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Gary Matthews

Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. (Sarge)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, CA
High School: San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1972
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs/Phillies/Mariners 1972-1987
Agents: Jerry Kapstein, previously: Bruce Church [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1987
Relatives: Father of Gary Matthews
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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 Awards
1972 SFG NL 21 OF 19 17 15 153.1 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1 7 2.00 1.79 .978 2.18 2.19
1972 SFG NL 21 LF 10 8 8 78.2 26 25 0 1 0 .962 2 34 2.86 2.50 .974 1.92 1.93
1972 SFG NL 21 RF 9 9 7 74.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 1.81 1.67 .979 2.02 2.03
1973 SFG NL 22 OF 145 140 135 1245.0 293 277 11 5 0 .983 4 4 2.08 1.99 .977 2.23 2.23 RoY-1
1973 SFG NL 22 LF 144 140 135 1242.0 297 281 11 5 0 .983 4 4 2.12 2.03 .977 2.05 2.05 RoY-1
1973 SFG NL 22 RF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .970 2.10 2.00 RoY-1
1974 SFG NL 23 LF 151 144 140 1296.1 302 284 9 9 2 .970 2 2 2.03 1.94 .976 1.99 1.99
1974 SFG NL 23 OF 151 144 140 1296.1 299 281 9 9 2 .970 2 2 2.01 1.92 .979 2.27 2.27
1975 SFG NL 24 LF 113 112 105 991.0 244 225 11 8 2 .967 2 2 2.14 2.09 .973 2.10 2.10
1975 SFG NL 24 OF 113 112 105 991.0 244 225 11 8 2 .967 2 2 2.14 2.09 .978 2.29 2.28
1976 SFG NL 25 LF 156 155 145 1374.1 277 262 8 7 0 .975 -15 -13 1.77 1.73 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 SFG NL 25 OF 156 155 145 1374.1 280 265 8 7 0 .975 -15 -13 1.79 1.75 .979 2.34 2.33
1977 ATL NL 26 LF 145 145 140 1283.1 283 262 11 10 1 .965 -4 -4 1.91 1.88 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 ATL NL 26 OF 145 145 140 1283.1 283 262 11 10 1 .965 -4 -4 1.91 1.88 .978 2.26 2.26
1978 ATL NL 27 OF 127 126 110 1076.2 256 238 10 8 0 .969 2 3 2.07 1.95 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 ATL NL 27 RF 127 126 110 1076.2 257 239 10 8 0 .969 2 3 2.08 1.96 .977 2.13 2.11
1979 ATL NL 28 OF 156 156 151 1362.2 312 292 12 8 4 .974 -1 -1 2.01 1.95 .979 2.33 2.32 AS,MVP-26
1979 ATL NL 28 RF 156 156 151 1362.2 314 295 11 8 4 .975 -1 -1 2.02 1.96 .979 2.18 2.18 AS,MVP-26
1980 ATL NL 29 OF 143 142 134 1242.0 277 258 8 11 0 .960 -10 -9 1.93 1.86 .980 2.31 2.31
1980 ATL NL 29 RF 137 137 129 1197.1 270 254 6 10 0 .963 -8 -8 1.95 1.90 .977 2.06 2.06
1980 ATL NL 29 LF 6 5 5 44.2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -2 -46 1.01 0.83 .977 2.06 2.07
1981 PHI NL 30 LF 100 99 80 840.1 184 165 12 7 1 .962 -9 -13 1.90 1.77 .975 2.12 2.13 MVP-13
1981 PHI NL 30 OF 100 99 80 840.1 188 170 11 7 1 .963 -9 -13 1.94 1.81 .980 2.33 2.34 MVP-13
1982 PHI NL 31 LF 162 161 98 1350.0 295 272 14 9 3 .969 -6 -6 1.91 1.77 .973 2.08 2.08 MVP-23
1982 PHI NL 31 OF 162 161 98 1350.0 292 268 14 10 2 .966 -6 -6 1.88 1.74 .978 2.25 2.26 MVP-23
1983 PHI NL 32 LF 122 120 59 971.2 193 177 11 5 2 .974 -15 -18 1.74 1.54 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 PHI NL 32 OF 122 120 59 971.2 190 174 11 5 2 .974 -15 -18 1.71 1.52 .980 2.27 2.26
1984 CHC NL 33 LF 145 144 51 1125.1 240 223 6 11 0 .954 -13 -14 1.83 1.58 .971 2.03 2.02 MVP-5
1984 CHC NL 33 OF 145 144 51 1125.1 242 224 7 11 0 .955 -13 -14 1.85 1.59 .979 2.27 2.26 MVP-5
1985 CHC NL 34 LF 85 85 37 650.0 131 120 8 3 2 .977 -10 -18 1.77 1.51 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 CHC NL 34 OF 85 85 37 650.0 129 119 7 3 2 .977 -10 -18 1.74 1.48 .979 2.20 2.20
1986 CHC NL 35 LF 105 104 40 779.0 152 138 5 9 1 .941 -22 -33 1.65 1.36 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 CHC NL 35 OF 105 104 40 779.0 151 137 5 9 1 .940 -22 -33 1.64 1.35 .979 2.19 2.19
1987 CHC NL 36 LF 2 2 0 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 1.80 1.00 .980 2.07 2.05
