#38 Gary Matthews, Centerfield, 35 yrs, Boston Redsox

#38 Gary Matthews, Centerfield, 35 yrs, Boston Redsox
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Gary Matthews

7/5/1950
35

6"0
210

Centerfield
R
R

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Minimal
Minimal
Some ability
Good
Normal
Normal
1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 5,000,000
1987
13 Year(s), 77 Days (2313 total Days)
42 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 159 Days (2567 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	7	9	3	4
Versus LHP	4	5	7	2	5
Versus RHP	5	7	9	4	4
Talent	4	8	8	4	4

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3
2
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3
1
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Fielding Ratings
1B : 1 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 4 (Range), .973 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 6 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 9 (Range), .925 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/2	@CLE	W 7-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#6
5/4	@CWS	L 5-7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
5/5	@CWS	L 8-12	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
5/6	@CWS	L 4-13	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	#6
5/7	@CWS	L 1-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
5/8	SEA	W 7-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#6
5/9	SEA	L 7-12	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	#6
5/10	SEA	W 8-3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	#6
5/11	OAK	L 4-10	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
5/12	OAK	L 3-6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5

Batting Stats 1986

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	29	102	28	6	1	8	17	21	10	35	.275	.333	.588	.922	.946	.314

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	29	114	0	0	0	0	0	2	60	15	0	0	.0	21.6	7.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	26	6	2	0	1	2	3	1	9	0	0	0	.231	.259	.423	.682
vs. RHP	76	22	4	1	7	15	18	9	26	2	0	0	.289	.356	.645	1.001
Close/Late	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Scoring Position	21	3	1	1	1	8	0	2	8	2	0	0	.143	.200	.429	.629
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	16	55	15	4	1	3	8	9	3	20	.273	.305	.545	.851
Road	13	47	13	2	0	5	9	12	7	15	.277	.364	.638	1.002
Last Week	7	23	5	2	0	1	1	4	2	7	.217	.280	.435	.715
March/April	19	67	19	4	1	7	16	15	8	23	.284	.351	.687	1.037
May	10	35	9	2	0	1	1	6	2	12	.257	.297	.400	.697

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1972	26	103	29	2	2	6	19	14	9	23	0	0	.282	.339	.515	.854	ATL
1973	162	630	177	35	12	36	96	97	45	109	0	0	.281	.329	.546	.875	ATL NL
1974	159	638	167	28	22	34	94	101	51	111	1	1	.262	.316	.534	.851	ATL CIN NL
1975	155	581	136	23	8	29	80	82	62	104	0	1	.234	.308	.451	.759	CIN
1976	162	647	185	39	8	41	114	116	79	96	5	6	.286	.364	.561	.925	CIN BOS
1977	162	649	189	47	15	42	115	116	65	103	4	3	.291	.356	.604	.960	BOS,AL
1978	158	628	146	35	13	29	107	95	53	78	1	0	.232	.292	.468	.760	BOS
1979	160	645	194	38	16	45	124	128	58	95	0	0	.301	.358	.619	.977	BOS,AL
1980	161	650	175	29	15	49	140	111	42	106	1	0	.269	.314	.586	.900	BOS,AL
1981	163	644	187	24	28	29	129	109	72	127	1	0	.290	.362	.550	.911	BOS,AL
1982	104	412	110	28	5	23	76	70	37	74	0	0	.267	.327	.527	.854	BOS
1983	149	581	169	25	11	32	117	86	41	137	0	1	.291	.338	.537	.875	BOS
1984	138	481	117	23	5	25	82	62	25	114	0	0	.243	.281	.468	.748	BOS
1985	154	621	140	30	6	31	112	83	26	166	1	0	.225	.257	.443	.699	BOS
1986	29	102	28	6	1	8	17	21	10	35	0	0	.275	.333	.588	.922	BOS
Total	2042	8012	2149	412	167	459	1422	1291	675	1478	14	12	.268	.325	.533	.858

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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OBP

SLG

OPS

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1981	13	53	29	4	3	6	18	15	5	4	0	0	.547	.586	1.075	1.662
1982	4	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	.154	.214	.308	.522
1983	19	76	24	5	1	2	12	9	3	12	0	1	.316	.342	.487	.829
Total	36	142	55	11	4	8	30	25	9	19	0	1	.387	.424	.690	1.114

Fielding Stats 1986

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Centerfield

.958

236.0

2.71

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 Al
lstar 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 H
R, 25 RBI... Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game... Hit for the cycle against California on 10/10/1981... Hit for the cycle against New York(N) on 10/25/1981... Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on
4/14/1982...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1982, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Injured on 7/25/1982 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks...
Drove in 7 runs against Milwaukee on 9/21/1983...
Won World Championship with Boston in 1983...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/23/1985, off Dick Tidrow (WSH)...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1985, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/14/1985...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 7/27/1985...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

SLG 1981 - .550 - 3rd 1983 - .537 - 8th	OPS 1981 - .911 - 7th	Triples 1981 - 28 - 1st	Homeruns 1981 - 29 - 9th 1983 - 32 - 3rd 1984 - 25 - 10th 1985 - 31 - 6th	RBI 1981 - 129 - 3rd 1983 - 117 - 4th 1985 - 112 - 8th
Runs 1981 - 109 - 10th

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