Nickname: Sarge
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 07-05-1950
Birthplace: San Fernando, CA, USA
Career Positions Played: LF,RF,DH
Rookie of the Year: 1973
All-Star: 1979
League MVP Award: 1983
Height: 6 ft., 3 in. Weight: 190 lbs.
(Gary Matthews at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 201 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1972 SF:N 7,9 21 20 71 62 18 12 1 1 4 14 11 .290 .248 .357 .532 7 2 13 1 1 0 1972 SF:N
1973 SF:N 7,9 22 148 605 540 162 118 22 10 12 58 74 .300 .254 .367 .444 58 7 83 3 3 1 1973 SF:N
1974 SF:N 7 23 154 638 561 161 112 27 6 16 82 87 .287 .255 .369 .442 70 5 69 2 2 3 1974 SF:N
1975 SF:N 7 24 116 494 425 119 82 22 3 12 58 67 .280 .257 .378 .431 65 5 53 0 2 2 1975 SF:N
1976 SF:N 7 25 156 671 587 164 112 28 4 20 84 79 .279 .255 .362 .443 75 3 94 2 6 1 1976 SF:N
1977 ATL:N 7 26 148 627 555 157 110 25 5 17 64 89 .283 .262 .362 .438 67 3 90 2 1 2 1977 ATL:N
1978 ATL:N 9 27 129 542 474 135 92 20 5 18 62 75 .285 .254 .369 .462 61 2 92 1 4 2 1978 ATL:N
1979 ATL:N 9 28 156 695 631 192 126 34 5 27 90 97 .304 .261 .365 .502 60 5 75 1 3 0 1979 ATL:N
1980 ATL:N 7,9 29 155 619 571 159 120 17 3 19 75 79 .278 .259 .328 .419 42 2 93 1 5 0 1980 ATL:N
1981 PHI:N 7 30 101 428 359 108 75 21 3 9 67 62 .301 .255 .404 .451 59 2 42 1 6 3 1981 PHI:N
1982 PHI:N 7 31 162 690 616 173 122 31 1 19 83 89 .281 .258 .352 .427 66 1 87 0 6 2 1982 PHI:N
1983 PHI:N 7 32 132 526 446 115 85 18 2 10 50 66 .258 .255 .357 .374 69 3 81 4 7 0 1983 PHI:N
1984 CHI:N 7 33 147 608 491 143 106 21 2 14 82 101 .291 .255 .417 .428 103 2 97 1 10 3 1984 CHI:N
1985 CHI:N 7 34 97 362 298 70 45 12 0 13 40 45 .235 .252 .365 .406 59 2 64 0 3 2 1985 CHI:N
1986 CHI:N 7 35 123 432 370 96 58 16 1 21 46 49 .259 .253 .363 .478 60 1 59 0 2 0 1986 CHI:N
1987 SEA:A D 36 45 135 119 28 24 1 0 3 15 10 .235 .265 .321 .319 15 0 22 0 1 0 1987 SEA:A
1987 CHI:N 7 36 44 47 42 11 8 3 0 0 8 3 .262 .261 .326 .333 4 1 11 1 0 0 1987 CHI:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1972 SF:N 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 .05 .00 .50 1.00 0 0 0 0 33 48 15 16 2 .94 1 17 1972 SF:N
1973 SF:N 22 17 5 0 0 0 0 .14 .00 .45 .70 4 0 0 0 240 401 155 148 14 1.05 12 113 1973 SF:N
1974 SF:N 23 11 9 1 0 0 0 .12 .01 .25 .75 8 0 0 1 248 428 167 173 17 .97 15 139 1974 SF:N
1975 SF:N 24 13 4 0 1 0 0 .15 .01 .31 .70 7 0 0 0 183 325 133 121 12 1.10 13 119 1975 SF:N
1976 SF:N 25 12 5 1 0 0 0 .10 .01 .22 .70 17 0 0 0 260 446 191 143 29 1.34 8 172 1976 SF:N
1977 ATL:N 26 22 8 2 0 1 1 .15 .02 .44 .58 4 0 0 1 243 422 192 117 10 1.64 13 129 1977 ATL:N
1978 ATL:N 27 8 7 0 1 0 0 .12 .01 .26 .54 5 0 0 0 219 367 133 114 20 1.17 16 117 1978 ATL:N
1979 ATL:N 28 18 6 1 0 0 0 .13 .01 .20 .68 8 1 0 1 317 456 180 177 19 1.02 6 155 1979 ATL:N
1980 ATL:N 29 11 3 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 .27 .83 13 0 0 0 239 437 161 152 12 1.06 16 137 1980 ATL:N
1981 PHI:N 30 15 2 0 0 0 0 .14 .00 .22 .71 10 0 0 0 162 268 117 90 16 1.30 8 113 1981 PHI:N
1982 PHI:N 31 21 4 4 0 0 0 .14 .03 .29 .70 17 0 0 0 263 476 206 135 21 1.53 23 173 1982 PHI:N
1983 PHI:N 32 13 9 0 0 0 0 .15 .00 .28 .74 4 0 0 0 167 359 142 102 17 1.39 8 111 1983 PHI:N
