)				88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (3 yrs)				138	23	23	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.391	.391	.522	.913	138	12	1	0	0	0	0
TEX (2 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				186	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				138	23	23	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.391	.391	.522	.913	138	12	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
1991	26	TEX	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1992	27	TEX	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$125,000	1

1994	29	FLA	NL	24	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$118,000	1
1995	30	FLA	NL	57	13	1	0	-0	0	2	3	0.3	0	4	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$134,000	1
1996	31	FLA	NL	57	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$292,500	1
1996	31	BAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1997	32	BAL	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$685,000	1
1998	33	BAL	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$865,000	1
1999	34	KCR	AL	24	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				324	24	1	0	-0	0	3	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.1	5	$2,219,500

BAL (3 yrs)				88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,550,000
FLA (3 yrs)				138	23	1	0	-0	0	3	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.503	.501	0.4	-0.0	5	$544,500
TEX (2 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$125,000
KCR (1 yr)				24	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1994	29	FLA	NL	6	3	2	17.9	111	.750	.500	.277	.500	.344	.667	.433	1.167	.777	199	.914	0.9	0.1	1.333	.167	.167
1995	30	FLA	NL	13	8	3	10.1	107	.667	.462	.271	.462	.340	.615	.421	1.077	.761	182	.793	1.5	0.2	1.000	.154	.154
1996	31	TOT	MLB	4	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.416	.000	.752	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	31	FLA	NL	4	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.416	.000	.752	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1999	34	KCR	AL	1	1	0	0.0	115		.000	.276	.000	.349	.000	.442	.000	.791	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				24	16	5	8.4	108	.600	.375	.272	.375	.341	.500	.424	.875	.765	128	.729	1.0	0.1	.750	.125	.125
162 Game Avg.				12	8	3	8.4	108	.600	.375	.272	.375	.341	.500	.424	.875	.765	128	.729	1	0	.750	.125	.125

FLA (3 yrs)				23	15	5	9.0	107	.600	.391	.271	.391	.340	.522	.423	.913	.764	138	.753	1.3	0.1	.800	.130	.130
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	115		.000	.276	.000	.349	.000	.442	.000	.791	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				23	15	5	9.0	107	.600	.391	.271	.391	.340	.522	.423	.913	.764	138	.753	1.3	0.1	.800	.130	.130
AL (6 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	115		.000	.276	.000	.349	.000	.442	.000	.791	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1996	31	BAL	AL	ALDS	CLE	W	3
1996	31	BAL	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	3
1997	32	BAL	AL	ALDS	SEA	W	1
2 Yrs (3 Series)							7
2 ALDS							4
1 ALCS							3

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
1994	29	FLA	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	16.7%	33%		3.0			1.00		67%	50%	0.0%	0%
1995	30	FLA	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	15.4%	33%		3.3		4.3	0.60	1.50	69%	22%	0.0%	0%
1996	31	TOT	MLB	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	1.00	50%	0%		100%
1996	31	FLA	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	1.00	50%	0%		100%

1999	34	KCR	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
8 Yrs				24	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	12.5%	33%		2.7		8.0	0.75	1.67	63%	27%	0.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.0%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	1.80	5.5	35.1	7.7	0.81	1.09	71%	21%	7.5%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	26	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	27	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1994	29	FLA	NL	0.9	0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.43	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.84	0.6		0
1995	30	FLA	NL	1.5	0.2	13	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.75	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.1	1.24	1.4	0.21	1
1996	31	TOT	MLB	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.37	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.08	-1.4		0
1996	31	FLA	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.37	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.08	-1.4		0
1996	31	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1997	32	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	33	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1999	34	KCR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	3.09	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	2.41	-0.3		0
8 Yrs				0.9	0.1	24	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.70	0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.16	0.2	0.21	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	29	FLA	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	30	FLA	NL	0	0	33%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	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
1996	31	FLA	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

1999	34	KCR	AL	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	33%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	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
1994	29	FLA	NL	6	50%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1995	30	FLA	NL	13	92%	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	12	3	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	31	TOT	MLB	4	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1996	31	FLA	NL	4	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1999	34	KCR	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				24	79%	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	6	0	0%	21	3	14%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			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
1994	29	FLA	NL	6	12	2.00	11	92%	18%	36%	0%	36%	73%	0%	67%	44%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	1
1995	30	FLA	NL	13	62	4.77	42	68%	14%	19%	45%	21%	86%	0%	58%	78%	62%	0%	0	0	15%	2	1	15%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
1996	31	TOT	MLB	4	18	4.50	13	72%	23%	38%	23%	15%	77%	0%	56%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1996	31	FLA	NL	4	18	4.50	13	72%	23%	38%	23%	15%	77%	0%	56%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

1999	34	KCR	AL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%		67%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				24	95	3.96	69	73%	17%	28%	32%	22%	81%	0%	59%	65%	58%	0%	0	0	13%	3	1	8%	2	2	11%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1994	29	98	6	6	1	3	1	0	2	.500	.500	.667	1.167	199	4	0
1995	30	155	19	19	3	9	3	3	6	.474	.474	.632	1.105	187	12	1
1996	31	226	23	23	3	9	3	3	8	.391	.391	.522	.913	138	12	1
1997	32	283	23	23	3	9	3	3	8	.391	.391	.522	.913	138	12	1
1998	33	300	23	23	3	9	3	3	8	.391	.391	.522	.913	138	12	1
1999	34	324	24	24	3	9	3	3	9	.375	.375	.500	.875	128	12	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
1994	29	34	8	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	.625	1.125	3	24
1995	30	64	15	15	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	.467	.467	.600	1.067	4	57
1996	31	71	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	71

1999	34	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
4 Yrs		193	28	28	3	11	3	0	0	4	0	0	10	.393	.393	.500	.893	7	176
162 Game Avg.		162	24	24	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	8	.393	.393	.500	.893	6	176

* 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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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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