Gary Matthews

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA).

High School: San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA)

Debut: September 6, 1972 (Age 22-063d, 13,287th in major league history)
vs. SDP 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1987 (Age 37-089d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein • Previously: Bruce Church

Full Name: Gary Nathaniel Matthews

Nicknames: Sarge

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Relatives: Father of Gary Matthews

Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star
NLCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

7147

2011

234

.281

1083

RBI

978

183

OBP

.364

SLG

.439

OPS

.802

OPS+

118

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

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 7	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 8	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 9	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 10	PHI	@	SFG	W,10-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 12	PHI		NYM	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 13	PHI		NYM	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 16	PHI		ATL	W,8-4	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 17	PHI		ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 18	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 20	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
13	13	Apr 23	PHI	@	HOU	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 24	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	41	10.1	3	1	0	4	1	LF
15	15	Apr 26	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	Apr 27	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	17	Apr 29	PHI		HOU	L,3-6	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	18	Apr 30	PHI		HOU	W,8-0	GS	25	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	PHI		HOU	W,11-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 2	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	21	May 3	PHI		CIN	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	23 (1)	May 6	PHI	@	MON	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	24	May 7	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	0	0	1	1	0	LF
24	25	May 10	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	26	May 11	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	27	May 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	28	May 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
28	29	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	30	May 17	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
30	31	May 18	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	32	May 20	PHI		SDP	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	33	May 23	PHI		LAD	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	34	May 24	PHI		LAD	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	35	May 25	PHI		LAD	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	36	May 27	PHI		MON	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	37	May 28	PHI		MON	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	38	May 29	PHI		MON	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	39	May 30	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	40	May 31	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	42	Jun 2	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	43	Jun 3	PHI	@	SDP	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	44	Jun 4	PHI	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	28	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	45	Jun 5	PHI	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
45	46	Jun 7	PHI		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	47	Jun 8	PHI		STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	48	Jun 9	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	49	Jun 10	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	50	Jun 11	PHI		PIT	W,9-7	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	51	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	52	Jun 13	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
52	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	57	Jun 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-2	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
57	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	59	Jun 21 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,8-1	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	60	Jun 21 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	61	Jun 22	PHI	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	62	Jun 23	PHI	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	63	Jun 24	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
63	64	Jun 25	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	65	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	67 (1)	Jun 28	PHI		MON	T,5-5	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	68	Jun 29 (1)	PHI		MON	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	70 (1)	Jun 30	PHI		MON	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,6-5	GS	32	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	73	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
70	74	Jul 3	PHI		NYM	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	76 (1)	Jul 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	77	Jul 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	79 (1)	Jul 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	80	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		ATL	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	82 (1)	Jul 13	PHI		ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	84 (1)	Jul 15	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	85	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,9-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	86	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	87	Jul 18	PHI		HOU	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	88	Jul 19	PHI		HOU	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	90 (1)	Jul 21	PHI	@	ATL	W,10-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	92 (1)	Jul 23	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	96 (3)	Jul 28	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	99 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	102 (2)	Aug 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	103	Aug 3	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
87	108 (4)	Aug 8	PHI		PIT	W,14-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	112 (3)	Aug 13	PHI		STL	L,2-6	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
89	113	Aug 14	PHI		STL	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
90	114	Aug 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	116 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	118 (1)	Aug 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,4-2	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
93	120 (1)	Aug 20	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	121	Aug 21	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	122	Aug 22	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-11	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	123	Aug 23	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	124	Aug 24	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	125	Aug 26	PHI		LAD	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	126	Aug 27	PHI		LAD	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
100	127	Aug 28	PHI		LAD	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	128	Aug 29 (1)	PHI		SDP	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	132 (3)	Aug 31	PHI		SDP	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	133	Sep 1	PHI		SFG	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	134	Sep 2	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	135	Sep 3	PHI		SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	136	Sep 4	PHI		SFG	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
107	140 (3)	Sep 9	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	141	Sep 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	149 (7)	Sep 17	PHI		STL	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	150	Sep 18	PHI		STL	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	151	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
112	152	Sep 20	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	153	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,9-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	154	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	MON	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	155	Sep 23	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	156	Sep 24	PHI	@	STL	W,9-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
117	157	Sep 25	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	158	Sep 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	159	Sep 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	160	Sep 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-6	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	161	Sep 30	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
122	163 (1)	Oct 2	PHI		PIT	L,0-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							122gm		971.2	177	11	5	193	2