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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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
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 Season				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1970	25	CHW	AL	121	-11	0	0	0	-4	-1	4	-13	-1.4	-8	-0.9	-0.5	$	39/7
1 Season				121	-11	0	0	0	-4	-1	4	-13	-1.4	-8	-0.9	-0.5	$

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1970	CHW	AL	25	OF	22	11	10	119.1	17	14	2	1	1	.941	-5	-47	1.21	0.73	.980	2.14	2.13
1970	CHW	AL	25	1B	18	9	6	91.1	130	118	10	2	13	.985	0	3	12.61	7.11	.991	9.59	9.56
1970	CHW	AL	25	RF	17	8	7	86.1	8	5	1	2	1	.750	-5	-64	0.63	0.35	.975	1.98	1.97
1970	CHW	AL	25	LF	5	3	3	33.0	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.91	1.40	.979	1.80	1.80
	1 Season			OF	22	11	10	119.1	17	14	2	1	1	.941	-5	-47	1.21	0.73	.980	2.14	2.13
	1 Season			1B	18	9	6	91.1	130	118	10	2	13	.985	0	3	12.61	7.11	.991	9.59	9.56
	1 Season			RF	17	8	7	86.1	8	5	1	2	1	.750	-5	-64	0.63	0.35	.975	1.98	1.97
	1 Season			LF	5	3	3	33.0	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.91	1.40	.979	1.80	1.80
	1 Season			TOT	40	20	16	210.2	147	132	12	3	14	.980	-4	-26	6.15	3.60	.990	5.37	5.48

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1967: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Luis Aparicio and Russ Snyder to the Chicago White Sox for Don Buford, Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson.
October 13, 1970: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Gail Hopkins to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Kelly and Don O'Riley.

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