NAME     : Gary Matthews
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  ORIGIN   : 
 
  BIRTHDAY : 7/5/1950
  AGE      : 30
  HEIGHT   : 6"0
  WEIGHT   : 205
 
  POSITION : Leftfield
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $5,000,000 through 1982
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : Some ability
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Leftfield : E (Fielding Pct. : .971) Range at Centerfield : C (Fielding Pct. : .956) Range at Rightfield : B (Fielding Pct. : .925) Outfield Arm : E
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : D Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Fair) Hitting Homeruns : 11 (VS. RHP : 12, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Brilliant) Getting BB's : 3 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs RHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs LHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 At Home .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 R.I.S.P. .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1972 .282 6 19 26 103 29 2 2 14 0 0 9 23 .339 .515 ATL 1973 .281 36 96 162 630 177 35 12 97 0 0 45 109 .329 .546 ATL,NL 1974 .262 34 94 159 638 167 28 22 101 1 1 51 111 .316 .534 ATL,CIN,NL 1975 .234 29 80 155 581 136 23 8 82 0 1 62 104 .308 .451 CIN 1976 .286 41 114 162 647 185 39 8 116 5 6 79 96 .364 .561 CIN,BOS 1977 .291 42 115 162 649 189 47 15 116 4 3 65 103 .356 .604 BOS,AL 1978 .232 29 107 158 628 146 35 13 95 1 0 53 78 .292 .468 BOS 1979 .301 45 124 160 645 194 38 16 128 0 0 58 95 .358 .619 BOS,AL 1980 .269 49 140 161 650 175 29 15 111 1 0 42 106 .314 .586 BOS,AL Total AB : 5171 Total AVG : .270 Total Hits: 1398 Total HR : 311 Total RBI : 889 Total Runs: 860 Total SB : 12
PLAYER HISTORY
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1979, hitting .345 with 12 HR, 32 RBI... Won MVP in 1979, hitting .301 with 45 HR, 124 RBI... Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Seattle on 8/26/1980... Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 9 runs on 8/26/1980... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1980, hitting .368 with 9 HR, 25 RBI...