John Matias

John Roy Matias

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 15, 1944 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Farrington HS (Honolulu, HI)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Team: WhiteSox 1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
Relatives: Uncle of Joe DeSa
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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
1963	18	BAL-min	Rk,A	48	126	126		53	6	3	2						.421	.421	.563	.984		71							BLD,ABD · APPY,NORL
1964	19	BAL-min	A	124	541	503	108	151	20	7	13	60	18	5	38	77	.300	.349	.445	.795		224							APP · MIDW
1965	20	BAL-min	A	126	500	500		138	21	7	14						.276	.276	.430	.706		215							STK · CALL
1966	21	BAL-min	A,AA	112	433	430	1	127	16	5	9	3	0	0	3	3	.295	.300	.419	.719		180							STK,ELM · CALL,EL
1967	22	BAL-min	AA	130	506	470	69	131	22	3	1	30	11	2	36	51	.279	.330	.345	.675		162							ELM · EL
1968	23	CHW-min	A,AA	130	470	468	12	116	20	8	16	17	1	1	2	22	.248	.251	.427	.678		200							LBG,EVN · CARL,SOUL
1969	24	CHW-min	AAA	140	566	523	63	164	26	3	15	86	7	5	31	36	.314	.348	.461	.808		241		0	5	7			TUC · PCL
1970	25	CHW-min	AAA	67	278	255	30	82	7	2	6	41	0	2	16	24	.322	.362	.435	.798		111		2	2	3			TUC · PCL
1970	25	CHW	AL	58	121	117	7	22	2	0	2	6	1	0	3	22	.188	.215	.256	.471	29	30	2	1	0	0	1	39/7
1971	26	KCR-min	AAA	132	531	493	55	141	17	6	9	57	6	1	30	43	.286	.325	.400	.725		197		1	2	5			OMA · AA
1972	27	SDP-min	AAA	148	649	586	88	157	22	4	20	81	1	4	51	69	.268	.327	.422	.748		247		2	6	4			HAW · PCL
1973	28	MIN-SDP-min	AAA	75	263	234	24	58	7	1	5	29	2	2	21	26	.248	.305	.350	.655		82		0	4	4			TAC,HAW · PCL
1974	29	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1975	30	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1976	31	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1977	32	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1977		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1978	33	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1979	34	VCZ,MCT	AAA																										VCZ,MCT · MEX
1980	35	SDP-min	AAA	12	45	43	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.186	.222	.209	.432		9		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1 Yr				58	121	117	7	22	2	0	2	6	1	0	3	22	.188	.215	.256	.471	29	30	2	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	338	327	20	61	6	0	6	17	3	0	8	61	.188	.215	.256	.471	29	84	6	3	0	0	3

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
1970	25	CHW	AL	58	121	-11	0	0	-4	-2	-17	-1.9	4	-13	-1.5	.467	.488	-1.0	-0.8	-9	$	39/7
1 Season				58	121	-11	0	0	-4	-2	-17	-1.9	4	-13	-1.5	.467	.488	-1.0	-0.8	-9	$

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
1970	25	CHW	AL	121	97	6	1.7	98	.215	.188	.259	.215	.334	.256	.395	.471	.729	29	.149	-11.9	-1.2	.361	.103	.068	1.3
1 Yr				121	97	6	1.7	98	.215	.188	.259	.215	.334	.256	.395	.471	.729	29	.149	-11.9	-1.2	.361	.103	.068	1.3
162 Game Avg.				338	271	17	1.7	98	.215	.188	.259	.215	.334	.256	.395	.471	.729	29	.149	-11.9	-1.2	.361	.103	.068	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	25	CHW	AL	121	1.7%	18.2%	2.5%	3.3%	18%	7.33	5.3	58.5	19.5	0.63	77%
1 Yr				121	1.7%	18.2%	2.5%	3.3%	18%	7.33	5.3	58.5	19.5	0.63	77%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	9.2%	6.4%	29%	1.63	5.9	38.5	8.4	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	25	CHW	AL	-11.9	-1.2	122	-1.7	1.2	-2.9	1.18	-1.0	-0.5	-10.5	-1.1	0.98	-10.4	1.58	27
1 Yr				-11.9	-1.2	122	-1.7	1.2	-2.9	1.18	-1.0	-0.5	-10.5	-1.1	0.98	-10.4	1.58	27

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	25	CHW	AL	1	0	21%	49	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
1 Yr				1	0	21%	49	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	1

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
1970	25	CHW	AL	121	82%	22			27	5	0	1	1.58	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		28	2	7%	16	2	13%	73	4	5%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	0
1 Yr				121	82%	22			27	5	0	1	1.58	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		28	2	7%	16	2	13%	73	4	5%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1970	25	58	121	117	7	22	2	0	2	6	1	0	3	22	.188	.215	.256	.471	29	30	2	1	0	0	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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	25	58	122	118	8	23	2	2	7	1	3	22	.195	.221	.263	.484	7	58
1 Yr		58	122	118	8	23	2	2	7	1	3	22	.195	.221	.263	.484	7	58
162 Game Avg.		162	341	330	22	64	6	6	20	3	8	61	.195	.221	.263	.484	20	58

* 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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