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Tommy Matchick

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Full Name: John Thomas Matchick Primary Position: SS,2B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/173 First Game: September 2, 1967
Birthdate: September 7, 1943 Final Game: October 3, 1972
Birthplace: Hazleton, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Tommy Matchick (John Thomas Matchick) was born on September 7, 1943 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1967 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1968, his rookie year, he hit .203 with 3 home runs and 14 RBI. Matchick played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career.

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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
1967 DET A 8 6 1 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET A 80 227 18 46 3 14 .203 .248 .286 6 2 10 46 4 2 0 3 3
1969 DET A 94 298 25 72 0 32 .242 .276 .292 11 2 15 51 0 1 3 3 8
1970 KC A 55 158 11 31 0 11 .196 .226 .241 3 2 5 23 1 1 0 2 8
1970 BOS A 10 14 2 1 0 0 .071 .188 .071 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 TOT A 65 172 13 32 0 11 .186 .222 .227 3 2 7 25 1 1 0 2 8
1971 MIL A 42 114 6 25 1 7 .219 .264 .254 1 0 7 23 0 1 3 0 1
1972 BAL A 3 9 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .222 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 292 826 63 178 4 64 .215 .254 .270 21 6 39 148 5 5 6 8 20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1967 DET A SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 DET A 2B 13 10 93.2 25 34 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1968 DET A 1B 6 0 24 28 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 DET A SS 59 48 369 53 118 9 20 1 0 0 0 0 .950
1969 DET A 3B 27 24 210.2 15 45 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1969 DET A SS 6 6 50 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1969 DET A 2B 47 45 392.2 89 122 6 32 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1969 DET A 1B 2 1 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 KC A SS 43 37 327.2 64 130 3 32 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1970 KC A 2B 10 5 55 21 21 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 KC A 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 BOS A 3B 2 0 8.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 BOS A SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 BOS A 2B 1 1 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 TOT A SS 44 37 328.2 64 130 3 32 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1970 TOT A 2B 11 6 63 22 23 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 TOT A 3B 3 0 9.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 MIL A 3B 41 32 284.1 31 62 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1971 MIL A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1972 BAL A 3B 3 2 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
Total 1B 8 1 36 39 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 110 91 748.2 124 256 13 54 1 0 0 0 0 .967
Total 2B 72 61 550.1 136 179 7 46 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total 3B 74 58 525.1 49 113 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 .976

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1962).
  • Selected by Detroit Tigers from St. Louis Cardinals in the first-year minor league draft (November 26, 1962).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dalton Jones (December 13, 1969).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Mike Fiore (May 28, 1970).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Ted Savage (May 11, 1971).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Bruce Look to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (October 22, 1971).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees in exchange for Frank Baker (April 5, 1973).

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