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Jeff
Mathis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 31, 1983 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2012   
Gold Glove Award 2011    2014    2015    2016    2017    2019    2020   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 21 CHN NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2005 22 CHN NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
2006 23 DET AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2007 24 DET AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2008 25 DET AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
2009 26 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
2010 27 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
2011 28 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2012 29 DET AL $ 3,478,571   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2013 30 DET AL $ 3,478,571   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2014 31 DET AL $ 5,640,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2015 32 DET AL $ 5,640,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2016 33 DET AL $ 5,640,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
2017 34 DET AL $ 7,140,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2018 35 DET AL $ 7,140,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2019 36 DET AL $ 7,140,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2020 37 DET AL $ 3,250,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,140,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 21 A   134 498 91 151 18 3 28 85 14 2 56 94 .303 .374 .520 .894 95.0  
2005 22 A   133 470 83 137 24 5 20 63 11 8 74 99 .291 .388 .491 .879 87.9  
2006 23 AAA   3 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .500 .722 1.1  
    AA   83 295 41 88 14 2 12 24 9 6 36 62 .298 .375 .481 .856 51.5  
    A   46 168 37 63 8 0 9 28 4 1 17 37 .375 .432 .583 1.016 37.8  
2007 24 AAA   64 205 31 40 8 3 8 21 6 3 20 61 .195 .267 .380 .647 22.0  
    AA   66 261 33 78 14 0 10 35 12 1 36 56 .299 .384 .467 .851 48.0  
2008 25 AAA   132 447 65 143 23 1 25 84 18 8 48 113 .320 .386 .544 .929 88.4  
2009 26 DET AL 62 201 28 66 19 0 3 38 3 0 8 23 .328 .362 .468 .829 30.5 4.8
2010 27 DET AL 130 457 77 129 25 3 10 74 5 2 52 78 .282 .357 .416 .772 66.5 10.2
2011 28 DET AL 132 437 69 127 24 0 16 71 5 0 44 99 .291 .356 .455 .811 70.6 13.4
2012 29 DET AL 139 471 76 131 20 0 15 86 3 2 67 106 .278 .372 .416 .788 74.5 12.9
2013 30 DET AL 142 494 78 135 26 0 21 95 4 2 67 91 .273 .360 .453 .814 81.3 12.5
2014 31 DET AL 138 518 77 139 20 0 11 74 8 4 65 110 .268 .349 .371 .720 68.5 9.5
2015 32 DET AL 141 468 66 132 15 0 17 75 6 4 58 97 .282 .366 .423 .789 73.0 9.8
2016 33 DET AL 138 470 88 142 19 0 16 87 5 0 44 95 .302 .360 .445 .805 73.7 12.0
2017 34 DET AL 109 371 50 101 15 1 10 53 7 0 38 66 .272 .344 .399 .743 53.9 7.2
2018 35 DET AL 104 375 49 115 15 1 8 58 3 2 29 89 .307 .361 .416 .777 54.0 8.4
2019 36 DET AL 130 433 65 104 22 1 14 64 9 4 46 128 .240 .318 .393 .711 55.4 7.1
2020 37 DET AL 130 440 40 85 10 3 11 54 1 2 28 125 .193 .245 .305 .549 31.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 1495 5135 763 1406 230 9 152 829 59 22 546 1107 .274 .346 .411 .757 733.1 107.7
3 Years AAA 199 660 98 184 31 4 34 107 24 11 69 175 .279 .349 .492 .842 111.5  
2 Years AA 149 556 74 166 28 2 22 59 21 7 72 118 .299 .381 .475 .856 99.5  
3 Years A 313 1136 211 351 50 8 57 176 29 11 147 230 .309 .390 .518 .908 220.7  
8 Years Minors 661 2352 383 701 109 14 113 342 74 29 288 523 .298 .377 .500 .877 431.7  
162 Game Average 556 82 152 24 0 16 89 6 2 59 119 .274 .346 .411 .757 79.4  
Career Highs 142 518 88 142 26 3 21 95 9 4 67 128 .328 .372 .468 .829 81.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3917 566 1050 160 7 109 619 37 17 403 872 .268 .338 .396 .734 529.4
vs LH   1218 197 356 70 2 43 210 22 5 143 235 .292 .372 .459 .831 203.1
Home 739 2473 391 711 123 4 65 405 32 11 264 513 .288 .359 .419 .778 368.7
Away 756 2662 372 695 107 5 87 424 27 11 282 594 .261 .334 .403 .737 363.9
RISP   1539 0 450 72 3 46 663 0 0 187 334 .292 .364 .433 .797 244.7
Pinch Hitting   50 4 15 1 0 1 9 1 0 6 11 .300 .379 .380 .759 7.5
