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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	MLN		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19	MLN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 21	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 30	MLN		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	MLN		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
9	9	May 4	MLN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
10	10	May 7	MLN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
11	11	May 8	MLN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
12	12	May 11	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
13	13	May 12	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	14	May 13 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,15-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
15	15	May 13 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 16	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 17	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 19	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 20 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	21	May 20 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 22	MLN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
23	23	May 25	MLN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
24	24	May 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	25	May 27	MLN		CIN	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	26	May 28	MLN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-8	CG	36	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	30	Jun 1	MLN		PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
31	31	Jun 2	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
32	32	Jun 3 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
33	33	Jun 3 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	Jun 4	MLN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	Jun 5	MLN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
36	36	Jun 6	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
37	37	Jun 7	MLN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
38	38	Jun 8	MLN		NYG	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
39	39	Jun 9	MLN		NYG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
40	40	Jun 10	MLN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	41	Jun 11	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	42	Jun 12	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
43	43	Jun 13	MLN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
44	44	Jun 14	MLN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
45	45	Jun 15	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	0	4	1	5	0	3B
46	46	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	47	Jun 17 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
48	48	Jun 17 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	49	Jun 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 19	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 20	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	53	Jun 22	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	54	Jun 23	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
55	55	Jun 24 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 24 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-1	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	57	Jun 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	3B
58	58	Jun 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	59	Jun 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
60	60	Jun 29	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	62 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-7	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
62	66 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
63	67	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
64	68	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
65	69	Jul 6	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	70	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	71	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
68	72	Jul 12	MLN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
69	73	Jul 13 (1)	MLN		BRO	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	74	Jul 13 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	75	Jul 14	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
72	76	Jul 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
73	77	Jul 15 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	78	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
75	79	Jul 17	MLN		NYG	L,6-8	CG	0	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	80	Jul 18	MLN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	81	Jul 19	MLN		NYG	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	82	Jul 20	MLN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
79	83	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	70	15.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
80	84	Jul 22 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
81	85	Jul 22 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	86	Jul 24	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
83	87	Jul 25	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
84	88	Jul 26	MLN	@	NYG	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
85	89	Jul 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
86	90	Jul 29	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	91	Jul 30	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
88	92	Jul 31	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	93	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	94	Aug 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	95	Aug 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
92	96	Aug 4	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
93	97	Aug 5 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	98	Aug 5 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	99	Aug 6	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
96	100	Aug 7	MLN		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
97	101	Aug 8 (1)	MLN		STL	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	102	Aug 8 (2)	MLN		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	103	Aug 9 (1)	MLN		STL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	104	Aug 9 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	105	Aug 10	MLN		CIN	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	106	Aug 11	MLN		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
103	107	Aug 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
104	108	Aug 13	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	109	Aug 14	MLN	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	110	Aug 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	111	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
108	112	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
109	113	Aug 18	MLN	@	CIN	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
110	114	Aug 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
111	115	Aug 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	3B
112	116	Aug 21 (1)	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	3B
113	117	Aug 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	118	Aug 22	MLN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	119	Aug 23	MLN		PHI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
116	120	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
117	121	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
118	122	Aug 26	MLN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
119	123	Aug 27	MLN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	124	Aug 28	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
121	125	Aug 29	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	126	Aug 30	MLN		PIT	T,1-1	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	127	Aug 31 (1)	MLN		STL	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	128	Aug 31 (2)	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	129	Sep 1	MLN		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
126	130	Sep 2	MLN		STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	131	Sep 3 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
128	132	Sep 3 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	135 (2)	Sep 7	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	136	Sep 8	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	137	Sep 9 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
132	138	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
133	139	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	140	Sep 12	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
135	141	Sep 13 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
136	142	Sep 13 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	12.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
137	143	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
138	144	Sep 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	37	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	145	Sep 17 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	146	Sep 17 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
141	147	Sep 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
142	148	Sep 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
143	149	Sep 21	MLN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
144	150	Sep 22	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
145	151	Sep 23	MLN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
146	152	Sep 25	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
147	153	Sep 28	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
148	154	Sep 29	MLN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	41	11.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
149	155	Sep 30	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							150gm		1321.0	133	287	25	445	22