Ron Mathis
Ronald Vance Mathis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 25, 1958 in Kansas City, MO
School: University of Missouri
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1985
Final Game: July 4, 1987
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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
1985 26 HOU NL 3 5 .375 6.04 23 8 5 0 0 1 70.0 83 54 47 7 27 1 34 1 0 1 319 57 1.571 10.7 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26
1987 28 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.25 8 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 10 8 7 2 11 0 8 0 0 0 55 75 1.750 7.5 1.5 8.3 6.0 0.73
2 Seasons 3 6 .333 5.93 31 8 8 0 0 1 82.0 93 62 54 9 38 1 42 1 0 1 374 59 1.598 10.2 1.0 4.2 4.6 1.11
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .333 5.93 54 14 14 0 0 2 143 162 108 94 16 66 2 73 2 0 2 652 59 1.598 10.2 1.0 4.2 4.6 1.11

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 26 HOU NL 23 319 283 54 83 14 6 7 7 3 27 34 .293 .352 .459 .812 .309 130 2 1 4 4 1
1987 28 HOU NL 8 55 43 8 10 3 0 2 2 1 11 8 .233 .389 .442 .831 .242 19 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons 31 374 326 62 93 17 6 9 9 4 38 42 .285 .358 .457 .815 .301 149 2 1 5 4 1
162 Game Avg. 54 652 568 108 162 30 10 16 16 7 66 73 .285 .358 .457 .815 .301 260 3 2 9 7 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 26 HOU NL 23 8 3 3 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 4 50% 48 68 23 17 11 2 4 4.5 4.3 5.8
1 Season 23 8 3 3 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 4 50% 48 68 23 17 11 2 4 4.5 4.3 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 26 HOU NL 23 15 5 0 2 1 1 0 100% 4 3 4 1 25% 7 0.810 5 2 8 4 2 9 3 12 11 2 11 4 4.7
1987 28 HOU NL 8 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.520 1 1 6 2 1 5 1 7 5 0 5 1 4.5
2 Seasons 31 23 8 0 3 1 1 0 100% 4 3 5 1 20% 0.767 6 3 14 6 3 14 4 19 16 2 16 5 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 26 HOU NL 319 46% 2.2% 10.7% 8.5% 8.5% 33% 0.95 77% 55 2 4%
1987 28 HOU NL 55 44% 3.6% 14.6% 20.0% 9.1% 50% 0.37 60% 12 0 0%
2 Seasons 374 46% 2.4% 11.2% 10.2% 8.6% 34% 0.85 75% 67 2 3%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 26 HOU NL 319 83 7 0 1 6 1 3 4 22 11 4 50% 8 1 1 124 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
1987 28 HOU NL 55 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 100% 1 0 0 23 2 1 67% 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 374 93 9 0 1 7 2 3 6 23 12 5 52% 9 1 1 147 9 4 69% 8 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 7 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1985 26 3 5 .375 6.04 23 8 5 0 0 1 70.0 83 54 47 7 27 1 34 1 0 1 319 57 1.571 10.7 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26 57
1986 27 3 5 .375 6.04 23 8 5 0 0 1 70.0 83 54 47 7 27 1 34 1 0 1 319 57 1.571 10.7 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26 57
1987 28 3 6 .333 5.93 31 8 8 0 0 1 82.0 93 62 54 9 38 1 42 1 0 1 374 59 1.598 10.2 1.0 4.2 4.6 1.11 59

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 26 2 5 .286 7.12 67.0 89 59 53 8 29 33 1 1.761 12.0 3.9 4.4 1.14 1.1 23
1987 28 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 10 8 7 2 11 7 0 1.909 8.2 9.0 5.7 0.64 1.6 8
2 Seasons 2 6 .250 6.92 78.0 99 67 60 10 40 40 1 1.782 11.4 4.6 1.00 1.2 31

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