1984 CHI:N 33 17 8 2 0 0 1 .12 .02 .37 .82 19 0 0 0 210 377 135 121 6 1.12 10 147 1984 CHI:N
1985 CHI:N 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .19 .88 3 0 0 0 121 239 76 87 4 .87 8 78 1985 CHI:N
1986 CHI:N 35 3 2 0 0 0 0 .05 .00 .13 .71 4 0 0 0 177 293 116 94 11 1.23 15 103 1986 CHI:N
1987 SEA:A 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .00 1.00 3 0 0 0 38 99 42 31 6 1.35 6 28 1987 SEA:A
1987 CHI:N 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 14 33 11 10 2 1.10 1 16 1987 CHI:N
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1972 SF:N 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1973 SF:N 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1974 SF:N 23 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1975 SF:N 24 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1976 SF:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1977 ATL:N 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 1.000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1978 ATL:N 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1979 ATL:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1980 ATL:N 29 8 2 0 0 1 2 4 .250 .625 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1981 PHI:N 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1982 PHI:N 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1983 PHI:N 32 9 2 0 0 0 2 1 .222 .222 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1984 CHI:N 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1985 CHI:N 34 11 2 0 0 1 1 6 .182 .455 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1986 CHI:N 35 16 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1987 SEA:A 36 12 2 0 0 0 4 2 .167 .167 116 28 1 0 3 12 21 .241 .328
1987 CHI:N 36 37 9 2 0 0 3 9 .243 .297 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1972 SF:N 21 30 11 0 1 2 3 5 .367 .633 32 7 1 0 2 4 8 .219 .438 1972 SF:N
1973 SF:N 22 254 76 10 2 5 32 41 .299 .413 286 86 12 8 7 26 42 .301 .472 1973 SF:N
1974 SF:N 23 292 90 16 3 7 37 36 .308 .455 269 71 11 3 9 33 33 .264 .428 1974 SF:N
1975 SF:N 24 220 62 11 2 4 31 37 .282 .405 205 57 11 1 8 34 16 .278 .459 1975 SF:N
1976 SF:N 25 298 87 17 4 11 38 53 .292 .487 289 77 11 0 9 37 41 .266 .398 1976 SF:N
1977 ATL:N 26 282 102 15 2 14 41 39 .362 .578 273 55 10 3 3 26 51 .201 .293 1977 ATL:N
1978 ATL:N 27 239 70 10 3 10 36 49 .293 .485 235 65 10 2 8 25 43 .277 .438 1978 ATL:N
1979 ATL:N 28 313 103 23 2 18 34 34 .329 .588 318 89 11 3 9 26 41 .280 .418 1979 ATL:N
1980 ATL:N 29 275 72 7 1 9 24 46 .262 .393 296 87 10 2 10 18 47 .294 .443 1980 ATL:N
1981 PHI:N 30 198 66 16 3 5 29 20 .333 .520 161 42 5 0 4 30 22 .261 .366 1981 PHI:N
1982 PHI:N 31 289 86 16 0 10 36 41 .298 .457 327 87 15 1 9 30 46 .266 .401 1982 PHI:N
1983 PHI:N 32 206 53 7 2 3 35 41 .257 .354 240 62 11 0 7 34 40 .258 .392 1983 PHI:N
1984 CHI:N 33 240 65 8 2 8 48 52 .271 .421 251 78 13 0 6 55 45 .311 .434 1984 CHI:N
1985 CHI:N 34 125 33 6 0 8 27 31 .264 .504 173 37 6 0 5 32 33 .214 .335 1985 CHI:N
1986 CHI:N 35 185 53 7 1 11 30 31 .286 .514 185 43 9 0 10 30 28 .232 .443 1986 CHI:N
1987 SEA:A 36 36 8 0 0 2 5 8 .222 .389 83 20 1 0 1 10 14 .241 .289 1987 SEA:A
