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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	MLN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 17	MLN		CHC	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 18	MLN		CHC	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 21	MLN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 27	MLN		STL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 28	MLN		STL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 29	MLN		STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	MLN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	May 2 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
15	15	May 2 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	May 4	MLN		HOU	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 5	MLN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
18	18	May 8	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
19	19	May 9 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 9 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	1	3	1	5	0	3B
21	21	May 11	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	22	May 12	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
23	23	May 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
26	26	May 16	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	51	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 18	MLN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
28	28	May 19	MLN		NYM	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
29	29	May 20	MLN		NYM	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
30	30	May 21	MLN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
31	31	May 22	MLN		PIT	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
32	32	May 23	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	33	May 24	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	34	May 25	MLN	@	SFG	W,14-1	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	37 (1)	May 28	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-4	GF	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
37	38	May 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	39	May 30	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
39	40	May 31	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
41	42	Jun 3	MLN		SFG	W,10-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	43	Jun 4	MLN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	44	Jun 5	MLN		LAD	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	45	Jun 6 (1)	MLN		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
45	46	Jun 6 (2)	MLN		LAD	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	48	Jun 9	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
48	49	Jun 10	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
49	50	Jun 11	MLN	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	51	Jun 12	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
51	53 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	54	Jun 15	MLN		PHI	W,12-7	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	55	Jun 16	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	56	Jun 17	MLN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	57	Jun 18	MLN		STL	L,4-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
56	58	Jun 19	MLN		STL	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
57	59	Jun 20	MLN		STL	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	60	Jun 22	MLN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	61	Jun 23	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	62	Jun 24	MLN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
61	63	Jun 25	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
62	64	Jun 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	65	Jun 27 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,9-10	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	66	Jun 27 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
65	67	Jun 28 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	68	Jun 28 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
67	69	Jun 29	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	70	Jun 30	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	71	Jul 1	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	72	Jul 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
71	73	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
72	74	Jul 4	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	75	Jul 5	MLN		HOU	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	76	Jul 7	MLN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
75	77	Jul 8	MLN		HOU	W,9-8	GS	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
76	78	Jul 9	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
77	80 (1)	Jul 11	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
78	81	Jul 14 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
79	82	Jul 14 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	83	Jul 15	MLN		PIT	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
81	84	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,12-2	GS	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
82	85	Jul 17	MLN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	86	Jul 18 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
84	87	Jul 18 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
85	88	Jul 19	MLN		NYM	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
86	89	Jul 20	MLN		NYM	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
87	90	Jul 21	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	92	Jul 23	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	93	Jul 24	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
91	94	Jul 25	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	95	Jul 26	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
93	96	Jul 27	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
94	97	Jul 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
95	98	Jul 30	MLN		SFG	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	99	Jul 31	MLN		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	100	Aug 1 (1)	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	101	Aug 1 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
99	102	Aug 2	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
100	103	Aug 4 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	104	Aug 4 (2)	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
102	106 (1)	Aug 6	MLN		HOU	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	107	Aug 7	MLN		HOU	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	108	Aug 8 (1)	MLN		HOU	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
105	109	Aug 8 (2)	MLN		HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
106	110	Aug 10	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	111	Aug 11	MLN		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	112	Aug 12	MLN		STL	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
109	113	Aug 13	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
110	114	Aug 14	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	115	Aug 15	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
112	116	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
113	117	Aug 17	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	118	Aug 18	MLN	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	119	Aug 19	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
116	120	Aug 20	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
117	121	Aug 21	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	123 (1)	Aug 23	MLN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
119	124	Aug 24	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
120	125	Aug 25	MLN		CIN	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	126	Aug 26	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
122	127	Aug 27	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	128	Aug 28	MLN		CHC	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
124	129	Aug 29	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
125	130	Aug 31	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
127	132	Sep 1 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	133	Sep 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
129	134	Sep 3	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	135	Sep 4	MLN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	34	7.1	1	0	0	1	0
131	136	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
132	138 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
133	139	Sep 8	MLN		PHI	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
134	140	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	142 (1)	Sep 12	MLN	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	143	Sep 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	144	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	145	Sep 15	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
139	146	Sep 16	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
140	147	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
141	148	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
142	149	Sep 19	MLN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
143	150	Sep 20	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
144	151	Sep 21	MLN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
145	152	Sep 22	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	50	11.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
146	153	Sep 24	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
147	154	Sep 25	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
148	155	Sep 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
149	156	Sep 27	MLN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
150	157	Sep 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
151	158	Sep 29	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
152	159	Sep 30	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
153	160	Oct 1	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
							153gm		1290.1	113	301	19	433	19