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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B
3	3	Apr 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 19	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 22	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
7	7	Apr 23	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	MLN		CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 28	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	3	3B
10	10	Apr 29	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 30	MLN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	1	4	1	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	May 3	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
14	14	May 4	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
15	15	May 8	MLN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
16	16	May 9	MLN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 10 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 10 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 12	MLN		NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
20	20	May 13	MLN		NYG	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 14	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 15	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 18	MLN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
25	25	May 19	MLN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
26	26	May 20	MLN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
27	27	May 23	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 24 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 24 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	30	May 25 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 25 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	32	May 26	MLN		CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 27	MLN		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	34	May 29	MLN	@	STL	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
37	37	May 31 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
38	38	May 31 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2	MLN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
40	40	Jun 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	41	Jun 4	MLN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	42	Jun 5	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	43	Jun 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	44	Jun 7 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
45	45	Jun 7 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
46	46	Jun 8	MLN	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
47	47	Jun 9	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
49	49	Jun 11	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
50	50	Jun 12 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	52	Jun 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	53	Jun 14 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 16 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 16 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 17	MLN		PHI	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 19	MLN		NYG	L,1-15	CG	50	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	60	Jun 20	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
61	61	Jun 21 (1)	MLN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
62	62	Jun 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	T,6-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 23	MLN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 24	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
65	65	Jun 25	MLN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	66	Jun 26	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
67	67	Jun 27	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
68	68	Jun 28	MLN		BRO	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
69	69	Jun 30 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jun 30 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
72	72	Jul 2	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
73	73	Jul 3	MLN		CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	MLN		STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
81	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 12 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
83	83	Jul 12 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	84	Jul 16	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 17	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
86	86	Jul 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	87	Jul 19 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.1	5	3	0	8	3	3B
88	88	Jul 19 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	89	Jul 21 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
90	90	Jul 21 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
91	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
92	92	Jul 24	MLN	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
93	93	Jul 25	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	94	Jul 26 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
95	95	Jul 26 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	96	Jul 27	MLN		NYG	W,13-0	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
97	97	Jul 28	MLN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	98	Jul 29	MLN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	99	Jul 30	MLN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
100	100	Jul 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	101	Jul 31 (2)	MLN		PHI	T,0-0	CG	34	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	MLN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	103	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	104	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	105	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
106	106	Aug 5	MLN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	107	Aug 6 (1)	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
108	108	Aug 6 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
109	109	Aug 7	MLN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
110	110	Aug 8	MLN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
111	111	Aug 9 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	112	Aug 9 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
113	113	Aug 10	MLN		STL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	114	Aug 11	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	115	Aug 12 (1)	MLN		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	116	Aug 12 (2)	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
117	117	Aug 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	118	Aug 15	MLN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
119	119	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	120	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	121	Aug 18	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
122	122	Aug 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	123	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	124	Aug 22	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	53	14.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	125	Aug 23 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,10-2	GS	29	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
126	126	Aug 23 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	36	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
127	127	Aug 25 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	128	Aug 25 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
129	129	Aug 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
130	130	Aug 28	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
131	131	Aug 29	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
132	132	Aug 30 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,19-4	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	133	Aug 30 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	134	Sep 2	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
135	135	Sep 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
136	136	Sep 4	MLN		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	137	Sep 5	MLN		STL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
138	138	Sep 6 (1)	MLN		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 6 (2)	MLN		STL	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
140	140	Sep 7 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
141	141	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
142	142	Sep 8	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
143	143	Sep 9	MLN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	144	Sep 11	MLN		BRO	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
145	145	Sep 12	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
146	146	Sep 13 (1)	MLN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
147	147	Sep 13 (2)	MLN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
148	148	Sep 15	MLN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
149	149	Sep 16	MLN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
150	150	Sep 19	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
151	151	Sep 20 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
152	152	Sep 20 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,3-0	CG	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
153	153	Sep 22 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
154	154	Sep 22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
155	155	Sep 23	MLN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
156	156	Sep 26	MLN	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
157	157	Sep 27	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
							157gm		1373.0	154	311	30	495	33