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Wid Matthews

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Full Name: Wid Curry Matthews Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/155 First Game: April 18, 1923
Birthdate: October 20, 1896 Final Game: June 7, 1925
Birthplace: Raleigh, Illinois MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: October 5, 1965
Deathplace: Hollywood, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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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
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[edit] Biography

Wid Matthews (Wid Curry Matthews) was born on October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1923 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1923, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Matthews played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 3 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
1923 PHI A 129 485 52 133 1 25 .274 .343 .328 11 6 50 27 1 6 16 0 0
1924 WAS A 53 169 25 51 0 13 .302 .355 .408 10 4 11 4 3 12 3 0 0
1925 WAS A 10 9 2 4 0 1 .444 .444 .444 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 192 663 79 188 1 39 .284 .348 .350 21 10 61 32 4 18 19 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1923 PHI A OF 127 0 0 316 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1924 WAS A OF 44 0 0 121 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1925 WAS A OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 172 0 0 438 10 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 .957

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  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Heinie Scheer and $40000 to Milwaukee (American Association) in exchange for Al Simmons (December 15, 1923).
  • Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to Washington Senators in exchange for Showboat Fisher and cash (June 2, 1924).
  • Traded by Washington Senators with $50000 to Sacramento (PCL) in exchange for Earl McNeely (August 8, 1924); Wid Matthews returned to Washington Senators (September 29, 1924).

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