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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
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$3M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
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 38 64 3 2 14 3 2 2/D
2012 29 TOR AL 71 227 211 25 46 13 0 8 27 1 0 9 68 .218 .249 .393 .642 71 83 2 0 6 1 0 2/D1
8 Yrs 497 1587 1412 157 279 61 1 34 166 9 8 104 429 .198 .256 .314 .570 53 444 14 12 42 17 7
162 Game Avg. 162 517 460 51 91 20 0 11 54 3 3 34 140 .198 .256 .314 .570 53 145 5 4 14 6 2
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) 71 227 211 25 46 13 0 8 27 1 0 9 68 .218 .249 .393 .642 71 83 2 0 6 1 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 71 227 -10 0 0 5 5 1 0.1 8 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.3 0.9 3 $1,500,000 2/D1
8 Seasons 497 1587 -100 -3 1 37 26 -38 -3.5 54 15 1.4 .492 .497 -2.5 6.8 -22 $5,692,000
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) 71 227 -10 0 0 5 5 1 0.1 8 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.3 0.9 3 $1,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
2012 29 TOR AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 56 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 Yr 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 56 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 136 68 68 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 374 56 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2012 29 TOR AL 2.0 2 0 2 9.00 4.33 0.49 -0.32 114.4 4.04 -1 -0.1 .0 0.1 0.0 -1 .444 .499 $1,500,000
1 Season 2.0 2 0 2 9.00 4.33 0.49 -0.32 114.4 4.04 -1 -0.1 .0 0.1 0.0 -1 .444 .499 $1,500,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 LAA AL 22 C 3 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.20 1.33 .992 6.84 6.73 0 0 0 0 0
2005 LAA AL 22 DH 2 0
2006 LAA AL 23 C 20 14 14 133.0 101 92 6 3 1 .970 -2 -2 -18 -18 6.63 4.90 .992 7.09 6.99 1 6 12 3 20% 30% 0
2006 LAA AL 23 DH 2 0
2007 LAA AL 24 C 57 52 42 467.0 429 383 42 4 2 .991 -3 3 -8 8 8.19 7.46 .991 7.28 7.20 5 24 40 8 17% 27% 7
2007 LAA AL 24 DH 2 0
2008 LAA AL 25 C 94 90 80 793.1 694 624 57 13 5 .981 3 9 5 14 7.73 7.24 .991 7.26 7.19 3 21 57 20 26% 27% 3
2009 LAA AL 26 C 79 78 57 657.0 572 507 58 7 5 .988 0 10 0 18 7.74 7.15 .992 7.48 7.39 6 26 52 18 26% 26% 1
2009 LAA AL 26 DH 4 0
2010 LAA AL 27 C 67 62 52 553.2 476 433 36 7 2 .985 -6 4 -13 9 7.62 7.00 .990 7.44 7.37 6 39 43 11 20% 26% 4
2010 LAA AL 27 DH 1 0
2011 LAA AL 28 C 91 79 64 698.0 568 512 53 3 4 .995 3 8 5 14 7.29 6.21 .992 7.61 7.57 6 24 48 18 27% 28% 1
2011 LAA AL 28 DH 2 0
2012 TOR AL 29 C 66 59 53 532.2 473 433 38 2 5 .996 5 5 12 11 7.96 7.14 .993 7.99 7.94 6 18 29 20 41% 25% 4
2012 TOR AL 29 DH 2 1
2012 TOR AL 29 P 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 1.55 0 0 0
8 Seasons C 477 434 362 3839.2 3317 2988 290 39 24 .988 0 37 0 11 7.68 6.87 .992 7.48 7.41 33 158 281 98 26% 27% 20
1 Season P 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 1.55 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 479 434 362 3841.2 3317 2988 290 39 24 .988 0 37 0 11 7.68 6.84 .992 7.48 7.39 33 158 281 98 26% 27% 20
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  6.8 (45th)

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

Assists as C s c a p y
2008 AL  57 (2nd)
2009 AL  58 (3rd)
Active  290 (24th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2008 AL  13 (1st)
2009 AL  7 (5th)
2010 AL  7 (5th)
Active  39 (14th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2008 AL  57 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2012 AL  40.8 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2011 AL  3 (5th)
2012 AL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2008 AL  7.73 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2008 AL  7.24 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2011 AL  .995 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2166), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (439th), 1.4 career WAR/1.9 7yr-peak WAR/1.7 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gary Allenson (935)
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  8. Marc Hill (933)
  9. Tom Egan (933)
  10. Tom Needham (932)
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  7. Joel Skinner (933)
  8. Tom Egan (933)
  9. Bob Melvin (929)
  10. Gary Allenson (928)
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  3. Phil Roof (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200623Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$327,000
200825Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$415,000
200926Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$450,000
201027Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$1,300,000
201128Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$1,700,000
201229Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000contracts
201330Miami Marlins$1,500,000
201431Miami Marlins$1,500,000
201532Miami Marlins*$1,500,000$1.5M Team Option
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,692,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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