Jeff Mathis

Jeffrey Stephen Mathis

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 31, 1983 in Marianna, FL
High School: Marianna HS (Marianna, FL)
Drafted
by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (33rd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2005
Teams (by GP): Angels/BlueJays 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.012, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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
2005 22 LAA AL 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
2006 23 LAA AL 23 63 55 9 8 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 14 .145 .238 .291 .529 36 16 0 0 0 1 1 2/D
2007 24 LAA AL 59 195 171 24 36 12 0 4 23 0 1 15 49 .211 .276 .351 .627 64 60 3 2 3 4 0 2/D
2008 25 LAA AL 94 328 283 35 55 8 0 9 42 2 2 30 90 .194 .275 .318 .593 56 90 1 3 8 4 4 2
2009 26 LAA AL 84 272 237 26 50 8 0 5 28 2 3 22 73 .211 .288 .308 .596 58 73 2 4 8 1 0 2/D
2010 27 LAA AL 68 218 205 19 40 6 1 3 18 3 0 6 59 .195 .219 .278 .497 37 57 3 1 3 3 0 2/D
2011 28 LAA AL 93 281 247 18 43 12 0 3 22 1 2 15 75 .174 .225 .259 .484 36 64 3 2 14 3 2 2/D
2012 29 TOR AL 17 41 36 7 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 13 .194 .293 .417 .709 90 15 0 0 0 0 0 2/1
8 Yrs 443 1401 1237 139 240 50 1 28 144 8 8 100 374 .194 .258 .304 .562 51 376 12 12 36 16 7
162 Game Avg. 162 512 452 51 88 18 0 10 53 3 3 37 137 .194 .258 .304 .562 51 137 4 4 13 6 3
LAA (7 yrs) 426 1360 1201 132 233 48 1 26 139 8 8 95 361 .194 .257 .301 .557 50 361 12 12 36 16 7
TOR (1 yr) 17 41 36 7 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 13 .194 .293 .417 .709 90 15 0 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 Awards
2005 22 LAA AL 5 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2D
2006 23 LAA AL 23 63 -6 0 0 -2 1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .470 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $327,000 2/D
2007 24 LAA AL 59 195 -11 -1 -0 3 3 -6 -0.6 7 0 0.0 .489 .496 -0.3 0.6 -3 $ 2/D
2008 25 LAA AL 94 328 -21 -1 1 9 5 -7 -0.6 11 4 0.4 .493 .496 -0.5 1.6 -5 $415,000 2
2009 26 LAA AL 84 272 -15 -2 0 10 4 -2 -0.1 9 7 0.7 .498 .499 -0.3 1.5 -3 $450,000 2/D
2010 27 LAA AL 68 218 -17 1 -0 4 4 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .487 .495 -0.6 0.9 -5 $1,300,000 2/D
2011 28 LAA AL 93 281 -20 -1 0 8 5 -8 -0.8 10 1 0.1 .490 .494 -0.8 1.4 -7 $1,700,000 2/D
2012 29 TOR AL 17 41 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .525 .503 0.3 0.3 3 $ 2/1
8 Seasons 443 1401 -90 -3 1 34 23 -35 -3.2 48 12 1.1 .492 .497 -2.5 6.1 -22 $4,192,000
LAA (7 yrs) 426 1360 -90 -3 1 32 22 -39 -3.6 46 7 0.6 .491 .496 -2.8 5.9 -25 $4,192,000
TOR (1 yr) 17 41 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .525 .503 0.3 0.3 3 $

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 PwrSpd
2005 22 LAA AL 3 2 0 0.0 103 .500 .333 .266 .333 .328 .333 .421 .667 .750 81 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
2006 23 LAA AL 63 48 4 2.2 111 .150 .145 .275 .238 .340 .291 .438 .529 .778 36 .174 -5.4 -0.5 .489 .273 .145 .0
2007 24 LAA AL 195 146 17 3.1 108 .262 .211 .272 .276 .340 .351 .425 .627 .765 64 .292 -8.9 -0.8 .547 .222 .140 .0
2008 25 LAA AL 328 243 27 3.0 107 .245 .194 .270 .275 .339 .318 .425 .593 .763 56 .281 -18.8 -1.8 .532 .230 .124 3.3
2009 26 LAA AL 272 201 22 2.9 107 .281 .211 .266 .288 .335 .308 .427 .596 .762 58 .268 -14.7 -1.4 .510 .186 .097 2.9
2010 27 LAA AL 218 174 13 2.0 96 .253 .195 .256 .219 .323 .278 .400 .497 .723 37 .174 -18.1 -1.8 .399 .127 .083 3.0
2011 28 LAA AL 281 226 15 1.8 94 .233 .174 .251 .225 .315 .259 .398 .484 .713 36 .149 -20.9 -2.1 .383 .142 .085 1.5
2012 29 TOR AL 41 29 5 4.6 102 .238 .194 .258 .293 .326 .417 .418 .709 .744 90 .505 -0.6 -0.1 .690 .361 .222 .0
8 Yrs 1401 1069 103 2.6 103 .249 .194 .263 .258 .331 .304 .416 .562 .747 51 .238 -87.5 -8.5 .480 .191 .110 12.4
162 Game Avg. 512 391 38 2.6 103 .249 .194 .263 .258 .331 .304 .416 .562 .747 51 .238 -87.5 -8.5 .480 .191 .110 5
LAA (7 yrs) 1360 1040 98 2.5 103 .249 .194 .264 .257 .331 .301 .416 .557 .747 50 .229 -86.9 -8.4 .474 .186 .107 12.2
TOR (1 yr) 41 29 5 4.6 102 .238 .194 .258 .293 .326 .417 .418 .709 .744 90 .505 -0.6 -0.1 .690 .361 .222 .0

