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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MLN	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	2	7	1	3B
7	7	Apr 16	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	MLN		SFG	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19	MLN		SFG	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 21	MLN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
11	11	Apr 22	MLN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 23	MLN		LAD	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24	MLN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 25	MLN		PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	Apr 26	MLN		PHI	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
16	16	Apr 27	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
17	17	Apr 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 29	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	19	Apr 30	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 3	MLN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	21	May 4	MLN		HOU	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
22	22	May 5	MLN		HOU	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
23	23	May 6 (1)	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
24	24	May 6 (2)	MLN		HOU	L,1-9	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	34 (9)	May 18	MLN		NYM	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
26	35	May 19	MLN		NYM	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
27	36	May 20 (1)	MLN		NYM	L,6-7	GS	28	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
28	37	May 20 (2)	MLN		NYM	L,6-9	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
29	38	May 22	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	39	May 23	MLN		CHC	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
31	40	May 24	MLN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	41	May 25	MLN	@	STL	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	42	May 26	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	43	May 27	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
35	44	May 28	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	45	May 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
37	46	May 30 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
38	47	May 30 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	66	16.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	48	May 31	MLN		CIN	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	MLN		STL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
41	50	Jun 2	MLN		STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
42	51	Jun 3	MLN		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
43	52	Jun 5	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
44	53	Jun 6	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	54	Jun 7	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	55	Jun 9 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	56	Jun 9 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	57	Jun 10 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	58	Jun 10 (2)	MLN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	59	Jun 12	MLN		LAD	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	60	Jun 13	MLN		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	61	Jun 14	MLN		LAD	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	62	Jun 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	63	Jun 16	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	65 (1)	Jun 18	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	3B
56	66	Jun 19	MLN	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	67	Jun 20 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	68	Jun 20 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
59	69	Jun 22	MLN	@	SFG	W,11-9	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	70	Jun 23	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	71	Jun 24	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
62	72	Jun 25	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	73	Jun 26	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	74	Jun 27	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	75	Jun 29	MLN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	76	Jun 30	MLN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	77	Jul 1	MLN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	78	Jul 2	MLN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
69	79	Jul 3 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
70	80	Jul 3 susp	MLN	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	81	Jul 4	MLN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	82	Jul 6	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	83	Jul 7	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	44	9.2	2	4	0	6	0	3B
74	84	Jul 8 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	85	Jul 8 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
76	86	Jul 12	MLN		STL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	87	Jul 13	MLN		STL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
78	88	Jul 14	MLN		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
79	89	Jul 15 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	90	Jul 15 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
81	91	Jul 16	MLN		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	92	Jul 17	MLN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
83	93	Jul 18	MLN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
84	94	Jul 19	MLN		SFG	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
85	95	Jul 20 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	96	Jul 20 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
87	97	Jul 21	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
88	98	Jul 22 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
89	99	Jul 22 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
90	100	Jul 24	MLN		NYM	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
91	101	Jul 25	MLN		NYM	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
92	102	Jul 26	MLN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	103	Jul 27	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	104	Jul 28	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
95	105	Jul 29 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	106	Jul 29 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	107	Aug 1	MLN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	108	Aug 2	MLN		HOU	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
99	109	Aug 4 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
100	110	Aug 4 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
101	111	Aug 5	MLN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	112	Aug 6	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
103	113	Aug 7	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	114	Aug 8	MLN		CHC	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	115	Aug 9	MLN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
106	116	Aug 10	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	117	Aug 11	MLN	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
108	118	Aug 12	MLN	@	HOU	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
109	119	Aug 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
110	120	Aug 14	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	121	Aug 15	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
112	122	Aug 16	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
113	123	Aug 17	MLN		SFG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	124	Aug 18	MLN		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
115	125	Aug 19	MLN		SFG	W,13-8	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
116	131 (5)	Aug 25	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
117	132	Aug 26	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
118	133	Aug 28	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
119	134	Aug 29	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
120	135	Aug 30	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	136	Aug 31	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	137	Sep 1	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
123	138	Sep 2	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	139	Sep 3	MLN		CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
125	140	Sep 4	MLN		CIN	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
126	141	Sep 5	MLN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	142	Sep 6	MLN	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
128	143	Sep 7	MLN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
129	144	Sep 8	MLN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
130	145	Sep 9	MLN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
131	146	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
132	147	Sep 12	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
133	148	Sep 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	3	2	1	6	1	3B
134	149	Sep 14	MLN		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
135	150	Sep 15	MLN		HOU	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
136	151	Sep 16	MLN		HOU	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	152	Sep 17	MLN		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	153	Sep 18	MLN		LAD	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
139	154	Sep 19	MLN		LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
140	155	Sep 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
141	156	Sep 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
142	157	Sep 23	MLN	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
143	158	Sep 25	MLN		NYM	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	159	Sep 26	MLN		NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
145	160	Sep 28	MLN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
146	161	Sep 29	MLN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
147	162	Sep 30	MLN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
							147gm		1282.0	208	285	16	509	29