Gary Matthews

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA).

High School: San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA)

Debut: September 6, 1972 (Age 22-063d, 13,287th in major league history)
vs. SDP 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1987 (Age 37-089d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein • Previously: Bruce Church

Full Name: Gary Nathaniel Matthews

Nicknames: Sarge

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Relatives: Father of Gary Matthews

Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star
NLCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

7147

2011

234

.281

1083

RBI

978

183

OBP

.364

SLG

.439

OPS

.802

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 12	CHC		MON	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	CHC		MON	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 14	CHC		MON	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 15	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 16	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 17	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	10 (1)	Apr 20	CHC	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	11	Apr 21	CHC	@	MON	W,4-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	12	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	13	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	14	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	15	Apr 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	16	Apr 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	17	Apr 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	18	Apr 30	CHC		SFG	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	25 (6)	May 8	CHC	@	SFG	W,1-0	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	26	May 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	27	May 10	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	28	May 11	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	29	May 12	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	30	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	31	May 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	32	May 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	33	May 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	34	May 19	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	66 (31)	Jun 23	CHC	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	67	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	68	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	69	Jun 27	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
32	70	Jun 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	71	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	55	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	73 (1)	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	76 (1)	Jul 4	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	93 (16)	Jul 24	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	94	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	95	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	96	Jul 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
41	97	Jul 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	98	Jul 30	CHC		STL	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	99	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	100	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,9-8	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	101	Aug 2	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	102	Aug 3	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	103	Aug 4	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
48	104	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	105	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	106	Aug 9	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	108 (1)	Aug 11	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	109	Aug 12	CHC		MON	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	110	Aug 13	CHC		MON	L,1-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	112 (1)	Aug 15	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	113	Aug 16	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	115 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		PHI	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	116	Aug 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	117	Aug 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	118	Aug 22	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
60	119	Aug 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	120	Aug 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	121	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	122	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	W,10-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	123	Aug 27	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	124	Aug 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	125	Aug 29	CHC		ATL	L,6-9	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
67	126	Aug 30	CHC		ATL	L,1-8	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	130 (3)	Sep 3	CHC		HOU	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	131	Sep 4	CHC		HOU	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	132	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	134 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,9-7	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	135	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	T,5-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	136	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	138 (1)	Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
75	140 (1)	Sep 13	CHC		STL	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	141	Sep 14	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	142	Sep 15	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
78	143	Sep 16	CHC	@	MON	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
79	144	Sep 17	CHC	@	MON	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	146 (1)	Sep 19	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
81	147	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	159 (11)	Oct 3	CHC		PIT	W,13-5	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
83	160	Oct 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	161	Oct 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
85	162	Oct 6	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							85gm		650.0	120	8	3	131	2