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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	15 (4)	Apr 25	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	16	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
4	17	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	18	Apr 28	DET		WSA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	19	Apr 29	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	21 (1)	May 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
8	27 (5)	May 9	DET		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
9	32 (4)	May 17	DET	@	MIN	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
10	33	May 18	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	36 (2)	May 23	DET		CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	39 (2)	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	40	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	41	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	42	May 30	DET	@	SEP	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	43	May 31	DET	@	SEP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44	Jun 1	DET	@	SEP	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
18	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
19	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
20	48 (1)	Jun 6	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
21	50 (1)	Jun 9	DET		SEP	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	51	Jun 10	DET		SEP	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
23	52	Jun 11	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
24	53	Jun 13	DET	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
25	54	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	56 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	58 (1)	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	62 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	69 (6)	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
30	71 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	5	0	5	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,12-4	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
32	74 (1)	Jul 3	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
33	77 (2)	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	80 (2)	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	81	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
36	98 (16)	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
37	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
38	100	Jul 30	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
39	101	Jul 31	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	102	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
41	103	Aug 2	DET		CHW	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
42	104	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
43	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
44	106	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
45	107	Aug 6	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
46	109 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
47	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
48	112 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
49	114 (1)	Aug 12	DET		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
50	115	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	116	Aug 15	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	117	Aug 16	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	2	4	0	6	2	2B
53	118	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	2B
54	120 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	SEP	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
55	121	Aug 21	DET	@	SEP	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
56	122	Aug 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
57	124 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
58	125	Aug 26 (1)	DET		OAK	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
59	126	Aug 26 (2)	DET		OAK	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
60	127	Aug 27	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
61	128	Aug 28	DET		OAK	W,5-3	GS	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	2B
62	130 (1)	Aug 30	DET		SEP	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
63	131	Aug 31	DET		SEP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	133 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	6	3	0	9	3	2B
65	134	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
66	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
67	136	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
68	143 (6)	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
69	144	Sep 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
70	145	Sep 13	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	146	Sep 14	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
72	147	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
73	148	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
74	149	Sep 17	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
75	152 (2)	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,3-6	GS	32	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
76	153	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
77	154	Sep 24 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
78	155	Sep 24 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
79	156	Sep 25	DET		WSA	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
80	158 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
81	162 (3)	Oct 1	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
							82gm		665.1	121	176	8	305	36