Eddie Mathews

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX us

Died: February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA

Buried: Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, CA

High School: Santa Barbara HS (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 20-185d, 10,869th in major league history)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 36-350d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1978. (Voted by BBWAA on 301/379 ballots)
View Eddie Mathews's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Edwin Lee Mathews

Nicknames: Eddie Mattress, Cap'n Eddie, Santa Barbara Bomber or Brookfield Bomber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

95.9

8537

2315

512

.271

1509

RBI

1453

OBP

.376

SLG

.509

OPS

.886

OPS+

143

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MLN		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	MLN		STL	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	5	3	0	8	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 15	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	43	8.2	0	2	1	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23	MLN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 24	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 26	MLN	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
10	10	Apr 28	MLN		SFG	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 29	MLN		SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	MLN		SFG	L,4-14	CG	47	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	MLN		LAD	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
14	14	May 3	MLN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	May 4	MLN		LAD	W,10-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
16	16	May 5	MLN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
17	17	May 7 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
18	18	May 7 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	19	May 9	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
20	20	May 10	MLN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
21	21	May 12	MLN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	22	May 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
23	23	May 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 15	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 19	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
29	29	May 21 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	0	1	3	0	3B
30	30	May 21 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
31	31	May 22	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 23	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 24	MLN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 26	MLN		LAD	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 27	MLN		LAD	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	36	May 28	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
37	37	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	38	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	39	May 31	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	41	Jun 2	MLN		STL	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
42	42	Jun 3	MLN		STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	43	Jun 4	MLN		STL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
44	44	Jun 5	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
45	45	Jun 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
46	46	Jun 7	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	48	Jun 9	MLN	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	45	8.1	2	4	1	7	1	3B
49	49	Jun 10	MLN	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	52	Jun 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-11	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	53	Jun 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
54	54	Jun 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	55	Jun 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	3	3B
57	57	Jun 20	MLN		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 21	MLN		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	59	Jun 22	MLN		SFG	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	60	Jun 23	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	61	Jun 24	MLN		CHC	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
62	62	Jun 25	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
63	63	Jun 26	MLN	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
64	64	Jun 27	MLN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
65	65	Jun 28	MLN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
66	66	Jun 30	MLN		CIN	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
68	68	Jul 2 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,5-8	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	69	Jul 2 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jul 3	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
71	71	Jul 4	MLN		LAD	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
72	72	Jul 5 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
73	77 (4)	Jul 9	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	78	Jul 13	MLN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	79	Jul 14	MLN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	80	Jul 15	MLN	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
77	81	Jul 16	MLN	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
78	82	Jul 17	MLN	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	83	Jul 18	MLN	@	CIN	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	84	Jul 19 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
81	85	Jul 19 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	3B
82	86	Jul 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	3B
83	87	Jul 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
84	88	Jul 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
85	89	Jul 23 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	90	Jul 23 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
87	91	Jul 24	MLN		CIN	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	92	Jul 25	MLN		CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
89	93	Jul 26	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
90	94	Jul 27	MLN		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
91	95	Jul 28	MLN		STL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	3B
92	96	Jul 29	MLN		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	97	Jul 30 (1)	MLN		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	98	Jul 30 (2)	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 2 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
96	100	Aug 2 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	T,7-7	CG	50	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
97	101	Aug 3	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	102	Aug 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	103	Aug 5	MLN	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
100	104	Aug 6	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
101	105	Aug 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
102	106	Aug 9	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
103	107	Aug 11	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
104	108	Aug 12	MLN		CHC	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	3B
105	109	Aug 13	MLN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
106	110	Aug 14	MLN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	111	Aug 15	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	112	Aug 16	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	113	Aug 17	MLN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	11.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
110	114	Aug 18	MLN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	115	Aug 19	MLN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B
112	116	Aug 20 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
113	117	Aug 20 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	118	Aug 22	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
115	119	Aug 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	120	Aug 24	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
117	121	Aug 25 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	122	Aug 25 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
119	123	Aug 27 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	60	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
120	124	Aug 27 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	125	Aug 28	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
122	126	Aug 29	MLN		SFG	W,7-6	CG	56	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
123	127	Aug 30	MLN		SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	128	Aug 31	MLN		LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	129	Sep 1	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
126	130	Sep 2	MLN		LAD	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
127	131	Sep 3 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	132	Sep 3 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
129	133	Sep 4	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
130	134	Sep 5	MLN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	54	14.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
131	135	Sep 6	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
132	136	Sep 8	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
133	137	Sep 9	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
134	138	Sep 10	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	139	Sep 11	MLN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	2	3B
136	140	Sep 12	MLN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
137	141	Sep 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
138	142	Sep 15	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
139	143	Sep 16	MLN	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	48	10.2	4	2	1	7	1	3B
140	144	Sep 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	145	Sep 18	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
142	146	Sep 19	MLN	@	SFG	L,10-11	CG	43	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	147	Sep 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
144	148	Sep 23	MLN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	29	7.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
145	149	Sep 24 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
146	150	Sep 24 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
147	151	Sep 25	MLN		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
148	152	Sep 26	MLN		STL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
149	153	Sep 29	MLN		SFG	W,4-1	CG	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
150	154	Oct 1 (1)	MLN		SFG	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
151	155	Oct 1 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
							151gm		1340.1	168	281	18	467	30