Eddie Mathews Edwin Lee Mathews Bats Left Throws Right Height 6'1 Weight 190 Born October 13, 1931 Texarkana, TX Died February 18, 2001 La Jolla, CA

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 20 MON  150  563  151  30   6  21   78   81   59  153   1   6   3   2  .268  .262  .455  .392  256 
 1953 21 MON  149  545  185  37   8  40  120  143  114   75   1  39   0   2  .339  .281  .657  .427  358 
 1954 22 MON  151  535  153  28   6  44  124  148  127   60   1  31   2   1  .286  .262  .607  .390  325 
 1955 23 MON  150  551  149  21   7  44  113  114  106  113   3  31   2   0  .270  .264  .574  .442  316 
 1956 24 MON  152  591  167  23   1  49  118  163   95   85   4   4   4   0  .283  .263  .574  .413  339 

 1957 25 MON  142  550  166  19  12  48  145  131   82   63   1   0   0   0  .302  .256  .642  .404  353 
 1958 26 MON  152  603  172  16   1  35  100  101   73   92   3   2   6   2  .285  .255  .489  .393  295 
 1959 27 MON  154  567  168  15   8  35  101  111   78   66   2  18   0   0  .296  .254  .536  .390  304 
 1960 28 MON  154  537  148  22   5  43  120  109  133   82   2  14   7   3  .276  .261  .575  .405  309 
 1961 29 MON  162  630  200  21   6  44  118  127   98  113   1   1  20   9  .317  .259  .579  .409  365 
 1962 30 MON                                                                                             
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons  1516 5672 1659 232  60 403 1137 1228  965  902  19 146  44  19  .292  .262  .568  .406 3220 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  576  169  24   6  41  116  125   98   92   2  15   4   2  .292  ----  .568  ----  327
 Career High  154  630  200  37  12  49  145  163  127  153   4  39  20   9  .339  ----  .657  ----  365
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1953 MON PAW   W    6   21    7   1   0   1    5    5    5    4   0   2   0   0  .333  .524   11
 1954 MON HAR   W    7   28   11   3   0   4    8   10    4    1   0   1   0   0  .393  .929   26
 1955 MON BRK   L    7   24    7   1   0   3    6    4    6    5   0   1   0   0  .292  .708   17
 1956 MON PAW   L    6   21    7   1   0   1    2    4    2    4   0   0   0   0  .333  .524   11
 1957 MON PAW   W    4   15    7   2   1   0    6    4    2    1   0   0   0   0  .467  .733   11

 1958 MON FRE   W    5   20    5   0   0   1    3    2    2    6   0   0   0   0  .250  .400    8
 1959 MON FRE   W    6   22    5   0   0   2    4    4    3    3   0   1   0   0  .227  .500   11
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               5-2  41  151   49   8   1  12   34   33   24   24   0   5   0   0  .325  .629   95
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

MVP 1953 1954

All-Star 1954 1958

Batting 1953-.339-6 1957-.302-7 1959-.296-7 1961-.317-6

Home Runs 1953-40-3 1954-44-1 1955-44-5 1956-49-1 1957-48-2 1958-35-7 1959-35-4 1960-43-5 1961-44-7

RBI 1953-143-3 1954-148-1 1955-114-8 1956-163-1 1957-131-3 1958-101-8 1959-111-3 1960-109-9

Runs 1953-120-6 1954-124-2 1955-113-7 1956-118-4 1957-145-2 1958-100-4 1959-101-6 1960-120-2 1961-118-9

Hits 1961-200-5

Doubles 1953-37-9

Triples 1953-8-7 1957-12-3 1959-8-4

Stolen Bases 1961-20-5

Transactions January 1, 1952: Drafted 1st round ( 1st overall) by Montgomery.

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