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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 11	MLN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	MLN		NYM	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MLN		NYM	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MLN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
7	7	Apr 16	MLN		PHI	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 19	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20	MLN	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
12	12	Apr 21 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 21 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22	MLN	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
15	15	Apr 23	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	MLN	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 25	MLN	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B
18	18	Apr 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
19	19	Apr 27	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 28	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23 (2)	May 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-0	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	24	May 3	MLN		CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
23	25	May 4	MLN		CHC	L,5-7	GS	32	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	26	May 5	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	27	May 7	MLN		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
26	28	May 8	MLN		SFG	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	29	May 9	MLN		SFG	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
28	30	May 10	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	31	May 11	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	32	May 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	49	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF 3B
31	33	May 12 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	34	May 14	MLN		STL	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	35	May 15	MLN		STL	W,9-3	GS	21	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	36	May 16	MLN		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	37	May 18	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	38	May 19 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	39	May 19 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
38	40	May 21	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	41	May 23	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
40	42	May 24	MLN		PIT	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	43	May 25	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
42	44	May 26	MLN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	47	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
43	45	May 28	MLN		LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	46	May 29	MLN		LAD	T,3-3	CG	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	47	May 30	MLN		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	48	May 31	MLN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49	Jun 1	MLN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
48	50	Jun 2	MLN		HOU	L,1-3	CG	71	17.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
49	51	Jun 4	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	52	Jun 5	MLN	@	NYM	W,11-9	CG	46	10.0	4	4	1	9	1	3B
51	53	Jun 7	MLN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	54	Jun 8	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
53	55	Jun 9 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
54	56	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	57	Jun 10	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	28	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
56	58	Jun 11	MLN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	52	9.1	3	7	0	10	0	3B
57	59	Jun 12	MLN		NYM	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	60	Jun 14	MLN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
59	61	Jun 15	MLN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	62	Jun 16 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
61	63	Jun 16 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,4-7	CG	49	11.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
62	64	Jun 17	MLN		PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	65	Jun 18	MLN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	66	Jun 19	MLN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	67	Jun 20	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
66	68	Jun 21	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	69	Jun 22	MLN		SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	70	Jun 23	MLN		SFG	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
69	71	Jun 24	MLN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
70	72	Jun 25	MLN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	73	Jun 26	MLN		HOU	L,2-7	CG	58	13.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
72	74	Jun 28	MLN	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78 (3)	Jul 2	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	79	Jul 3	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	80	Jul 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	81	Jul 5	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	82	Jul 6 (1)	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	83	Jul 6 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	84	Jul 7	MLN	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
80	85	Jul 11 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	86	Jul 11 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
82	87	Jul 12	MLN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	88	Jul 13	MLN	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	89	Jul 14 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
85	90	Jul 14 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
86	91	Jul 15	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	55	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	92	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	93	Jul 17	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
89	94	Jul 18	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	95	Jul 19	MLN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
91	97 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
92	98	Jul 21 (2)	MLN		LAD	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
93	99	Jul 23	MLN		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
94	100	Jul 24	MLN		STL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
95	101	Jul 25	MLN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
96	102	Jul 26	MLN		CIN	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
97	103	Jul 27	MLN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
98	104	Jul 28 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
99	105	Jul 28 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
100	106	Jul 29	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
101	107	Jul 30	MLN		CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
102	108	Jul 31	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	109	Aug 1	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
104	110	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
105	111	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		NYM	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	112	Aug 3	MLN		NYM	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	113	Aug 4	MLN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
108	114	Aug 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
109	115	Aug 7	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
110	116	Aug 8	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	117	Aug 9	MLN		STL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	118	Aug 10	MLN		STL	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF 3B
113	119	Aug 11	MLN		STL	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	120	Aug 13	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	121	Aug 14	MLN		LAD	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	122	Aug 15	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	123	Aug 16	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	124	Aug 17	MLN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	125	Aug 18	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
120	126	Aug 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	3B
121	127	Aug 21	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
122	128	Aug 22	MLN	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
123	129	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	130	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	131	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	132	Aug 26	MLN	@	HOU	W,11-7	GS	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	LF 3B
127	133	Aug 27	MLN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
128	134	Aug 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,9-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
129	135	Aug 30	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 3B
130	136	Aug 31	MLN	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	137	Sep 1	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	61	15.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
132	138	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	139	Sep 3	MLN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
134	140	Sep 4	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	141	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
136	142	Sep 6	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	143	Sep 7	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 3B
138	144	Sep 8	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
139	145	Sep 9 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
140	146	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
141	147	Sep 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 3B
142	148	Sep 11	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-14	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
143	149	Sep 13	MLN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	150	Sep 14	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
145	151	Sep 15 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
146	152	Sep 15 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
147	153	Sep 16	MLN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
148	154	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
149	155	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
150	156	Sep 20	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
151	157	Sep 21	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
152	158	Sep 22	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
153	159	Sep 24	MLN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
154	160	Sep 25	MLN		CIN	W,9-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
155	161	Sep 27	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
156	162	Sep 28	MLN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
157	163	Sep 29	MLN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							163gm		1369.2	176	277	19	472	23