Eddie Mathews Stats

Eddie Mathews was born on Tuesday, October 13, 1931, in Texarkana, Texas. Mathews was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1952, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Eddie Mathews baseball stats page.
"My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter." - Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#67)

Eddie Mathews Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#67)
 

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Birth Name:   Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr.
Nickname:   Cap'n Eddie or Eddie Mattress or The Brookfield Bomber
Born On:   10-13-1931
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Texarkana, Texas
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-18-2001
Place of Death Data Died In:   La Jolla, California
Cemetery:   Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-15-1952 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-27-1968
Draft:   Not Applicable
Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1952 Braves 145 528 80 128 23 5 25 0 58 59 - 115 5 - 1 9 .242 .320 .447
1953 Braves 157 579 110 175 31 8 47 2 135 99 - 83 1 - 2 6 .302 .406 .627
1954 Braves 138 476 96 138 21 4 40 2 103 113 - 61 3 7 2 9 .290 .423 .603
1955 Braves 141 499 108 144 23 5 41 0 101 109 20 98 1 6 1 5 .289 .413 .601
1956 Braves 151 552 103 150 21 2 37 0 95 91 17 86 3 4 1 4 .272 .373 .518
1957 Braves 148 572 109 167 28 9 32 0 94 90 5 79 2 2 0 6 .292 .387 .540
1958 Braves 149 546 97 137 18 1 31 0 77 85 5 85 8 8 2 9 .251 .349 .458
1959 Braves 148 594 118 182 16 8 46 1 114 80 2 71 3 2 3 6 .306 .390 .593
1960 Braves 153 548 108 152 19 7 39 0 124 111 3 113 4 6 2 8 .277 .397 .551
1961 Braves 152 572 103 175 23 6 32 0 91 93 3 95 1 4 2 10 .306 .402 .535
1962 Braves 152 536 106 142 25 6 29 1 90 101 7 90 0 4 2 11 .265 .381 .496
1963 Braves 158 547 82 144 27 4 23 0 84 124 14 119 0 3 1 9 .263 .399 .453
1964 Braves 141 502 83 117 19 1 23 0 74 85 5 100 0 2 1 8 .233 .344 .412
1965 Braves 156 546 77 137 23 0 32 1 95 73 7 110 1 3 3 11 .251 .341 .469
1966 Braves 134 452 72 113 21 4 16 1 53 63 6 82 1 1 0 6 .250 .341 .420
1967 Astros 101 328 39 78 13 2 10 0 38 48 12 65 2 4 1 5 .238 .333 .381
1967 Tigers 36 108 14 25 3 0 6 0 19 15 0 23 1 2 2 1 .231 .331 .426
1968 Tigers 31 52 4 11 0 0 3 0 8 5 1 12 0 0 0 0 .212 .281 .385
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 2,391 8,537 1,509 2,315 354 72 512 8 1,453 1,444 107 1,487 36 58 26 123 .271 .376 .509
Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1952 Braves 3B 142 - - 438 3.1 419 160 259 19 21 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1953 Braves 3B 157 - - 495 3.2 465 154 311 30 33 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1954 Braves 3B 127 - - 379 3.0 366 112 254 13 28 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1954 Braves OF 10 - - 23 2.3 21 21 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00 -
1955 Braves 3B 137 - - 441 3.2 420 140 280 21 23 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
1956 Braves 3B 150 - - 445 3.0 420 133 287 25 22 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 -
1957 Braves 3B 147 - - 446 3.0 430 131 299 16 27 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1958 Braves 3B 149 - - 489 3.3 467 116 351 22 24 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1959 Braves 3B 148 - - 467 3.2 449 144 305 18 21 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1960 Braves 3B 153 - - 443 2.9 421 141 280 22 23 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1961 Braves 3B 151 - - 467 3.1 449 168 281 18 30 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1962 Braves 1B 7 - - 69 9.9 69 67 2 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1962 Braves 3B 140 - - 440 3.1 424 141 283 16 22 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1963 Braves 3B 121 - - 402 3.3 389 113 276 13 23 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1963 Braves OF 42 - - 70 1.7 64 63 1 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00 -
1964 Braves 1B 7 - - 61 8.7 59 54 5 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1964 Braves 3B 128 - - 392 3.1 377 130 247 15 19 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1965 Braves 3B 153 - - 433 2.8 414 113 301 19 19 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1966 Braves 3B 127 - - 371 2.9 351 114 237 20 31 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00 -
1967 Astros 1B 79 - - 620 7.8 612 572 40 8 50 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1967 Astros 3B 24 - - 58 2.4 55 22 33 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1967 Tigers 1B 13 - - 119 9.2 118 106 12 1 9 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1967 Tigers 3B 21 - - 45 2.1 42 14 28 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1968 Tigers 1B 6 - - 38 6.3 37 34 3 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1968 Tigers 3B 6 - - 13 2.2 13 3 10 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
3B Totals 2,181 0 0 6,664 3.1 6,371 2,049 4,322 293 369 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 --
1B Totals 112 0 0 907 8.1 895 833 62 12 75 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
OF Totals 52 0 0 93 1.8 85 84 1 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00 --
17 Years 2,345 - - 7,664 3.3 7,351 2,966 4,385 313 444 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 --
Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1952 Braves 6 4 .600 - - n/a 21.1 4.6 9.1 - - -
1953 Braves 1 3 .250 - - n/a 12.3 7.0 4.3 - - -
1954 Braves 10 3 .769 - - n/a 11.9 7.8 4.6 - - -
1955 Braves 3 4 .429 - - n/a 12.2 5.1 4.9 - - -
1956 Braves 6 0 1.000 - - n/a 14.9 6.4 5.8 - - -
1957 Braves 3 1 .750 - - n/a 17.9 7.2 6.1 - - -
1958 Braves 5 0 1.000 - - n/a 17.6 6.4 7.1 - - -
1959 Braves 2 1 .667 - - n/a 12.9 8.4 5.2 - - -
1960 Braves 7 3 .700 - - n/a 14.1 4.8 4.4 - - -
1961 Braves 12 7 .632 - - n/a 17.9 6.0 6.3 - - -
1962 Braves 4 2 .667 - - n/a 18.5 6.0 6.0 - - -
1963 Braves 3 4 .429 - - n/a 23.8 4.6 6.5 - - -
1964 Braves 2 2 .500 - - n/a 21.8 5.0 6.8 - - -
1965 Braves 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 17.1 5.0 5.7 - - -
1966 Braves 1 1 .500 - - n/a 28.3 5.5 8.5 - - -
1967 Astros 2 4 .333 - - n/a 32.8 5.0 8.6 - - -
1967 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 18.0 4.7 5.7 - - -
1968 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 17.3 4.3 6.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 68 39 .636 - - n/a 16.7 5.7 5.9 - - -
Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1952 Boston Braves 41 Undetermined - -
1953 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1954 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined - -
1955 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1956 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 41 $50,000.00 Stats Stats
1958 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats Stats
1959 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1961 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1962 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined Stats -
1963 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined - -
1964 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined - -
1965 Milwaukee Braves 41 Undetermined - -
1966 Atlanta Braves 41 $65,000.00 - -
1967 Houston Astros 11 Undetermined - -
1967 Detroit Tigers 7 $57,500.00 - -
1968 Detroit Tigers 7 $57,500.00 - Stats




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