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Jon Matlack

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Full Name: Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205 First Game: July 11, 1971
Birthdate: January 19, 1950 Final Game: September 15, 1983
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 19, 1950 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Jon Matlack (Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack) played for the New York Mets and Texas Rangers over the course of his 13 year career. Matlack broke into the bigs on July 11, 1971 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.32 ERA in 244 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jon Matlack's best season was 1978, when he posted a 2.27 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 157 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1971 NY N 7 6 0 3 4.14 24 18 17 0 0 0 37 31 2 15 0 3 0
1972 NY N 34 32 15 10 2.32 169 79 63 8 4 0 244 215 14 71 14 7 2
1973 NY N 34 34 14 16 3.20 205 93 86 14 3 0 242 210 16 99 14 6 2
1974 NY N 34 34 13 15 2.41 195 82 71 14 7 0 265.1 221 8 76 11 4 5
1975 NY N 33 32 16 12 3.38 154 105 86 8 3 0 228.2 224 15 58 6 7 1
1976 NY N 35 35 17 10 2.95 153 94 86 16 6 0 262 236 18 57 5 13 3
1977 NY N 26 26 7 15 4.21 123 86 79 5 3 0 169 175 19 43 7 2 2
1978 TEX A 35 33 15 13 2.27 157 93 68 18 2 1 270 252 14 51 4 8 4
1979 TEX A 13 13 5 4 4.13 35 43 39 2 0 0 85 98 9 15 1 1 1
1980 TEX A 35 34 10 10 3.68 142 111 96 8 1 1 234.2 265 17 48 1 9 0
1981 TEX A 17 16 4 7 4.14 43 59 48 1 1 0 104.1 101 8 41 1 2 1
1982 TEX A 33 14 7 7 3.53 78 64 58 1 0 1 147.2 158 14 37 4 2 2
1983 TEX A 25 9 2 4 4.66 38 43 38 2 0 0 73.1 90 7 27 1 4 3
Total NL 203 199 82 81 3.03 1023 557 488 65 26 0 1448 1312 92 419 57 42 15
Total AL 158 119 43 45 3.41 493 413 347 32 4 3 915 964 69 219 12 26 11
Total 361 318 125 126 3.18 1516 970 835 97 30 3 2363 2276 161 638 69 68 26

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 NY N P 7 6 37 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1.000
1972 NY N P 34 32 244 8 33 1 1 0 2 10 7 3 .976
1973 NY N P 34 34 242 4 40 1 3 0 1 23 13 5 .978
1974 NY N P 34 34 265.1 5 40 0 1 0 4 23 11 6 1.000
1975 NY N P 33 32 228.2 3 28 3 1 0 0 13 5 2 .912
1976 NY N P 35 35 262 10 35 1 0 0 3 22 7 5 .978
1977 NY N P 26 26 169 4 27 1 1 0 0 13 11 10 .969
1978 TEX A P 35 33 270 17 42 5 2 0 4 16 13 7 .922
1979 TEX A P 13 13 85 3 16 2 1 0 2 8 4 2 .905
1980 TEX A P 35 34 234.2 5 25 4 0 0 3 22 11 7 .882
1981 TEX A P 17 16 104.1 2 20 2 0 0 0 5 5 4 .917
1982 TEX A P 33 14 147.2 4 24 0 1 0 0 10 4 3 1.000
1983 TEX A P 25 9 73.1 2 14 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 .941
Total P 361 318 2363 68 346 21 14 0 20 172 92 55 .952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 NY N 7 11 1 3 0 0 .273 .333 .273 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NY N 34 78 6 10 0 2 .128 .227 .141 1 0 10 44 0 5 0 0 1
1973 NY N 35 65 5 9 0 2 .138 .282 .138 0 0 13 38 0 12 0 0 0
1974 NY N 34 79 3 8 0 8 .101 .153 .101 0 0 5 34 0 11 0 0 1
1975 NY N 33 70 6 7 0 2 .100 .241 .100 0 0 13 33 0 5 0 0 0
1976 NY N 35 88 10 17 0 9 .193 .268 .205 1 0 8 35 1 7 0 0 3
1977 NY N 26 50 1 3 0 0 .060 .175 .080 1 0 7 27 0 1 0 0 2
1978 TEX A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX A 13 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX A 17 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX A 33 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX A 25 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 204 441 32 57 0 23 .129 .230 .136 3 0 57 217 1 41 0 0 7
Total AL 158 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 362 441 32 57 0 23 .129 .230 .136 3 0 57 217 1 41 0 0 7

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Texas Rangers as part of 4-team trade in which Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to Atlanta Braves; Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to New York Mets; Texas Rangers sent Tom Grieve to New York Mets; New York Mets sent John Milner to Pittsburgh Pirates; Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to Texas Rangers (December 8, 1977); and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York Mets (March 15, 1978).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (October 31, 1983).

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