Jon Matlack

Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA
High School: West Chester HS (West Chester, PA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1971
Teams (by GP): Mets/Rangers 1971-1983

Final Game: September 15, 1983
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All-Star

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
1967	17	NYM-min	AA	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1							WPT · EL
1968	18	NYM-min	A	24	49	49		5	1	0	0						.102	.102	.122	.224		6							RDH · CARL
1969	19	NYM-min	AAA	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	0	0			TID · IL
1970	20	NYM-min	AAA	26	69	59	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	34	.085	.194	.085	.279		5		0	2	0			TID · IL
1971	21	NYM-min	AAA	22	61	54	2	4	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	33	.074	.123	.130	.252		7		0	4	0			TID · IL
1971	21	NYM	NL	7	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.273	.606	75	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	22	NYM	NL	34	93	78	6	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	44	.128	.227	.141	.368	9	11	1	0	5	0	0	1	RoY-1
1973	23	NYM	NL	35	90	65	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	38	.138	.282	.138	.421	22	9	0	0	12	0	0	1
1974	24	NYM	NL	34	96	79	3	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	5	34	.101	.153	.101	.254	-27	8	1	0	11	1	0	1	AS
1975	25	NYM	NL	33	88	70	6	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	33	.100	.241	.100	.341	-0	7	0	0	5	0	0	1	AS
1976	26	NYM	NL	35	104	88	10	17	1	0	0	9	0	0	8	35	.193	.268	.205	.473	40	18	3	1	7	0	0	1	AS,CYA-6
1977	27	NYM	NL	26	58	50	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	27	.060	.175	.080	.255	-27	4	2	0	1	0	0	1
1978	28	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	29	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	30	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	31	TEX	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	32	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	33	TEX	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13 Yrs				362	541	441	32	57	3	0	0	23	0	0	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	242	197	14	26	1	0	0	10	0	0	26	97	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	27	3	0	18	0	0

NYM (7 yrs)				204	541	441	32	57	3	0	0	23	0	0	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1	0
TEX (6 yrs)				158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				204	541	441	32	57	3	0	0	23	0	0	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1	0
AL (6 yrs)				158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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
1971	21	NYM	NL	7	12	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1972	22	NYM	NL	34	93	-9	-1	-0	0	9	-0	0.0	3	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$	1	RoY-1
1973	23	NYM	NL	35	90	-8	-0	0	0	10	2	0.2	3	5	0.2	.507	.502	0.2	0.0	5	$	1
1974	24	NYM	NL	34	96	-14	0	-0	0	10	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	0.0	-1	$50,000	1	AS
1975	25	NYM	NL	33	88	-9	-1	1	0	10	0	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$70,000	1	AS
1976	26	NYM	NL	35	104	-5	0	-0	0	11	7	0.8	3	10	0.8	.521	.505	0.7	0.0	10	$	1	AS,CYA-6
1977	27	NYM	NL	26	58	-9	-0	-0	0	7	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1978	28	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1979	29	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	30	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1981	31	TEX	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	32	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	33	TEX	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
13 Seasons				362	541	-53	-2	0	0	58	4	0.5	16	20	0.5	.501	.500	0.4	0.2	20	$120,000

NYM (7 yrs)				204	541	-53	-2	0	0	58	4	0.5	16	20	0.5	.502	.500	0.4	0.1	20	$120,000
TEX (6 yrs)				158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$

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
1971	21	NYM	NL	12	8	1	3.4	91	.600	.273	.257	.333	.323	.273	.377	.606	.700	75	.413	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.091	.000
1972	22	NYM	NL	93	74	3	1.1	89	.294	.128	.253	.227	.321	.141	.374	.368	.695	9	.084	-9.2	-1.0	.304	.141	.013
1973	23	NYM	NL	90	68	5	2.0	95	.333	.138	.260	.282	.329	.138	.387	.421	.716	22	.197	-6.5	-0.7	.393	.200	.000
1974	24	NYM	NL	96	84	2	0.6	94	.174	.101	.261	.153	.333	.101	.378	.254	.711	-27	.030	-13.6	-1.4	.181	.063	.000
1975	25	NYM	NL	88	68	3	1.2	92	.189	.100	.260	.241	.329	.100	.375	.341	.704	-0	.086	-9.1	-0.9	.317	.186	.000
1976	26	NYM	NL	104	81	5	1.7	86	.321	.193	.254	.268	.320	.205	.362	.473	.682	40	.161	-6.6	-0.7	.365	.102	.011
1977	27	NYM	NL	58	50	1	0.5	98	.130	.060	.262	.175	.329	.080	.399	.255	.728	-27	.019	-8.8	-0.9	.224	.160	.020
13 Yrs				541	433	20	1.2	92	.253	.129	.258	.230	.326	.136	.377	.366	.704	7	.096	-54.2	-5.7	.302	.136	.007
162 Game Avg.				242	194	9	1.2	92	.253	.129	.258	.230	.326	.136	.377	.366	.704	7	.096	-54.2	-5.7	.302	.136	.007

