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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	ATL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
2	2	Apr 13	ATL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	5 (2)	Apr 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	6	Apr 19	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
5	7	Apr 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
6	8	Apr 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	9	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
8	10	Apr 23	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
9	11	Apr 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
10	12	Apr 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
11	13	Apr 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	14	Apr 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,11-3	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
13	15	Apr 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
14	16	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	17	Apr 29	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
16	18	Apr 30	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 1	ATL		HOU	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
18	20	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
19	22 (1)	May 5	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
20	23	May 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	24	May 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
22	25	May 8	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	3B
23	26	May 9	ATL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
24	27	May 10 (1)	ATL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
25	28	May 10 (2)	ATL		CIN	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
26	29	May 11	ATL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	30	May 12	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	31	May 13	ATL	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	32	May 14	ATL	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
30	33	May 15	ATL	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
31	34	May 17	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	35	May 18	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
33	37 (1)	May 21	ATL		CHC	L,6-7	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
34	39 (1)	May 22 (2)	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
35	40	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	41	May 24	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	42	May 25	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
38	43	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	3B
39	44	May 28	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	45	May 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
41	46	May 30	ATL		LAD	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	47	May 31	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	48	Jun 1	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
44	54 (5)	Jun 7	ATL	@	NYM	W,11-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	55	Jun 8	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
46	56	Jun 9	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	58 (1)	Jun 11	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	59	Jun 12	ATL	@	PIT	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
49	60	Jun 13 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
50	61	Jun 13 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	62	Jun 14	ATL	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	63	Jun 15	ATL		NYM	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
53	65 (1)	Jun 17	ATL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	66	Jun 18	ATL		PIT	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	70 (3)	Jun 22	ATL		PHI	L,3-7	GF	30	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH 3B
56	72 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	73	Jun 25 (2)	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	74	Jun 26	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
59	75	Jun 27	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
60	77 (1)	Jun 29	ATL		CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	80 (2)	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
62	82 (1)	Jul 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	84 (1)	Jul 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
64	85	Jul 7	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
65	86	Jul 8	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
66	87	Jul 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
67	89 (1)	Jul 14	ATL		HOU	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
68	90	Jul 16	ATL		HOU	T,1-1	CG	19	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	91	Jul 17	ATL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
70	92	Jul 18	ATL		CIN	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
71	93	Jul 19	ATL	@	STL	L,9-10	GS	36	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
72	97 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	98	Jul 24 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	99	Jul 26	ATL		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
75	100	Jul 27	ATL		STL	L,7-9	GS	35	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
76	101	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	102	Jul 29	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
78	103	Jul 30 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
79	104	Jul 30 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,15-2	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	105	Jul 31	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	106	Aug 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	107	Aug 3	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	108	Aug 4	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
84	109	Aug 5	ATL	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
85	110	Aug 6	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
86	111	Aug 7	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	1	3B
87	113 (1)	Aug 9	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
88	114	Aug 10	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	115	Aug 13 (1)	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
90	117 (1)	Aug 14	ATL		PHI	W,7-1	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
91	118	Aug 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	119	Aug 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
93	120	Aug 17	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
94	121	Aug 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS	28	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
95	122	Aug 20	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	123	Aug 21	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
97	124	Aug 22	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	48	11.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	126 (1)	Aug 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	128 (1)	Aug 27	ATL		NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
100	129	Aug 28	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
101	130	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	GS	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
102	132 (1)	Aug 31	ATL	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	134 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
104	135	Sep 2 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	136	Sep 3 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,12-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	138 (1)	Sep 4	ATL		HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
107	139	Sep 5 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-13	GS	40	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	140	Sep 5 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
109	141	Sep 6	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	142	Sep 7	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	143	Sep 9	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
112	144	Sep 10	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
113	145	Sep 11	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
114	146	Sep 13	ATL	@	CHC	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
115	147	Sep 14	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
116	148	Sep 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
117	149	Sep 16	ATL		CIN	W,7-0	GS	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	151 (1)	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
119	152	Sep 20	ATL		STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	153	Sep 21	ATL		STL	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
121	154	Sep 22	ATL		PIT	W,14-1	GS	21	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
122	156 (1)	Sep 24	ATL		PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	157	Sep 25	ATL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	158	Sep 26	ATL		SFG	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
125	159	Sep 27	ATL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
126	160	Sep 28	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	161	Oct 1 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							127gm		1023.0	114	237	20	371	31