1987 CHI:N 36 28 8 3 0 0 3 9 .286 .393 14 3 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .214 1987 CHI:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1972 SF:N 21 32 11 1 0 3 2 5 .344 .656 30 7 0 1 1 5 8 .233 .400 1972 SF:N
1973 SF:N 22 181 58 9 5 6 22 15 .320 .525 359 104 13 5 6 36 68 .290 .404 1973 SF:N
1974 SF:N 23 138 46 7 1 3 28 9 .333 .464 423 115 20 5 13 42 60 .272 .435 1974 SF:N
1975 SF:N 24 167 46 8 2 5 34 18 .275 .437 258 73 14 1 7 31 35 .283 .426 1975 SF:N
1976 SF:N 25 213 66 11 4 7 36 18 .310 .498 374 98 17 0 13 39 76 .262 .412 1976 SF:N
1977 ATL:N 26 135 41 8 2 5 24 19 .304 .504 420 116 17 3 12 43 71 .276 .417 1977 ATL:N
1978 ATL:N 27 133 49 9 3 6 19 20 .368 .617 341 86 11 2 12 42 72 .252 .402 1978 ATL:N
1979 ATL:N 28 167 51 14 1 5 12 11 .305 .491 464 141 20 4 22 48 64 .304 .506 1979 ATL:N
1980 ATL:N 29 108 36 4 1 2 12 12 .333 .444 463 123 13 2 17 30 81 .266 .413 1980 ATL:N
1981 PHI:N 30 72 21 4 0 3 8 9 .292 .472 287 87 17 3 6 51 33 .303 .446 1981 PHI:N
1982 PHI:N 31 119 35 6 0 5 12 15 .294 .471 497 138 25 1 14 54 72 .278 .416 1982 PHI:N
1983 PHI:N 32 126 37 7 1 2 17 23 .294 .413 320 78 11 1 8 52 58 .244 .359 1983 PHI:N
1984 CHI:N 33 144 47 5 0 5 17 22 .326 .465 347 96 16 2 9 86 75 .277 .412 1984 CHI:N
1985 CHI:N 34 82 19 2 0 4 14 10 .232 .402 216 51 10 0 9 45 54 .236 .407 1985 CHI:N
1986 CHI:N 35 105 37 6 1 6 23 9 .352 .600 265 59 10 0 15 37 50 .223 .430 1986 CHI:N
1987 SEA:A 36 71 17 1 0 1 11 12 .239 .296 48 11 0 0 2 4 10 .229 .354 1987 SEA:A
1987 CHI:N 36 11 3 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .364 31 8 2 0 0 4 7 .258 .323 1987 CHI:N
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1972 SF:N 21 .962 .978 10 8 78.7 25 0 1 0 0
1973 SF:N 22 .983 .977 144 140 1242.0 281 11 5 0 0
1974 SF:N 23 .970 .979 151 144 1296.3 284 9 9 0 2
1975 SF:N 24 .967 .978 113 112 991.0 225 11 8 1 2
1976 SF:N 25 .975 .979 156 155 1374.3 262 8 7 1 0
1977 ATL:N 26 .965 .978 144 145 1283.3 262 11 10 1 1
1980 ATL:N 29 .833 .976 6 5 44.7 4 1 1 0 0
1981 PHI:N 30 .962 .975 99 98 840.3 165 12 7 0 2
1982 PHI:N 31 .969 .973 162 161 1350.0 272 14 9 0 6
1983 PHI:N 32 .974 .977 122 120 971.7 177 11 5 0 4
1984 CHI:N 33 .954 .971 145 144 1125.3 223 6 11 0 0
1985 CHI:N 34 .977 .977 85 85 650.0 120 9 3 1 4
1986 CHI:N 35 .941 .975 105 104 779.0 138 5 9 2 2
1987 CHI:N 36 1.000 .981 2 2 10.0 2 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1972 SF:N 21 1.000 .978 9 9 74.7 15 0 0 0 0
1973 SF:N 22 1.000 .977 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 ATL:N 27 .969 .980 127 126 1076.7 240 11 8 0 0
1979 ATL:N 28 .975 .979 156 156 1362.7 298 14 8 0 8
1980 ATL:N 29 .963 .977 137 137 1197.3 254 6 10 1 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 795 204 419 1,918 1,407 614 401 3,451 1,844
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Matthews - Historical Batting Stastistics
Gary Matthews - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Gary Matthews - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Gary Matthews - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Gary Matthews - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching