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Gary
Matthews		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 25, 1974 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2005   
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 29 TB AL $ 1,600,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 9 7 7 4 8 6 4 5 4
2005 30 TB AL $ 1,600,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 8 6 7 2 6 5 4 4 4
2006 31 TB AL $ 820,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 9 6 7 2 6 5 4 4 4
2007 32 TB AL $ 820,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 6 7 2 6 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 820,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 8 6 7 2 6 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 9 7 7 4 8 6 4 5 4
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 29 CHN NL 55 109 11 27 7 1 1 11 8 2 13 33 .248 .328 .358 .686 12.5 1.5
  TB AL 18 46 4 5 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 15 .109 .180 .239 .419 1.4 0.0
  TOT   73 155 15 32 8 2 2 13 12 3 17 48 .206 .285 .323 .607 13.9 1.5
    AAA   32 98 20 29 4 1 3 10 9 0 28 21 .296 .452 .449 .901 23.3  
2005 30 TB AL 47 93 22 19 4 0 4 12 8 7 9 23 .204 .275 .376 .651 9.0 0.0
2006 31 AAA   44 58 9 21 2 0 0 6 8 0 7 10 .362 .431 .397 .827 11.2  
2007 32 AAA   90 260 36 65 17 1 7 28 7 4 33 53 .250 .334 .404 .738 35.8  
2 Years Sim 120 248 37 51 12 2 6 25 20 10 26 71 .206 .281 .343 .624 22.9 1.5
3 Years AAA 166 416 65 115 23 2 10 44 24 4 68 84 .276 .378 .413 .792 70.3  
162 Game Average 334 49 68 16 2 8 33 27 13 35 95 .206 .281 .343 .624 30.9  
Career Highs 73 155 22 32 8 2 4 13 12 7 17 48 .206 .285 .376 .651 13.9  
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   134 26 24 4 0 5 17 16 4 16 42 .179 .267 .321 .588 14.1
vs LH   114 11 27 8 2 1 8 4 6 10 29 .237 .298 .368 .667 11.1
Home 57 117 13 25 5 1 4 12 7 7 10 29 .214 .276 .376 .652 11.5
Away 63 131 24 26 7 1 2 13 13 3 16 42 .198 .286 .313 .599 13.7
RISP   66 0 13 3 0 1 18 0 0 6 20 .197 .264 .288 .552 5.1
Pinch Hitting   26 4 10 1 1 0 7 3 0 5 3 .385 .484 .500 .984 6.5
Close/Late   44 10 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 10 .227 .333 .295 .629 4.9
Mar/Apr 5 14 4 6 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 .429 .429 .929 1.357 3.9
May 22 20 5 7 1 1 0 5 5 1 3 3 .350 .435 .500 .935 4.6
June 28 64 13 16 2 0 1 9 8 1 12 18 .250 .368 .328 .697 10.0
July 18 46 2 7 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 13 .152 .188 .217 .405 1.3
August 17 41 8 9 4 0 1 4 1 2 4 14 .220 .289 .390 .679 4.1
Sep/Oct 28 63 5 6 1 1 2 4 2 2 5 21 .095 .162 .238 .400 1.6
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   DWS
2004 29 CHN NL LF 17 11 101.7 18 0 1 0 .947 1.59   0.8
    CF 20 7 83.9 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.0
    RF 8 5 51.1 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  TB AL LF 6 3 41.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.2
    CF 6 2 34.4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
    RF 3 2 20.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 23 14 143.4 26 0 1 0 .963 1.63   1.0
      CF 26 9 118.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.0
      RF 11 7 72.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2005 30 TB AL CF 10 8 73.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.5
    RF 11 7 65.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
    LF 7 6 50.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.71    
    3B 3 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 30 20 194.1 30 0 1 0 .968 1.39   1.0
  CF 36 17 191.3 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.5
  RF 22 14 137.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
  3B 3 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   93 51 532.0 111 2 1 0 .991 1.91   1.5
Career Highs   61 30 335.7 71 1 1 0 1.000 1.93    
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
2005 30 TB AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
History
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 4/5/2004 to a minor league deal
Had first career hit on 5/16/2004, off Ricky Stone (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/2004, off Toshikazu Yoshiaki (CIN)
Released by Chicago (N) on 8/16/2004
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 8/24/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 2005
 
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