Eddie Mathews

Edwin Lee Mathews
Born: October 13, 1931
Texarkana, TX USA
Deceased: 2001
La Jolla, CA USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Career: 1952-1968
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
Minor League Statistics

Eddie Mathews compiled a career batting average of .271 with 512 home runs and 1453 RBI in his 2391-game career with the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 1952 season and last took the field during the 1968 campaign. Mathews was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.

Boston Braves

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	NL	Boston Braves	145	593	528	80	128	23	5	25	58	6	4	59	115	.242	.320	.447	.767	236	9	1	5	0	0
1953	NL	Milwaukee Braves	157	681	579	110	175	31	8	47	135	1	3	99	83	.302	.406	.627	1.033	363	6	2	1	0	0
1954	NL	Milwaukee Braves	138	601	476	96	138	21	4	40	103	10	3	113	61	.290	.423	.603	1.026	287	9	2	3	7	0
1955	NL	Milwaukee Braves	141	616	499	108	144	23	5	41	101	3	4	109	98	.289	.413	.601	1.014	300	5	1	1	6	20
1956	NL	Milwaukee Braves	151	651	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	6	0	91	86	.272	.373	.518	.892	286	4	1	3	4	17
1957	NL	Milwaukee Braves	148	666	572	109	167	28	9	32	94	3	1	90	79	.292	.387	.540	.927	309	6	0	2	2	5
1958	NL	Milwaukee Braves	149	649	546	97	137	18	1	31	77	5	0	85	85	.251	.349	.458	.807	250	9	2	8	8	5
1959	NL	Milwaukee Braves	148	682	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	1	80	71	.306	.390	.593	.983	352	6	3	3	2	2
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	153	671	548	108	152	19	7	39	124	7	3	111	113	.277	.397	.551	.948	302	8	2	4	6	3
1961	NL	Milwaukee Braves	152	672	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	12	7	93	95	.306	.402	.535	.937	306	10	2	1	4	3
1962	NL	Milwaukee Braves	152	643	536	106	142	25	6	29	90	4	2	101	90	.265	.381	.496	.877	266	11	2	0	4	7
1963	NL	Milwaukee Braves	158	675	547	82	144	27	4	23	84	3	4	124	119	.263	.399	.453	.852	248	9	1	0	3	14
1964	NL	Milwaukee Braves	141	590	502	83	117	19	1	23	74	2	2	85	100	.233	.344	.412	.756	207	8	1	0	2	5
1965	NL	Milwaukee Braves	156	626	546	77	137	23	0	32	95	1	0	73	110	.251	.341	.469	.810	256	11	3	1	3	7
1966	NL	Atlanta Braves	134	517	452	72	113	21	4	16	53	1	1	63	82	.250	.341	.420	.761	190	6	0	1	1	6
1967	NL	Houston Astros	101	383	328	39	78	13	2	10	38	2	4	48	65	.238	.333	.381	.714	125	5	1	2	4	12
1967	AL	Detroit Tigers	36	128	108	14	25	3	0	6	19	0	0	15	23	.231	.331	.426	.757	46	1	2	1	2	0
1968	AL	Detroit Tigers	31	57	52	4	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	12	.212	.281	.385	.665	20	0	0	0	0	1
Totals			2391	10101	8537	1509	2315	354	72	512	1453	68	39	1444	1487	.271	.376	.509	.885	4349	123	26	36	58	107

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1952	NL	Boston Braves	3B	142	0	0.0	160	259	19	21	.957		2.951
1953	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	157	0	0.0	154	311	30	33	.939		2.962
1954	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	127	126	1117.3	112	254	13	28	.966	2.948	2.882
1954	NL	Milwaukee Braves	OF	10	10	90.0	21	0	2	0	.913	2.100	2.100
1955	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	137	137	1232.3	140	280	21	23	.952	3.067	3.066
1956	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	150	149	1321.0	133	287	25	22	.944	2.861	2.800
1957	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	147	147	1333.0	131	299	16	27	.964	2.903	2.925
1958	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	149	149	1312.0	116	351	22	24	.955	3.204	3.134
1959	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	148	148	1315.7	144	305	18	21	.961	3.071	3.034
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	153	153	1369.3	141	280	22	23	.950	2.767	2.752
1961	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	151	151	1340.3	168	281	18	30	.961	3.015	2.974
1962	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	140	140	1223.0	141	283	16	22	.964	3.120	3.029
1962	NL	Milwaukee Braves	1B	7	7	59.0	67	2	0	7	1.000	1.525	9.857
1963	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	121	115	1048.0	113	276	13	23	.968	3.341	3.215
1963	NL	Milwaukee Braves	OF	42	42	321.7	63	1	6	0	.914	1.791	1.524
1964	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	128	123	1078.0	130	247	15	19	.962	3.147	2.945
1964	NL	Milwaukee Braves	1B	7	7	57.0	54	5	2	4	.967	9.316	8.429
1965	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	153	146	1290.3	113	301	19	19	.956	2.888	2.706
1966	NL	Atlanta Braves	3B	127	115	1023.0	114	237	20	31	.946	3.088	2.764
1967	NL	Houston Astros	1B	79	68	602.7	572	40	8	50	.987	9.139	7.747
1967	NL	Houston Astros	3B	24	20	178.7	22	33	3	3	.948	2.771	2.292
1967	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	21	19	154.3	14	28	3	0	.933	2.449	2.000
1967	AL	Detroit Tigers	1B	13	12	99.0	106	12	1	9	.992	1.727	9.077
1968	AL	Detroit Tigers	1B	6	6	44.0	34	3	1	5	.974	7.568	6.167
1968	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	6	5	33.0	3	10	0	0	1.000	3.545	2.167
Totals				2345	1995	17642.7	2966	4385	313	444	.959	3.750	3.135

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
1957	NL	Milwaukee Braves	WS	7	31	22	4	5	3	1	4	0	8	5	.227	.433	.500	.933	11	1	1	0
1958	NL	Milwaukee Braves	WS	7	31	25	3	4	2	0	3	1	6	11	.160	.323	.240	.563	6	0	0	2
1968	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0
Totals				16	66	50	7	10	5	1	7	1	15	17	.200	.385	.360	.745	18	1	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1957	NL	Milwaukee Braves	WS	3B	7	7	62.0	9	19	1	1	.966	4.065	4.000
1958	NL	Milwaukee Braves	WS	3B	7	7	63.0	5	12	1	1	.944	2.429	2.429
1968	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	3B	1	1	9.0	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000	1.000
Totals					15	15	134.0	14	32	3	2	.939	3.090	3.067

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