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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
2	2	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,8-14	CG	56	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
3	4 (1)	Apr 18	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
4	5	Apr 19	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	6	Apr 20 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	7	Apr 20 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
7	8	Apr 22 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	9	Apr 22 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	10	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
10	11	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
11	12	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
12	13	Apr 29	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	14	Apr 30	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
15	16	May 2	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	17	May 3	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	18	May 4 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
18	19	May 4 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	20	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	21	May 8	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	22	May 10	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	23	May 13	BSN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
23	24	May 14	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
24	25	May 16	BSN		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
25	26	May 17	BSN		STL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
26	27	May 22 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
27	28	May 22 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
28	29	May 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	30	May 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	31	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	48	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
31	32	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	3B
32	33	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	34	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	35	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	50	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	37	Jun 1 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	38	Jun 2	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	39	Jun 3	BSN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	41	Jun 5	BSN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
41	42	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	43	Jun 7	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	44	Jun 8 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	45	Jun 8 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
45	46	Jun 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
46	47	Jun 10	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	51 (3)	Jun 14	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	57	15.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
48	52	Jun 15 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
49	53	Jun 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	54	Jun 17	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
51	55	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
52	56	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
53	57	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
54	58	Jun 20	BSN		STL	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
55	59	Jun 21	BSN		STL	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	60	Jun 22 (1)	BSN		STL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
57	61	Jun 22 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	62	Jun 23	BSN		PIT	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
59	63	Jun 24	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
60	64	Jun 25	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	65	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
62	66	Jun 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	67	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
64	68	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	69	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
67	71	Jul 2	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	72	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	73	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	74	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	75	Jul 5	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	76	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
73	78 (1)	Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
74	79	Jul 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
75	80	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
76	81	Jul 13 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
77	82	Jul 15	BSN	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
78	83	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	53	12.1	0	2	2	4	0
79	84	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
80	85	Jul 18	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	86	Jul 19	BSN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	87	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	88	Jul 22	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	89	Jul 23	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	90	Jul 24	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
86	91	Jul 25	BSN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	96 (4)	Jul 30	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	97	Jul 31	BSN		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	98	Aug 1	BSN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	99	Aug 2	BSN		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	100	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	101	Aug 3 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
93	102	Aug 7 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
94	103	Aug 7 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
95	108 (4)	Aug 13 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	109	Aug 13 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
97	110	Aug 14	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
98	111	Aug 15 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	112	Aug 15 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
100	113	Aug 17 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
101	114	Aug 17 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
102	115	Aug 19	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	116	Aug 20	BSN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	117	Aug 21	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	118	Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
106	119	Aug 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	120	Aug 24 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
108	121	Aug 24 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	122	Aug 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
110	123	Aug 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,12-7	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	124	Aug 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	2	2	1	5	0	3B
112	125	Aug 30 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
113	126	Aug 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	127	Aug 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	128	Aug 31 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	129	Sep 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
117	130	Sep 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	131	Sep 3	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
119	132	Sep 4	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
120	133	Sep 5	BSN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	134	Sep 6 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	67	16.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
122	135	Sep 6 susp	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
123	136	Sep 7	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
124	137	Sep 9 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	138	Sep 9 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
126	139	Sep 10	BSN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
127	140	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
128	141	Sep 12 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,16-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
129	142	Sep 13	BSN		PIT	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	143	Sep 14 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
131	144	Sep 14 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
132	145	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		STL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	146	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	147	Sep 19	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
135	148	Sep 20	BSN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
136	149	Sep 21	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
137	150	Sep 24 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
138	151	Sep 24 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
139	152	Sep 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	3B
140	153	Sep 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
141	154	Sep 27	BSN	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
142	155	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	T,5-5	CG	49	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							142gm		1269.0	160	259	19	438	21