Wid Matthews Batting Statistics and History

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Wid Matthews
Wid Curry Matthews (Matty)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Final Game: June 7, 1925
Died: October 5, 1965 in Hollywood, CA
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Wid Matthews
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1923	26	PHA	AL	129	542	485	52	133	11	6	1	25	16	16	50	27	.274	.343	.328	.671	76	159	1	6	*O
1924	27	WSH	AL	53	195	169	25	51	10	4	0	13	3	8	11	4	.302	.355	.408	.763	98	69	3	12	O
1925	28	WSH	AL	10	9	9	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.444	.889	128	4	0	0	/O
3 Seasons				192	746	663	79	188	21	10	1	39	19	24	61	32	.284	.348	.350	.697	83	232	4	18
162 Game Avg.				162	629	559	67	159	18	8	1	33	16	20	51	27	.284	.348	.350	.697	83	196	3	15

WSH (2 yrs)				63	204	178	27	55	10	4	0	14	3	8	11	5	.309	.359	.410	.769	100	73	3	12
PHA (1 yr)				129	542	485	52	133	11	6	1	25	16	16	50	27	.274	.343	.328	.671	76	159	1	6

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
1923	26	PHA	AL	542	374	52	3.7	109	.289	.274	.291	.343	.361	.328	.403	.671	.764	76	.397	-16.7	-1.6	.571	.157	.054	1.9
1924	27	WSH	AL	195	138	21	4.0	110	.309	.302	.295	.355	.365	.408	.405	.763	.770	98	.416	-0.8	-0.1	.619	.142	.107	.0
1925	28	WSH	AL	9	5	2	10.7	114	.500	.444	.297	.444	.367	.444	.416	.889	.784	128	.794	0.3	0.0	.800	.000	.000
3 Seasons				746	517	75	3.9	109	.297	.284	.292	.348	.362	.350	.404	.697	.766	83	.409	-17.2	-1.7	.585	.151	.066	1.9
162 Game Avg.				629	436	63	3.9	109	.297	.284	.292	.348	.362	.350	.404	.697	.766	83	.409	-17.2	-1.7	.585	.151	.066	2

WSH (2 yrs)				204	143	23	4.3	110	.318	.309	.295	.359	.365	.410	.406	.769	.771	100	.440	-0.5	-0.0	.626	.135	.101	.0
PHA (1 yr)				542	374	52	3.7	109	.289	.274	.291	.343	.361	.328	.403	.671	.764	76	.396	-16.7	-1.6	.571	.157	.054	1.9

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	HBP	SH
1923	26	129	542	485	52	133	11	6	1	25	16	16	50	27	.274	.343	.328	.671	76	159	1	6
1924	27	182	737	654	77	184	21	10	1	38	19	24	61	31	.281	.346	.349	.695	82	228	4	18
1925	28	192	746	663	79	188	21	10	1	39	19	24	61	32	.284	.348	.350	.697	83	232	4	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1923	26	136	550	500	50	130	11	6	1	24	16	49	28	.260	.327	.312	.639	50	129
1924	27	56	184	171	24	47	9	4	0	12	3	10	4	.275	.326	.374	.700	20	53
1925	28	11	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	10
3 Seasons		203	743	680	76	177	20	10	1	37	19	59	33	.260	.323	.324	.647	72	192
162 Game Avg.		162	593	543	61	141	16	8	1	30	15	47	26	.260	.323	.324	.647	57	192

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 AL 16 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1923 AL 16 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50