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
1973	23	NYM	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	1	4	2	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1
1973	23	NYM	NL	WS	OAK	L	3	7	4	1	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	2	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	11	6	1	3	3	.167	.444	.167	.611	1	2	2
1 NLCS							1	4	2	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1
1 WS							3	7	4	1	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	2	1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1974	NYM	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	NYM	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NYM	NL	26	DNP
3 Yrs (2 GP)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1971	21	NYM	NL	12	0.0%	50.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	1.8				42%
1972	22	NYM	NL	93	0.0%	47.3%	10.8%	1.1%	10%	4.40	1.8		39.0	8.33	37%
1973	23	NYM	NL	90	0.0%	42.2%	14.4%	0.0%	0%	2.92	1.7		32.5	4.33	30%
1974	24	NYM	NL	96	0.0%	35.4%	5.2%	0.0%	0%	6.80	2.3		9.9	1.89	48%
1975	25	NYM	NL	88	0.0%	37.5%	14.8%	0.0%	0%	2.54	2.1		35.0	1.92	42%
1976	26	NYM	NL	104	0.0%	33.7%	7.7%	1.0%	6%	4.38	2.5		9.8	1.59	51%
1977	27	NYM	NL	58	0.0%	46.6%	12.1%	1.7%	33%	3.86	1.9			2.00	40%
13 Yrs				541	0.0%	40.1%	10.5%	0.6%	5%	3.81	2.0		19.2	2.39	42%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.2%	8.5%	6.3%	27%	1.55	6.7	46.1	8.7	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1971	21	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.67	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.69	-0.7	0
1972	22	NYM	NL	-9.2	-1.0	93	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.99	-0.9	-0.1	-9.8	-1.1	0.92	-9.1	0
1973	23	NYM	NL	-6.5	-0.7	91	-1.0	0.7	-1.8	1.10	-0.9	-0.1	-9.0	-0.9	1.00	-8.0	0
1974	24	NYM	NL	-13.6	-1.4	96	-0.9	0.9	-1.8	1.08	-1.3	0.4	-10.4	-1.1	1.02	-13.0	0
1975	25	NYM	NL	-9.2	-1.0	88	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	.80	-0.9	-0.0	-9.6	-1.0	0.95	-8.7	0
1976	26	NYM	NL	-6.7	-0.7	105	-0.8	1.0	-1.8	.95	-0.5	-0.3	-7.3	-0.8	1.12	-6.2	0
1977	27	NYM	NL	-8.9	-0.9	58	-0.6	0.3	-1.0	.83	-0.9	0.1	-8.8	-0.9	0.86	-9.5	0
1978	28	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1979	29	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	30	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1981	31	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	32	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	33	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
13 Yrs				-54.5	-5.7	543	-5.1	4.4	-9.6	.96	-5.4	0.0	-55.3	-5.9	0.98	-55.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	21	NYM	NL	0	25%	6	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	22	NYM	NL	1	30%	37	0	0	0%	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	1	0
1973	23	NYM	NL	0	23%	34	1	1	0%	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1974	24	NYM	NL	2	23%	23	0	0	50%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1975	25	NYM	NL	1	30%	41	1	0	25%	10	9	1	1	1	0	5	1	3
1976	26	NYM	NL	3	39%	44	0	3	29%	7	6	1	2	1	1	5	3	2
1977	27	NYM	NL	0	10%	18	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				7	28%	203	2	5	25%	28	23	5	8	7	1	13	6	6

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
1971	21	NYM	NL	12	67%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	22	NYM	NL	93	71%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	14	1	7%	14	1	7%	51	2	4%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1973	23	NYM	NL	90	72%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	12	67%	21	0	0%	19	5	26%	64	2	3%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1974	24	NYM	NL	96	60%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	11	69%	21	1	5%	22	9	41%	69	9	13%	7	6	86%	3	2	67%	0
1975	25	NYM	NL	88	65%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	17	0	0%	18	1	6%	53	2	4%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1976	26	NYM	NL	104	74%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	27	3	11%	24	7	29%	96	11	11%	7	3	43%	7	5	71%	0
1977	27	NYM	NL	58	64%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	8	2	25%	11	1	9%	26	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
13 Yrs				541	68%	57			0	0	0	0		0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	60	41	68%	108	7	6%	108	24	22%	361	26	7%	24	11	46%	19	7	37%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			78%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1971	21	7	12	11	1	3	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.273	.606	75	3	0	0	0	0
1972	22	41	105	89	7	13	1	2	11	50	.146	.240	.157	.397	17	14	1	0	5	0
1973	23	76	195	154	12	22	1	4	24	88	.143	.258	.149	.408	19	23	1	0	17	0
1974	24	110	291	233	15	30	1	12	29	122	.129	.224	.133	.357	4	31	2	0	28	1
1975	25	143	379	303	21	37	1	14	42	155	.122	.228	.125	.354	3	38	2	0	33	1
1976	26	178	483	391	31	54	2	23	50	190	.138	.237	.143	.380	11	56	5	1	40	1
1977	27	204	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1978	28	239	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1979	29	252	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1980	30	287	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1981	31	304	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1982	32	337	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	1
1983	33	362	541	441	32	57	3	23	57	217	.129	.230	.136	.366	7	60	7	1	41	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	21	7	12	11	1	3	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.273	.606	1	7
1972	22	36	100	83	8	12	1	3	12	46	.145	.253	.157	.409	3	34
1973	23	35	92	66	6	10	0	2	14	38	.152	.300	.152	.452	3	35
1974	24	34	94	78	2	7	0	6	4	34	.090	.133	.090	.222	1	34
1975	25	33	91	71	7	8	0	2	15	33	.113	.267	.113	.380	2	33
1976	26	35	108	91	13	20	1	12	9	35	.220	.297	.231	.528	6	35
1977	27	26	61	51	1	4	1	0	9	27	.078	.217	.098	.315	1	26
7 Yrs		206	558	451	38	64	3	25	64	219	.142	.250	.149	.398	17	204
162 Game Avg.		162	439	355	30	50	2	20	50	172	.142	.250	.149	.398	13	204

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1989 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1974 * 1975 * 1976	Awards (yr lg award) 1972 NL Rookie of the Year 1975 ML AS MVP	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1976 NL (6, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (230th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1974 NL 8.4 (2nd) 1978 AL 5.9 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1973 NL 12 (6th)

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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