Gary Matthews Sr.

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Full Name: Gary Nathaniel Matthews, Sr.	Primary Position: OF,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: September 6, 1972
Birthdate: July 5, 1950	Final Game: October 2, 1987
Birthplace: San Fernando, California	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Gary Matthews (Gary Nathaniel Matthews, Sr.) was born on July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, California. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1972 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1973, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 12 home runs and 58 RBI. Matthews played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Gary Matthews's best season was 1979, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .304 average and knocked in 90 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1972	SF	N	20	62	11	18	4	14	.290	.357	.532	1	1	7	13	0	1	0	2	1
1973	SF	N	148	540	74	162	12	58	.300	.367	.444	22	10	58	83	1	3	17	7	12
1974	SF	N	154	561	87	161	16	82	.287	.368	.442	27	6	70	69	3	2	11	5	15
1975	SF	N	116	425	67	119	12	58	.280	.377	.431	22	3	65	53	2	0	13	5	13
1976	SF	N	156	587	79	164	20	84	.279	.359	.443	28	4	75	94	1	2	12	3	8
1977	ATL	N	148	555	89	157	17	64	.283	.362	.438	25	5	67	90	2	2	22	3	13
1978	ATL	N	129	474	75	135	18	62	.285	.366	.462	20	5	61	92	2	1	8	2	16
1979	ATL	N	156	631	97	192	27	90	.304	.363	.502	34	5	60	75	0	1	18	5	6
1980	ATL	N	155	571	79	159	19	75	.278	.325	.419	17	3	42	93	0	1	11	2	16
1981	PHI	N	101	359	62	108	9	67	.301	.398	.451	21	3	59	42	3	1	15	2	8
1982	PHI	N	162	616	89	173	19	83	.281	.349	.427	31	1	66	87	2	0	21	1	23
1983	PHI	N	132	446	66	115	10	50	.258	.352	.374	18	2	69	81	0	4	13	3	8
1984	CHI	N	147	491	101	143	14	82	.291	.410	.428	21	2	103	97	3	1	17	2	10
1985	CHI	N	97	298	45	70	13	40	.235	.362	.406	12	0	59	64	2	0	2	2	8
1986	CHI	N	123	370	49	96	21	46	.259	.361	.478	16	1	60	59	0	0	3	1	15
1987	SEA	A	45	119	10	28	3	15	.235	.319	.319	1	0	15	22	0	0	0	0	6
1987	CHI	N	44	42	3	11	0	8	.262	.326	.333	3	0	4	11	0	0	0	1	1
1987	Total		89	161	13	39	3	23	.242	.320	.323	4	0	19	33	0	0	0	1	7
Total	NL		1988	7028	1073	1983	231	963	.282	.365	.441	318	51	925	1103	21	19	183	46	173
Total	AL		45	119	10	28	3	15	.235	.319	.319	1	0	15	22	0	0	0	0	6
Total			2033	7147	1083	2011	234	978	.281	.364	.439	319	51	940	1125	21	19	183	46	179

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1972	SF	N	RF	9	9	74.2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	SF	N	OF	19	17	153.1	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1972	SF	N	LF	10	8	78.2	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1973	SF	N	RF	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	SF	N	OF	145	140	1245	277	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1973	SF	N	LF	144	140	1242	281	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1974	SF	N	OF	151	144	1296.1	281	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1974	SF	N	LF	151	144	1296.1	284	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1975	SF	N	OF	113	112	991	225	11	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1975	SF	N	LF	113	112	991	225	11	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1976	SF	N	OF	156	155	1374.1	265	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1976	SF	N	LF	156	155	1374.1	262	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1977	ATL	N	LF	145	145	1283.1	262	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1977	ATL	N	OF	145	145	1283.1	262	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1978	ATL	N	OF	127	126	1076.2	238	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1978	ATL	N	RF	127	126	1076.2	239	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1979	ATL	N	OF	156	156	1362.2	292	12	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1979	ATL	N	RF	156	156	1362.2	295	11	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1980	ATL	N	RF	137	137	1197.1	254	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1980	ATL	N	LF	6	5	44.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1980	ATL	N	OF	143	142	1242	258	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1981	PHI	N	LF	99	98	840.1	165	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1981	PHI	N	OF	99	98	840.1	170	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1982	PHI	N	OF	162	161	1350	268	14	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1982	PHI	N	LF	162	161	1350	272	14	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1983	PHI	N	OF	122	120	971.2	174	11	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1983	PHI	N	LF	122	120	971.2	177	11	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1984	CHI	N	LF	145	144	1125.1	223	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1984	CHI	N	OF	145	144	1125.1	224	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1985	CHI	N	OF	85	85	650	119	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1985	CHI	N	LF	85	85	650	120	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1986	CHI	N	OF	105	104	779	137	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1986	CHI	N	LF	105	104	779	138	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1987	SEA	A	DH	39	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	CHI	N	LF	2	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	CHI	N	OF	2	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	1445	1423	12036.2	2440	107	85	14	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			OF	1875	1851	15751	3226	135	112	17	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			DH	39	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	430	428	3714.1	804	27	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	.970

[edit] Transactions

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1976).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 17, 1976).
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 Dave Hartnett (July 12, 1987).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).

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