Greg Mathews

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: May 17, 1962 in Harbor City, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA)

Schools: Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA), California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: June 3, 1986 (Age 24-017d, 15,170th in major league history)
vs. HOU 8.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 3, 1992 (Age 30-139d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: Gregory Inman Mathews

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

4.08

514.0

251

WHIP

1.348

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 45 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 20 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	38
PHI	7

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	16

Outs
2	17
1	14
0	14

12 Opps
PHI	9
SFG	6
CIN	5
NYM	4
PIT	4
ATL	4
MON	4
SDP	3
HOU	3
STL	1
LAD	1
CHC	1

37 Batters
Jim Morrison	3
Juan Samuel	3
Gary Carter	2
Eric Davis	2
Will Clark	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Ray Knight	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Sid Bream	1
Steve Carlton	1
Joe Oliver	1
Garry Templeton	1
Barry Larkin	1
Phil Bradley	1
Kevin Mitchell	1
Mitch Webster	1
Bill Doran	1
Félix José	1
Willie McGee	1
Gerald Perry	1
Ronn Reynolds	1
Phil Garner	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Bob Horner	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Glenn Hubbard	1
Lance Parrish	1
Chili Davis	1
Rick Schu	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Fred McGriff	1
Larry Walker	1
Gary Roenicke	1
Kevin Bass	1
Buddy Bell	1

11 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	14
VeteransStad (PHI)	9
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	23
9	7
78	6
8	3
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	32
3	4
2	4
1	2
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	6
12-	4
-2-	3
-23	2
1-3	2

70 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	28
1 on	9
2 on	8
Any on	17

Inning
1	9
2	8
3	4
4	6
5	7
6	6
7	1
8	2
9	2

1-3	21
4-6	19
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	17
-1	9
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	3

Ahead	10
Tied	17
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	32
2-0	3
1-0	2
0-0	2
0-1	2
2-2	2
3-2	1
1-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	10
3B	9
2B	6
C	5
CF	4
RF	4
LF	4
SS	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	12
3rd	11
2nd	6
7th	5
6th	5
1st	2
5th	2
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-06-22	Mike Schmidt	PHI		STL	behind 1-7	b 7	0	---		1	4	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2	2	2	2	1986-06-22	Juan Samuel	PHI		STL	behind 2-7	b 8	1	1--		2	2	4	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Stone Scores
3	3	3	1	1986-06-28	Ronn Reynolds	PHI	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---		1	7	2	9%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1986-07-21	Steve Carlton	SFG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	2	-23		3	9	1	28%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Brenly Scores; B. Melvin Scores
5	5	5	1	1986-08-01	Jim Morrison	PIT		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	-2-		2	4	5	13%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bonilla Scores
6	6	6	1	1986-08-16	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		STL	behind 0-1	b 9	1	---		1	4	3	47%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1986-08-21	Eric Davis	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	4	8	11%	66%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	8	2	1986-08-21	Eric Davis	CIN		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	12-		3	4	8	19%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores; D. Parker Scores
9	9	9	3	1986-08-21	Buddy Bell	CIN		STL	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	---		1	2	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1986-09-01	Bob Horner	ATL		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---		1	4	3	14%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	2	1986-09-01	Glenn Hubbard	ATL		STL	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---		1	8	4	16%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	1986-09-07	Phil Garner	HOU		STL	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---		1	3	5	12%	41%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1986-09-13	Mitch Webster	MON	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---		1	2	8	9%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	1986-09-23	Ray Knight	NYM		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	6	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	1986-09-23	Keith Hernandez	NYM		STL	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	---		1	3	3	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1987-04-10	Jim Morrison	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	4	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	2	2	1987-04-10	Jim Morrison	PIT		STL	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---		1	4	5	11%	80%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1987-05-05	Chili Davis	SFG	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---		1	2	8	16%	44%		Home Run (LF-CF)
19	19	4	1	1987-05-10	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		STL	behind 2-3	b 5	2	12-		3	4	7	39%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Welch Scores; S. Sax Scores
20	20	5	1	1987-06-10	Juan Samuel	PHI		STL	behind 0-2	b 8	1	---		1	3	4	12%	25%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	6	1	1987-06-20	Andrés Galarraga	MON	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 4	2	1--		2	6	3	17%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Brooks Scores
22	22	7	1	1987-07-05	Gary Roenicke	ATL		STL	behind 0-1	b 6	2	---		1	3	7	19%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	8	1	1987-07-10	Kevin Mitchell	SFG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---		1	2	5	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	9	1	1987-07-17	Carmelo Martínez	SDP		STL	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---		1	3	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	10	1	1987-07-26 (2)	Will Clark	SFG		STL	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---		1	7	3	15%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	11	1	1987-08-09	Juan Samuel	PHI		STL	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	1	4	12%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	12	2	1987-08-09	Rick Schu	PHI		STL	behind 2-5	b 6	1	12-		3	7	3	33%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; G. Wilson Scores
28	28	13	1	1987-08-14	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--		2	4	5	18%	66%		Home Run (LF-CF); C. James Scores
29	29	14	2	1987-08-14	Lance Parrish	PHI	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---		1	5	2	8%	74%		Home Run (LF-CF)
30	30	15	1	1987-08-20	Bill Doran	HOU		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	2	1-3		3	3	4	31%	88%		Home Run; G. Young Scores; B. Hatcher Scores
31	31	16	1	1987-08-30	Gerald Perry	ATL	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23		3	3	3	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Hall Scores; K. Oberkfell Scores
32	32	17	1	1987-09-05	Garry Templeton	SDP	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3		3	7	6	20%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Santiago Scores; R. Ready Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1988-04-15	Gary Carter	NYM		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1988-09-04	Kevin Bass	HOU		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2,(0-1) C11.X	2	3	9	17%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Doran Scores
35	35	3	1	1988-09-14	Phil Bradley	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	4	1	1988-09-19	Sid Bream	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	3	17%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Wilson Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1990-05-23	Will Clark	SFG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
38	38	2	1	1990-06-02	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) BC111.X	1	2	4	11%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1992-07-20	Fred McGriff	SDP	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. McGriff Scores
40	40	2	1	1992-07-25	Willie McGee	SFG	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) 11S1B1S.BX	1	3	9	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. McGee Scores
41	41	3	1	1992-07-30	Larry Walker	MON		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) 11X	2	4	9	20%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Grissom Scores; L. Walker Scores
42	42	4	1	1992-08-04	Félix José	STL		PHI	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball); F. José Scores
43	43	5	1	1992-08-09	Gary Carter	MON	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	7	2	33%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Owen Scores; G. Carter Scores
44	44	6	1	1992-08-25	Barry Larkin	CIN		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	6,(3-2) B11B1BC1C.>X	2	3	6	17%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Roberts Scores; B. Larkin Scores
45	45	7	2	1992-08-25	Joe Oliver	CIN		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	6	2	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. O'Neill Scores; D. Martinez Scores; J. Oliver Scores