Postseason Batting

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
2007 24 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 LAA AL ALDS BOS W 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 26 LAA AL ALCS NYY L 5 12 12 2 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .583 .583 1.000 1.583 12 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 10 21 20 2 9 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .450 .450 .700 1.150 14 0 0 1 0 0
3 ALDS 5 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 5 12 12 2 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .583 .583 1.000 1.583 12 0 0 0 0 0

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
2005 22 LAA AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 1.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0%
2006 23 LAA AL 63 3.2% 22.2% 11.1% 6.4% 50% 2.00 3.9 27.5 9.2 0.37 0.48 63% 14% 8.3% 20%
2007 24 LAA AL 195 2.1% 25.1% 7.7% 8.2% 44% 3.27 3.5 42.8 7.4 0.74 0.73 63% 13% 7.8% 27%
2008 25 LAA AL 328 2.7% 27.4% 9.2% 5.2% 31% 3.00 3.1 31.4 6.7 0.57 0.61 57% 10% 10.3% 30%
2009 26 LAA AL 272 1.8% 26.8% 8.1% 4.8% 26% 3.32 3.2 47.4 8.5 0.58 0.68 59% 13% 6.3% 23%
2010 27 LAA AL 218 1.4% 27.1% 2.8% 4.6% 25% 9.83 3.5 68.3 11.4 0.63 0.77 67% 14% 4.1% 15%
2011 28 LAA AL 281 1.1% 26.7% 5.3% 5.3% 35% 5.00 3.3 82.3 11.2 0.63 0.84 61% 15% 3.9% 27%
2012 29 TOR AL 41 4.9% 31.7% 12.2% 9.8% 57% 2.60 2.8 18.0 7.2 0.64 0.88 51% 13% 15.4% 7%
8 Yrs 1401 2.0% 26.7% 7.1% 5.6% 33% 3.74 3.3 44.2 8.6 0.61 0.71 61% 13% 6.9% 24%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 22 LAA AL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.78 -0.1 1
2006 23 LAA AL -5.4 -0.5 63 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 1.18 -0.5 0.2 -6.4 -0.6 0.98 -6.0 0.03 2
2007 24 LAA AL -8.9 -0.8 197 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 .86 -1.1 0.3 -11.8 -1.1 0.97 -12.7 2
2008 25 LAA AL -19.2 -1.8 337 -2.0 3.7 -5.7 .95 -1.8 -0.3 -11.4 -1.1 0.95 -21.6 0
2009 26 LAA AL -14.7 -1.4 282 0.0 4.2 -4.2 .90 -1.0 1.0 -10.2 -1.0 0.96 -14.1 0.00 5
2010 27 LAA AL -18.1 -1.8 222 -1.9 2.7 -4.6 1.03 -1.4 -0.5 -17.1 -1.7 0.97 -14.9 1
2011 28 LAA AL -20.5 -2.0 286 -2.0 3.1 -5.1 .96 -2.0 -0.1 -23.1 -2.4 1.03 -21.1 2
2012 29 TOR AL -0.6 -0.1 41 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .88 0.2 -0.3 0.7 0.1 0.86 1.4 0.93 1
8 Yrs -87.5 -8.5 1431 -7.1 17.7 -24.9 .95 -7.6 0.1 -79.4 -7.8 0.97 -89.1 0.07 14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 22 LAA AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2006 23 LAA AL 0 0 54% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0
2007 24 LAA AL 0 0 41% 75 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 31% 8 7 1 0 0 0 5 1 3
2008 25 LAA AL 2 0 33% 72 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 27% 20 15 5 4 4 0 9 5 4
2009 26 LAA AL 2 0 30% 79 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 35% 12 9 3 3 3 0 5 1 4
2010 27 LAA AL 3 0 36% 56 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 36% 10 7 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
2011 28 LAA AL 5 0 26% 77 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 44% 6 4 1 4 3 1 6 0 5
2012 29 TOR AL 1 0 50% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
8 Yrs 13 0 34% 386 8 8 50% 5 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 12 20 37% 59 42 15 12 10 2 34 10 22

