Jon Matlack
Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA
High School: West Chester (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
Final Game: September 15, 1983
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Standard Batting

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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
1971 21 NYM NL 7 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 .606 76 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 -1 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
13 Seasons 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 430 350 25 45 2 0 0 18 0 0 45 172 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 48 6 1 33 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1971 21 NYM NL 12 8 1 3.4 91 .600 .273 .257 .333 .323 .273 .377 .606 .700 76 .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 .377 .254 .710 -27 .030 -13.6 -1.4 .181 .063 .000
1975 25 NYM NL 88 68 3 1.2 93 .189 .100 .261 .241 .331 .100 .376 .341 .707 -1 .086 -9.2 -1.0 .317 .186 .000
1976 26 NYM NL 104 81 5 1.7 87 .321 .193 .256 .268 .321 .205 .364 .473 .685 40 .161 -6.7 -0.7 .365 .102 .011
1977 27 NYM NL 58 50 1 0.5 99 .130 .060 .263 .175 .330 .080 .401 .255 .731 -27 .019 -8.9 -0.9 .224 .160 .020
13 Seasons 541 433 20 1.2 92 .253 .129 .259 .230 .327 .136 .378 .366 .705 6 .096 -54.4 -5.7 .302 .136 .007
162 Game Avg. 430 344 16 1.2 92 .253 .129 .259 .230 .327 .136 .378 .366 .705 6 .096 -54.4 -5.7 .302 .136 .007

Postseason Batting

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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
1973 23 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 23 NYM NL WS OAK L 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 2 0 1 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 4 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .167 .444 .167 .611 1 2 0 2 0 0
1 NLCS 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 2 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 541 0.0% 40.1% 10.5% 0.6% 5% 3.81 2.0 19.2 2.39 42%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 NYM NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 NYM NL 1 0 30% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
1973 23 NYM NL 0 0 23% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1974 24 NYM NL 2 0 23% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1975 25 NYM NL 1 0 30% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 10 9 1 1 1 0 5 1 3
1976 26 NYM NL 3 0 39% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 29% 7 6 1 2 1 1 5 3 2
1977 27 NYM NL 0 0 10% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 7 0 28% 202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 25% 28 23 5 8 7 1 13 6 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 3 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% 4 2 50% 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% 3 1 33% 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 5 0 0% 0
13 Seasons 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% 20 3 15% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1971 21 7 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 .606 76 3 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 41 105 89 7 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 50 .146 .240 .157 .397 17 14 1 0 5 0 0
1973 23 76 195 154 12 22 1 0 0 4 0 0 24 88 .143 .258 .149 .408 19 23 1 0 17 0 0
1974 24 110 291 233 15 30 1 0 0 12 0 0 29 122 .129 .224 .133 .357 4 31 2 0 28 1 0
1975 25 143 379 303 21 37 1 0 0 14 0 0 42 155 .122 .228 .125 .354 3 38 2 0 33 1 0
1976 26 178 483 391 31 54 2 0 0 23 0 0 50 190 .138 .237 .143 .380 11 56 5 1 40 1 0
1977 27 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1978 28 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1979 29 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1980 30 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1981 31 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1982 32 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
1983 33 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 7 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 .606 1 7
1972 22 36 99 85 8 14 1 0 0 3 0 14 46 .165 .283 .176 .459 4 34
1973 23 35 88 69 5 13 0 0 0 2 0 19 38 .188 .364 .188 .552 5 35
1974 24 34 88 81 3 10 0 0 0 8 0 6 34 .123 .182 .123 .305 2 34
1975 25 33 92 73 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 19 33 .137 .315 .137 .452 3 33
1976 26 35 101 91 11 20 1 0 0 10 0 9 35 .220 .297 .231 .528 6 35
1977 27 26 60 51 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 27 .078 .217 .098 .315 1 26
7 Seasons 206 540 461 35 74 3 0 0 25 0 77 219 .161 .281 .167 .449 22 204
162 Game Avg. 162 425 363 28 58 2 0 0 20 0 61 172 .161 .281 .167 .449 17 204

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (213th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--12--6th

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