Gary Matthews
Born: July 5, 1950, San Fernando, CAHeight: 6'2" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1972 San Francisco NL 21 20 62 11 18 33 1 1 4 14 1 1 0 1 5 2 0 13 1 .290 .532 .357 1973 San Francisco NL 22 148 540 74 162 240 22 10 12 58 3 3 17 5 51 7 1 83 12 .300 .444 .367 1974 San Francisco NL 23 154 561 87 161 248 27 6 16 82 2 2 11 9 65 5 3 69 15 .287 .442 .368 1975 San Francisco NL 24 116 425 67 119 183 22 3 12 58 0 2 13 4 60 5 2 53 13 .280 .431 .377 1976 San Francisco NL 25 156 587 79 164 260 28 4 20 84 2 6 12 5 72 3 1 94 8 .279 .443 .359 1977 Atlanta NL 26 148 555 89 157 243 25 5 17 64 2 1 22 8 64 3 2 90 13 .283 .438 .362 1978 Atlanta NL 27 129 474 75 135 219 20 5 18 62 1 4 8 7 59 2 2 92 16 .285 .462 .366 1979 Atlanta NL 28 156 631 97 192 317 34 5 27 90 1 3 18 6 55 5 0 75 6 .304 .502 .363 1980 Atlanta NL 29 155 571 79 159 239 17 3 19 75 1 5 11 3 40 2 0 93 16 .278 .419 .325 1981 Philadelphia NL 30 101 359 62 108 162 21 3 9 67 1 6 15 2 57 2 3 42 8 .301 .451 .398 1982 Philadelphia NL 31 162 616 89 173 263 31 1 19 83 0 6 21 4 65 1 2 87 23 .281 .427 .349 1983 Philadelphia NL 32 132 446 66 115 167 18 2 10 50 4 7 13 9 66 3 0 81 8 .258 .374 .352 1984 Chicago NL 33 147 491 101 143 210 21 2 14 82 1 10 17 8 101 2 3 97 10 .291 .428 .410 1985 Chicago NL 34 97 298 45 70 121 12 0 13 40 0 3 2 0 57 2 2 64 8 .235 .406 .362 1986 Chicago NL 35 123 370 49 96 177 16 1 21 46 0 2 3 2 59 1 0 59 15 .259 .478 .361 1987 2 Teams 36 89 161 13 39 52 4 0 3 23 0 1 0 1 18 1 0 33 7 .242 .323 .320 TOTALS 2033 7147 1083 2011 3134 319 51 234 978 19 62 183 74 894 46 21 1125 179 .281 .439 .364
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1972 San Francisco NL LF 78.2 8 2 0 10 25 0 1 0 .962 2.86 1972 San Francisco NL RF 74.2 9 0 2 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 1973 San Francisco NL LF 1242.0 140 4 5 144 281 11 5 0 .983 2.12 1973 San Francisco NL RF 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1974 San Francisco NL LF 1296.1 144 7 4 151 284 9 9 2 .970 2.03 1975 San Francisco NL LF 991.0 112 1 7 113 225 11 8 2 .967 2.14 1976 San Francisco NL LF 1374.1 155 1 10 156 262 8 7 0 .975 1.77 1977 Atlanta NL LF 1283.1 145 0 5 145 262 11 10 1 .965 1.91 1978 Atlanta NL RF 1076.2 126 1 16 127 239 10 8 0 .969 2.08 1979 Atlanta NL RF 1362.2 156 0 5 156 295 11 8 4 .975 2.02 1980 Atlanta NL RF 1197.1 137 0 8 137 254 6 10 0 .963 1.95 1980 Atlanta NL LF 44.2 5 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.01 1981 Philadelphia NL LF 840.1 98 1 18 99 165 12 7 1 .962 1.90 1982 Philadelphia NL LF 1350.0 161 1 63 162 272 14 9 3 .969 1.91 1983 Philadelphia NL LF 971.2 120 2 61 122 177 11 5 2 .974 1.74 1984 Chicago NL LF 1125.1 144 1 93 145 223 6 11 0 .954 1.83 1985 Chicago NL LF 650.0 85 0 48 85 120 8 3 2 .977 1.77 1986 Chicago NL LF 779.0 104 1 64 105 138 5 9 1 .941 1.65 1987 Chicago NL LF 10.0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
- Placed on disabled list by Philadelphia Phillies (June 5, 1975)
- Activated by Philadelphia Phillies (July 18, 1975)
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1976).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 17, 1976).
- Placed on disabled list by Atlanta Braves (April 15, 1978)
- Activated by Atlanta Braves (May 2, 1978)
- Traded by Atlanta Braves to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bob Walk (March 25, 1981).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Bob Dernier and Porfi Altamirano to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Campbell and Mike Diaz (March 26, 1984).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Seattle Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later (July 11, 1987); Chicago Cubs received David Hartnett (July 12, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
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