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
2005 22 LAA AL 3 0% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 LAA AL 63 27% 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.03 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 7 2 29% 46 4 9% 7 1 14% 3 1 33% 0
2007 24 LAA AL 195 19% 36 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 1 3 1 0 6 3 50% 39 3 8% 24 9 38% 135 20 15% 22 11 50% 9 5 56% 0
2008 25 LAA AL 328 28% 55 7 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 5 5 4 4 5 0 10 8 80% 50 1 2% 24 14 58% 204 34 17% 28 13 46% 16 8 50% 0
2009 26 LAA AL 272 32% 50 7 2 5 1 0 1 0.00 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 0 12 8 67% 55 2 4% 33 10 30% 178 25 14% 13 7 54% 16 7 44% 0
2010 27 LAA AL 218 27% 40 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 9 3 33% 37 3 8% 22 6 27% 123 16 13% 12 4 33% 4 1 25% 0
2011 28 LAA AL 281 41% 43 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 0 19 14 74% 50 3 6% 41 18 44% 178 20 11% 14 7 50% 19 9 47% 0
2012 29 TOR AL 41 34% 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.93 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 25 3 12% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
8 Yrs 1401 30% 240 32 11 14 1 0 1 0.07 28 1 28 18 10 16 12 0 57 36 63% 247 12 5% 155 61 39% 889 122 14% 97 44 45% 70 33 47% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

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
2005 22 LAA AL 3 7 2.33 7 100% 29% 43% 0% 29% 71% 71% 40% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2006 23 LAA AL 63 243 3.86 150 62% 21% 25% 26% 28% 79% 4% 49% 69% 49% 6% 4 0 13% 8 4 3% 2 0 14% 0 0 0
2007 24 LAA AL 196 711 3.63 461 65% 24% 22% 26% 28% 76% 0% 49% 71% 34% 3% 6 0 13% 25 16 6% 11 7 24% -1 0 0
2008 25 LAA AL 328 1199 3.66 752 63% 26% 23% 24% 27% 74% 4% 47% 69% 29% 5% 16 0 15% 49 21 9% 28 16 24% 0 0 0
2009 26 LAA AL 274 1049 3.83 675 64% 25% 21% 29% 26% 75% 0% 48% 72% 28% 3% 9 0 13% 35 17 7% 19 11 16% -2 0 0
2010 27 LAA AL 218 733 3.36 496 68% 23% 23% 23% 31% 77% 0% 52% 70% 34% 2% 5 1 10% 22 11 5% 10 8 17% 0 0 0
2011 28 LAA AL 284 1035 3.64 689 67% 22% 23% 28% 27% 78% 2% 52% 71% 27% 2% 7 0 13% 38 25 9% 25 16 21% -3 0 0
2012 29 TOR AL 41 159 3.88 100 63% 32% 22% 23% 23% 68% 0% 43% 68% 20% 5% 2 0 5% 2 0 5% 2 2 31% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1407 5136 3.65 3330 65% 24% 23% 26% 27% 76% 2% 49% 70% 30% 3% 49 1 13% 179 94 7% 97 60 21% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 22 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 28 66 58 10 9 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 15 .155 .242 .293 .536 38 17 0 0 0 1 1
2007 24 87 261 229 34 45 14 0 6 29 0 1 22 64 .197 .267 .336 .604 57 77 3 2 3 5 1
2008 25 181 589 512 69 100 22 0 15 71 2 3 52 154 .195 .272 .326 .598 57 167 4 5 11 9 5
2009 26 265 861 749 95 150 30 0 20 99 4 6 74 227 .200 .277 .320 .597 57 240 6 9 19 10 5
2010 27 333 1079 954 114 190 36 1 23 117 7 6 80 286 .199 .265 .311 .576 53 297 9 10 22 13 5
2011 28 426 1360 1201 132 233 48 1 26 139 8 8 95 361 .194 .257 .301 .557 50 361 12 12 36 16 7
2012 29 443 1401 1237 139 240 50 1 28 144 8 8 100 374 .194 .258 .304 .562 51 376 12 12 36 16 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2005 22 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
2006 23 23 63 55 9 8 2 0 2 6 0 7 14 .145 .238 .291 .529 4 23
2007 24 59 194 170 23 35 12 0 4 22 0 15 49 .206 .272 .347 .619 16 59
2008 25 94 326 282 34 54 8 0 9 41 2 29 90 .191 .270 .316 .586 24 94
2009 26 84 272 237 26 50 8 0 5 28 2 22 73 .211 .288 .308 .596 20 84
2010 27 68 221 208 21 43 6 1 3 20 3 6 59 .207 .229 .288 .518 14 68
2011 28 93 285 250 20 46 13 0 3 25 1 16 75 .184 .236 .272 .508 16 93
2012 29 17 41 36 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 5 13 .194 .293 .417 .709 4 17
8 Yrs 443 1405 1241 139 243 51 1 28 147 8 100 374 .196 .259 .306 .566 98 443
162 Game Avg. 162 514 454 51 89 19 0 10 54 3 37 137 .196 .259 .306 .566 36 443

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
Active  6.1 (46th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)
2011 AL  14 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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