Close/Late   535 72 150 31 0 14 70 0 0 66 141 .280 .363 .417 .780 80.5
Mar/Apr 246 850 144 229 34 1 23 125 13 4 88 188 .269 .341 .393 .734 115.5
May 274 950 140 265 55 1 23 152 10 3 93 188 .279 .347 .412 .759 133.5
June 260 910 111 231 41 0 24 126 15 7 99 221 .254 .330 .378 .708 116.0
July 227 811 132 239 30 3 31 160 8 3 80 154 .295 .358 .454 .811 129.6
August 249 835 121 222 33 3 34 135 6 1 94 180 .266 .342 .435 .777 125.7
Sep/Oct 239 779 115 220 37 1 17 131 7 4 92 176 .282 .360 .398 .758 112.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2009 26 DET AL C 39 36 313.7 278 22 2 0 .993 8.61 42 15 .357 1 2.2
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 27 DET AL C 129 124 1116.7 1015 68 10 0 .991 8.73 142 49 .345 0 5.6
2011 28 DET AL C 130 125 1113.7 1192 61 3 1 .998 10.13 75 33 .440 1 9.7
2012 29 DET AL C 130 125 1129.7 1227 44 3 0 .998 10.13 63 22 .349 0 7.9
2013 30 DET AL C 134 129 1150.0 1264 38 2 3 .998 10.19 60 23 .383 0 8.6
2014 31 DET AL C 135 131 1196.7 1293 63 9 1 .993 10.20 115 42 .365 0 7.9
2015 32 DET AL C 139 134 1199.0 1175 57 9 0 .993 9.25 103 38 .369 1 7.3
2016 33 DET AL C 136 131 1169.0 1112 71 11 0 .991 9.11 108 47 .435 6 9.3
2017 34 DET AL C 108 101 923.3 857 51 5 1 .995 8.85 112 38 .339 4 5.0
2018 35 DET AL C 102 101 891.3 737 41 2 0 .997 7.86 92 30 .326 1 5.8
2019 36 DET AL C 129 126 1120.7 1006 57 5 4 .995 8.54 102 43 .422 3 9.9
2020 37 DET AL C 128 127 1119.3 945 66 11 1 .989 8.13 120 45 .375 1 7.9
  C 1439 1390 12443.0 12101 639 72 11 .994 9.21 1134 425 .375 18 87.0
  3B 2 2 18.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1442 1392 12462.0 12101 642 72 11 .994 9.20 1134 425 .375 18 87.1
Career Highs   139 134 1199.0 1293 71 11 4 .998 10.20 142 49 .440 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 28 DET AL 6 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .095 .174 .095 .269
2012 29 DET AL 14 53 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 7 .264 .322 .283 .605
2013 30 DET AL 12 43 8 13 0 0 3 5 1 1 5 6 .302 .388 .512 .899
2014 31 DET AL 7 31 3 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .323 .344 .419 .763
2016 33 DET AL 17 62 12 25 5 0 3 18 0 1 6 11 .403 .456 .629 1.085
2019 36 DET AL 12 41 9 15 3 0 1 5 0 1 3 5 .366 .409 .512 .921
2020 37 DET AL 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .188 .235 .250 .485
Career Post-Season Batting 73 267 40 82 10 0 8 38 1 3 22 43 .307 .363 .434 .797
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History
Traded from Anaheim to Chicago (N) on 4/5/2004 (Going to ANA: 1B Derrek Lee. Going to CHN: C Jeff Mathis, SS Brandon Wood)
Injured on 6/25/2005 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Traded from Chicago (N) to Detroit on 5/5/2006 (Going to DET: C Jeff Mathis, P Leslie Nacar. Going to CHN: P Kerry Wood, LF Craig Monroe, P Fernando Rodney)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/2009, off Derek Lowe (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/2009, off John Riedling (OAK)
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2011
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Detroit in 2012
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
5/30/2013: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,640,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2014
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2015
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 8/13/2016
9/11/2016: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,140,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 10/14/2016
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2016
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/2017, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 8/22/2017 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2017
Injured on 8/1/2018 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/1/2018 with a Broken Ribs, out for 4-5 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 7/21/2019
Injured on 7/24/2019 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
10/26/2019: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2019
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2020
 
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