Tommy Matchick

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 173lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: September 7, 1943 in Hazleton, PA us

Died: January 4, 2022 in Sylvania, OH

Buried: Cremated

High School: Hazle Township (Hazle Township, PA)

Debut: September 2, 1967 (Age 23-360d, 12,617th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 29-026d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: John Thomas Matchick

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

826

178

.216

RBI

OBP

.254

SLG

.270

OPS

.524

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 1)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	19 (16)	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	GF	20	5.0	7	1	0	8	2	PH SS 1B
3	20	May 3	DET		CAL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
4	21	May 4	DET		CAL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
5	26 (4)	May 10	DET	@	WSA	W,12-1	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
6	27	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	GF	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	PR 1B
7	28	May 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	GF	16	3.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
8	34 (5)	May 19 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-0	GS	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS 1B
9	36 (1)	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	37	May 22	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
11	41 (3)	May 27	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	49 (7)	Jun 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
13	50	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
14	51	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	52	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
16	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
17	54	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	57 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
19	58	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
20	63 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
21	64	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
22	66 (1)	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,5-8	GF	12	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
23	69 (2)	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
24	70	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
25	74 (3)	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
26	75	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
27	76	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-12	GF	12	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	78 (1)	Jul 2	DET		CAL	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
29	79	Jul 3	DET		CAL	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
30	80	Jul 4	DET		CAL	W,13-10	GS	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS 1B
31	81	Jul 5	DET		OAK	W,8-5	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	82	Jul 6	DET		OAK	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	83	Jul 7 (1)	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	84	Jul 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
35	85	Jul 11	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	90 (4)	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	91	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
38	92	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
39	93	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
40	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
41	95	Jul 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
42	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
43	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	98	Jul 24	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
45	99	Jul 25	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS	21	5.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	120 (20)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
47	121	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	122	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	GS	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
49	124 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
50	125	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
51	126	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
52	130 (3)	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B SS
53	131	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
54	132	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
55	133	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
56	134	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	5	3	1	9	1	2B
57	137 (2)	Aug 30	DET		BAL	W,9-1	GS	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	139 (1)	Sep 1	DET		BAL	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
59	140	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	141	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	142	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	143	Sep 4	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
63	145 (1)	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
64	146	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
65	148 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
66	151 (2)	Sep 14	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
67	152	Sep 15	DET		OAK	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	153	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
69	154	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GS	22	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
70	156 (1)	Sep 20	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
71	157	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	162 (4)	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	163	Sep 28	DET		WSA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							78gm		486.2	106	154	10	270	31