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Wid Matthews

Wid Curry Matthews (Matty)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Senators 1923-1925

Final Game: June 7, 1925
Died: October 5, 1965 in Hollywood, CA
Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, MS
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 PHA AL 26 OF 127 118 115 337 316 3 18 0 .947 2.51 .965 2.38
1923 PHA AL 26 CF 125 116 113 329 308 3 18 0 .945 2.49 .968 2.69
1923 PHA AL 26 LF 2 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .966 2.35
1924 WSH AL 27 OF 44 41 39 130 121 7 2 2 .985 2.91 .970 2.39
1924 WSH AL 27 CF 43 41 39 130 121 7 2 2 .985 2.98 .975 2.80
1924 WSH AL 27 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1925 WSH AL 28 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.90
1925 WSH AL 28 OF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.40
3 Seasons OF 172 159 154 468 438 10 20 2 .957 2.60 .966 2.38
3 Seasons CF 169 157 152 460 430 10 20 2 .957 2.60 .970 2.72
2 Seasons LF 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .966 2.33
3 Seasons TOT 172 159 154 468 438 10 20 2 .957 2.60 .966 2.38
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1923 PHA AL 26 129 118 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 125 0 127 0 1 1
1924 WSH AL 27 53 41 53 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 0 44 0 9 0
1925 WSH AL 28 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 2
3 Seasons 192 159 192 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 169 0 172 0 17 3
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  18 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  18 (1st)

                           

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