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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 NYM NL 21 P 7 6 37.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.43 .967 1.90 0.79
1972 NYM NL 22 P 34 32 244.0 42 8 33 1 1 .976 1.51 1.21 .948 1.78 0.73 RoY-1
1973 NYM NL 23 P 34 34 242.0 45 4 40 1 3 .978 1.64 1.29 .949 1.88 0.73
1974 NYM NL 24 P 34 34 265.1 45 5 40 0 1 1.000 1.53 1.32 .940 1.88 0.71 AS
1975 NYM NL 25 P 33 32 228.2 34 3 28 3 1 .912 1.22 0.94 .947 1.86 0.72 AS
1976 NYM NL 26 P 35 35 262.0 46 10 35 1 0 .978 1.55 1.29 .948 1.88 0.72 AS,CYA-6
1977 NYM NL 27 P 26 26 169.0 32 4 27 1 1 .969 1.65 1.19 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 TEX AL 28 P 35 33 270.0 64 17 42 5 2 .922 1.97 1.69 .956 1.90 0.85
1979 TEX AL 29 P 13 13 85.0 21 3 16 2 1 .905 2.01 1.46 .952 1.92 0.81
1980 TEX AL 30 P 35 34 234.2 34 5 25 4 0 .882 1.15 0.86 .962 1.85 0.77
1981 TEX AL 31 P 17 16 104.1 24 2 20 2 0 .917 1.90 1.29 .967 1.98 0.81
1982 TEX AL 32 P 33 14 147.2 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.85 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 TEX AL 33 P 25 9 73.1 17 2 14 1 3 .941 1.96 0.64 .959 1.80 0.73
13 Seasons P 361 318 2363.0 435 68 346 21 14 .952 1.58 1.15 .952 1.86 0.75
13 Seasons TOT 361 318 2363.0 435 68 346 21 14 .952 1.58 1.15 .904 1.86 0.75

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 NYM NL 21 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYM NL 22 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYM NL 23 35 34 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 NYM NL 24 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 25 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYM NL 26 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYM NL 27 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 28 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 29 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 30 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 31 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 32 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 33 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 362 199 204 362 361 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 NYM NL 21 161 76% 21% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYM NL 22 1035 77% 27% 37 92% 2 10 4 3 32 21 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1973 NYM NL 23 1054 71% 23% 33 97% 0 4 2 1 36 23 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 6 83%
1974 NYM NL 24 1119 75% 28% 39 92% 0 6 2 3 41 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1975 NYM NL 25 980 78% 28% 29 90% 0 2 1 1 27 19 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1976 NYM NL 26 1106 81% 29% 37 97% 0 11 5 4 36 25 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1977 NYM NL 27 732 77% 23% 18 100% 1 3 0 3 28 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1978 TEX AL 28 1144 81% 28% 45 80% 1 17 4 13 41 25 2 5 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 5 80%
1979 TEX AL 29 369 86% 31% 17 88% 0 3 0 2 16 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1980 TEX AL 30 1031 82% 26% 24 75% 1 7 0 5 24 17 0 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 9 78%
1981 TEX AL 31 460 82% 36% 18 83% 0 2 0 2 20 14 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1982 TEX AL 32 640 82% 26% 20 95% 1 4 0 3 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1983 TEX AL 33 341 80% 24% 14 93% 0 2 0 1 14 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 3 67%
13 Seasons 10172 79% 27% 333 90% 6 72 19 41 339 222 28 21 1 8 12 8 15 9 12 2 57 84%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* 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.

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