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Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews

1952–1968  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 190 lb  ·  b. 1931 Texarkana, TX

Career 2,391 G · 2,315 H · 512 HR · 1,453 RBI · .271 AVG

Seasons leading his league
16
3 best in baseball 13 league only
119 Top-5 finishes
10 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1963 Best season

Spanning 1953–1963, peaking at 4 titles in 1963.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club
Team records #2 Braves career HR #3 Braves career RBI #3 Braves career H #3 Braves career R #3 Braves career OPS #3 Braves 1953 HR #3 Braves 1953 RBI #10 Braves 1953 OPS
Led in Walks for 3 straight seasons (1961–1963) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 229th League titles 16
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 30th Top-5 finishes 119

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks 4 1st 3 yrs (1961–1963) 1963 124 1955 NL 109 1961 NL 93 1962 NL 101 1954 #2 1957 #3 1958 #3 1960 #2 1964 #2
Third Base Assists 3 1st 2 yrs (1957–1958) 1955 NL 280 1957 NL 299 1958 NL 351 1952 #3 1953 #2 1956 #2 1959 #2 1960 #3 1961 #3 1962 #3 1965 #3
Third Base Range Factor 2 1st — 1955 NL 3.07 1963 NL 3.21 1952 #3 1957 #2 1958 #3 1959 #3 1961 #3 1962 #2 1964 #3
Third Base Putouts 2 1st 2 yrs (1960–1961) 1960 NL 141 1961 NL 168 1952 #3 1953 #3 1955 #2 1956 #2 1957 #3 1959 #2 1966 #3
Home Runs 2 1st — 1953 47 1959 46 1958 #3 1960 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1963 NL .968 1954 #2 1955 #2 1957 #3 1959 #3 1960 #3 1961 #2 1962 #3 1964 #3
Third Base Double Plays 1 1st — 1954 NL 28 1953 #3 1955 #3 1956 #3 1957 #2 1958 #3 1959 #3 1960 #3 1961 #2 1963 #3 1966 #3
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1963 NL .399 1955 #3 1960 #3 1961 #3
Total Bases — #2 — 1953 #2 1959 #2
Triples — #3 — 1957 #3
Slugging Percentage — #2 — 1953 #2 1955 #3 1959 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1953 #3 1955 #3 1959 #2 1960 #2
Runs — #2 — 1959 #3 1960 #2
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1953 #2 1960 #2

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1963 4 OBP .399 BB 124 3B FPCT .968 3B RF 3.21
1962 1 BB 101
1961 2 BB 93 3B PO 168
1960 1 3B PO 141
1959 1 HR 46
1958 1 3B A 351
1957 1 3B A 299
1955 3 BB 109 3B A 280 3B RF 3.07
1954 1 3B DP 28
1953 1 HR 47

Batting

  led the league   17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 BSN NL 145 528 80 128 23 5 25 58 59 115 6 .242 .320 .447 .767
1953 ML1 NL 157 579 110 175 31 8 47 135 99 83 1 .302 .406 .627 1.033
1954 ML1 NL 138 476 96 138 21 4 40 103 113 61 10 .290 .423 .603 1.026
1955 ML1 NL 141 499 108 144 23 5 41 101 109 98 3 .289 .413 .601 1.014
1956 ML1 NL 151 552 103 150 21 2 37 95 91 86 6 .272 .373 .518 .892
1957 ML1 NL 148 572 109 167 28 9 32 94 90 79 3 .292 .387 .540 .927
1958 ML1 NL 149 546 97 137 18 1 31 77 85 85 5 .251 .349 .458 .807
1959 ML1 NL 148 594 118 182 16 8 46 114 80 71 2 .306 .390 .593 .983
1960 ML1 NL 153 548 108 152 19 7 39 124 111 113 7 .277 .397 .551 .948
1961 ML1 NL 152 572 103 175 23 6 32 91 93 95 12 .306 .402 .535 .937
1962 ML1 NL 152 536 106 142 25 6 29 90 101 90 4 .265 .381 .496 .877
1963 ML1 NL 158 547 82 144 27 4 23 84 124 119 3 .263 .399 .453 .852
1964 ML1 NL 141 502 83 117 19 1 23 74 85 100 2 .233 .344 .412 .756
1965 ML1 NL 156 546 77 137 23 0 32 95 73 110 1 .251 .341 .469 .810
1966 ATL NL 134 452 72 113 21 4 16 53 63 82 1 .250 .341 .420 .761
1967 HOU +1 NL 137 436 53 103 16 2 16 57 63 88 2 .236 .333 .392 .725
1968 DET AL 31 52 4 11 0 0 3 8 5 12 0 .212 .281 .385 .665
Career — — 2,391 8,537 1,509 2,315 354 72 512 1,453 1,444 1,487 68 .271 .376 .509 .885

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1952 BSN NL 3B 142 — — 160 259 19 21 438 .957 2.95
1953 ML1 NL 3B 157 — — 154 311 30 33 495 .939 2.96
1954 ML1 NL 3B 127 126 1117.1 112 254 13 28 379 .966 2.88
OF 10 10 90.0 21 0 2 0 23 .913 2.10
1955 ML1 NL 3B 137 137 1232.1 140 280 21 23 441 .952 3.07
1956 ML1 NL 3B 150 149 1321.0 133 287 25 22 445 .944 2.80
1957 ML1 NL 3B 147 147 1333.0 131 299 16 27 446 .964 2.93
1958 ML1 NL 3B 149 149 1312.0 116 351 22 24 489 .955 3.13
1959 ML1 NL 3B 148 148 1315.2 144 305 18 21 467 .961 3.03
1960 ML1 NL 3B 153 153 1369.1 141 280 22 23 443 .950 2.75
1961 ML1 NL 3B 151 151 1340.1 168 281 18 30 467 .961 2.97
1962 ML1 NL 3B 140 140 1223.0 141 283 16 22 440 .964 3.03
1B 7 7 59.0 67 2 0 7 69 1.000 9.86
1963 ML1 NL 3B 121 115 1048.0 113 276 13 23 402 .968 3.21
OF 42 42 321.2 63 1 6 0 70 .914 1.52
1964 ML1 NL 3B 128 123 1078.0 130 247 15 19 392 .962 2.95
1B 7 7 57.0 54 5 2 4 61 .967 8.43
1965 ML1 NL 3B 153 146 1290.1 113 301 19 19 433 .956 2.71
1966 ATL NL 3B 127 115 1023.0 114 237 20 31 371 .946 2.76
1967 HOU NL 1B 92 80 701.2 678 52 9 59 739 .988 7.93
3B 45 39 333.0 36 61 6 3 103 .942 2.16
1968 DET AL 1B 6 6 44.0 34 3 1 5 38 .974 6.17
3B 6 5 33.0 3 10 0 0 13 1.000 2.17
Career — — 3B 2,181 1,843 16369.1 2,049 4,322 293 369 6,664 .956 2.92
— — 1B 112 100 861.2 833 62 12 75 907 .987 7.99
— — OF 52 52 411.2 84 1 8 0 93 .914 1.63