1987 CHC NL 36 OF 2 2 0 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 1.80 1.00 .980 2.16 2.20
1987 SEA AL 36 DH 39 29
16 Seasons OF 1876 1852 1440 15751.0 3473 3226 135 112 17 .968 -94 -7 1.92 1.79 .979 2.28 2.27
14 Seasons LF 1446 1424 1043 12036.2 2632 2440 107 85 14 .968 -87 -9 1.90 1.76 .975 2.02 2.02
5 Seasons RF 430 428 397 3714.1 857 804 27 26 4 .970 -7 -2 2.01 1.93 .978 2.12 2.12
16 Seasons TOT 1876 1852 1440 15751.0 3473 3226 135 112 17 .968 -94 -7 1.92 1.79 .979 2.28 2.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1972 SFG NL 21 LF 2 34 2 2 0 0
1972 SFG NL 21 RF -1 -21 -0 0 -0 -1
1973 SFG NL 22 LF 4 4 2 5 -3 2
1973 SFG NL 22 RF 0 40 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 23 LF 2 2 -0 2 -2 2
1975 SFG NL 24 LF 2 2 -0 -3 3 2
1976 SFG NL 25 LF -15 -13 -15 -11 -4 0
1977 ATL NL 26 LF -4 -4 -5 -4 -1 1
1978 ATL NL 27 RF 2 3 4 1 2 -1
1979 ATL NL 28 RF -1 -1 -2 -3 1 1
1980 ATL NL 29 RF -8 -8 0 6 -6 -8
1980 ATL NL 29 LF -2 -46 -2 -1 -1 0
1981 PHI NL 30 LF -9 -13 -11 -8 -3 2
1982 PHI NL 31 LF -6 -6 -6 -2 -5 0
1983 PHI NL 32 LF -15 -18 -13 -7 -6 -2
1984 CHC NL 33 LF -13 -14 -12 -2 -10 -1
1985 CHC NL 34 LF -10 -18 -8 -5 -3 -2
1986 CHC NL 35 LF -22 -33 -18 -10 -8 -4
1987 CHC NL 36 LF 0 12 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons LF -87 -9 -87 -43 -44 0
5 Seasons RF -7 -2 2 4 -2 -9
16 Seasons TOT -94 -7 -85 -38 -47 -9
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 SFG NL 21 20 17 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 9 19 0 1 0
1973 SFG NL 22 148 140 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 1 145 0 1 2
1974 SFG NL 23 154 144 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 0 5 2
1975 SFG NL 24 116 112 116 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 113 0 4 0
1976 SFG NL 25 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 0 1 0
1977 ATL NL 26 148 145 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 0 2 1
1978 ATL NL 27 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 0 3 0
1979 ATL NL 28 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 29 155 142 155 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 137 143 0 11 1
1981 PHI NL 30 101 99 101 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 2 0
1982 PHI NL 31 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 162 0 1 0
1983 PHI NL 32 132 120 132 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 122 0 12 0
1984 CHC NL 33 147 144 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 0 3 0
1985 CHC NL 34 97 85 97 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 0 12 0
1986 CHC NL 35 123 104 123 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 19 0
1987 SEA AL 36 45 29 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 16 0
1987 CHC NL 36 44 2 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 42 0
16 Seasons 2033 1881 2033 1876 0 0 0 0 0 0 1446 0 430 1876 39 135 6
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 SFG NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 0 347 76% 81% 30% 48 52%
1973 SFG NL 22 5 0 5 0 1 11 0 5 2 2 50 38 0 31 8 2 27 18 1 16 5 0 25 23 0 149 92 61.7% 53 3 2.0% 8 5341 60% 83% 29% 531 55%
1974 SFG NL 23 9 1 8 0 4 9 0 3 0 3 51 43 0 37 13 2 25 15 0 16 4 1 26 24 0 155 99 63.9% 53 3 1.9% 6 5594 60% 82% 27% 557 52%
1975 SFG NL 24 8 0 7 1 2 11 0 5 1 3 47 39 2 33 8 3 27 16 0 11 4 0 21 20 1 139 87 62.6% 47 6 4.3% 5 4278 60% 79% 27% 489 48%
1976 SFG NL 25 7 0 6 1 1 8 0 4 2 2 69 53 3 51 13 2 29 12 0 13 5 0 25 25 0 187 108 57.8% 74 5 2.7% 3 5893 59% 84% 28% 597 46%
1977 ATL NL 26 10 0 9 1 1 11 0 4 3 1 44 26 0 32 13 1 21 11 0 11 7 0 14 14 0 122 71 58.2% 50 1 0.8% 10 5813 61% 80% 25% 531 51%
1980 ATL NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 194 61% 81% 22% 18 28%
1981 PHI NL 30 7 0 7 0 3 12 0 3 1 5 31 28 1 31 9 1 25 11 5 17 3 0 20 16 1 124 67 54.0% 49 8 6.5% 4 3566 63% 82% 25% 395 45%
1982 PHI NL 31 9 0 9 0 3 14 1 5 3 3 73 55 1 58 16 1 33 19 1 9 3 0 35 32 1 208 125 60.1% 79 4 1.9% 10 5667 59% 80% 24% 634 45%
1983 PHI NL 32 5 0 5 0 0 11 0 6 0 2 64 43 2 37 10 1 17 8 1 8 2 0 23 21 1 149 84 56.4% 61 5 3.4% 6 4157 61% 80% 22% 446 42%
1984 CHC NL 33 11 0 11 0 5 6 0 2 1 3 9 5 1 4 0 1 4 3 0 15 0 0 26 24 0 58 32 55.2% 24 2 3.4% 4 4736 54% 82% 25% 266 85%
1985 CHC NL 34 3 0 2 1 0 8 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 20 17 0 31 17 54.8% 13 1 3.2% 7 2800 61% 84% 23% 125 98%
1986 CHC NL 35 9 0 7 2 1 5 0 2 0 2 27 16 0 16 0 1 9 7 0 10 1 0 15 14 0 77 38 49.4% 38 1 1.3% 4 3365 59% 81% 24% 253 55%
1987 CHC NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 40 58% 63% 45% 7 29%
14 Seasons 85 1 78 6 22 107 1 42 14 29 475 352 10 338 90 16 217 120 8 132 34 1 254 234 4 1416 830 58.6% 548 39 2.8% 68 51791 60% 82% 26% 4897 52%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.9% 60% 81% 28% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 SFG NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 320 59% 83% 31% 35 43%
1973 SFG NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 54% 62% 15% 1 100%
1978 ATL NL 27 8 0 8 0 3 10 0 7 0 2 42 10 2 33 1 1 15 10 0 12 5 0 31 26 0 133 52 39.1% 78 3 2.3% 7 4658 63% 82% 27% 403 62%
1979 ATL NL 28 8 0 8 0 0 11 0 2 1 3 70 29 0 44 14 2 13 9 2 17 4 0 25 17 1 169 73 43.2% 91 5 3.0% 6 5954 58% 84% 26% 553 54%
1980 ATL NL 29 10 0 9 1 4 6 0 2 2 1 75 24 1 52 11 1 16 10 0 20 6 0 26 13 0 189 64 33.9% 123 2 1.1% 4 5056 60% 85% 25% 564 46%
5 Seasons 26 0 25 1 7 27 0 11 3 6 191 65 3 132 26 4 45 29 2 49 15 0 83 57 1 500 192 38.4% 298 10 2.0% 17 16001 60% 84% 26% 1556 53%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 81% 28% 55%

* 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
1993 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1979 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 NL Rookie of the Year
1983 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (26, 1%)
1981 NL (13, 9%)
1982 NL (23, 1%)
1984 NL (5, 21%)
0.32 Career Shares (587th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  144 (4th)
1974 NL  151 (3rd)
1976 NL  156 (1st)
1977 NL  145 (4th)
1981 NL  100 (5th)
1982 NL  162 (1st)
1984 NL  145 (2nd)
Career  1,446 (17th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  281 (3rd)
1974 NL  284 (2nd)
1976 NL  262 (3rd)
1977 NL  262 (3rd)
1982 NL  272 (3rd)
1984 NL  223 (4th)
Career  2,440 (28th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  11 (4th)
1974 NL  9 (3rd)
1975 NL  11 (3rd)
1976 NL  8 (4th)
1977 NL  11 (1st)
1981 NL  12 (2nd)
1982 NL  14 (1st)
1983 NL  11 (4th)
1986 NL  5 (5th)
Career  107 (19th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  5 (5th)
1974 NL  9 (2nd)
1975 NL  8 (4th)
1976 NL  7 (2nd)
1977 NL  10 (1st)
1981 NL  7 (1st)
1982 NL  9 (2nd)
1984 NL  11 (1st)
1986 NL  9 (1st)
Career  85 (12th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  156 (3rd)
1980 NL  137 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  295 (4th)
1980 NL  254 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  10 (5th)
1979 NL  11 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  8 (5th)
1979 NL  8 (3rd)
1980 NL  10 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1974 NL  151 (4th)
1976 NL  156 (1st)
1979 NL  156 (5th)
1982 NL  162 (1st)
Career  1,876 (66th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (4th)
1982 NL  14 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1977 NL  10 (4th)
1980 NL  11 (1st)
1981 NL  7 (2nd)
1984 NL  11 (1st)
1986 NL  9 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.12 (3rd)
1974 NL  2.03 (5th)
1975 NL  2.14 (5th)
Career  1.87 (82nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  2.03 (2nd)
1974 NL  1.94 (3rd)
1975 NL  2.09 (3rd)
1977 NL  1.88 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  .983 (4th)
1975 NL  .967 (5th)
1985 NL  .977 (5th)

             

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