Wid Matthews

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, IL us

Died: October 5, 1965 in Hollywood, CA

Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, MS

Debut: April 18, 1923 (Age 26-180d, 5,696th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 7, 1925 (Age 28-230d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Wid Curry Matthews

Nicknames: Matty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

663

188

.284

RBI

OBP

.348

SLG

.350

OPS

.697

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-27 / in Starts: 24-17
Longest Hitting Streak	13 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 193 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	89 (55-22-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 193 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	128 (64-40-23)

Most Driven In
S Rice	5
W Johnson	2
M Shirley	2
A Russell	1
T Taylor	1
B Tate	1

Most Driven In By
G Goslin	9
B Harris	4
J Judge	2
M Ruel	2
N Leibold	1
R Peckinpaugh	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	130	41 (40)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2						CF
2	131	42	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	2						CF
3	132	43	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.417	.500	.917	2	1.18	0.119	2.59	0.16%	0.71	CF
4	133	44	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.400	.417	.817	2	.59	-0.045	1.19	-0.05%	-0.34	CF
5	134	45	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.412	.812	2	1.00	0.001	2.01	0.00%	-0.44	CF
6	135	46	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.263	.364	.368	.732	2	1.98	-0.136	3.54	-0.15%	-1.11	CF
7	136	47	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-1	GS-7	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.318	.423	.455	.878	2	.62	0.073	1.02	0.07%	0.43	CF
8	137	48	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.419	.481	.901	2	.98	0.154	1.90	0.18%	1.39	CF
9	138	49	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.323	.417	.452	.868	2	.40	0.002	.87	0.00%	-0.23	CF
10	139	50	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.400	.429	.829	2	.97	-0.080	2.33	-0.12%	-0.67	CF
11	140	51	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.308	.400	.410	.810	2	1.56	0.012	3.51	0.02%	0.04	CF
12	141	52	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-6	CG	6	5	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.364	.440	.477	.917	2	.46	0.138	.92	0.17%	3.94	CF
13	142	53	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.436	.469	.906	2	1.44	-0.153	3.32	-0.21%	-0.94	CF
14	143	54	Jun 20	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG(12)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				1	0	.364	.426	.455	.881	2						CF
15	144	55	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1	0	.367	.424	.450	.874	2						CF
16	145	56	Jun 22	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.429	.500	.929	2	.92	0.150	2.82	0.28%	1.56	CF
17	146	57	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.382	.432	.544	.977	2	.91	0.203	4.07	0.54%	2.20	CF
18	147	58	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.430	.542	.972	2	1.04	0.061	4.69	0.17%	-0.12	CF
19	148	59	Jun 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.382	.434	.553	.986	2	1.67	0.121	8.61	0.38%	0.54	CF
20	149	60	Jun 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(7)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.363	.414	.525	.939	2	.81	0.001	4.25	0.00%	0.13	CF
21	150	61	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.361	.411	.518	.929	2	.73	-0.003	3.45	-0.01%	-0.26	CF
22	151	62	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.394	.494	.888	2	1.05	-0.110	5.02	-0.32%	-0.59	CF
23	152	63	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.378	.473	.850	2	.97	-0.097	4.53	-0.27%	-1.14	CF
24	153	64	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.319	.366	.457	.824	2	.52	-0.041	2.53	-0.12%	-0.74	CF
25	154	65	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.316	.362	.449	.811	2	.35	0.011	1.94	0.04%	-0.03	CF
26	155	66	Jun 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.345	.427	.773	2	1.59	-0.255	9.57	-0.92%	-2.05	CF
27	156	67	Jun 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.290	.333	.411	.745	2	.77	-0.055	4.57	-0.20%	-0.88	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	157	68	Jul 1 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.322	.396	.718	2	.89	-0.099	5.38	-0.36%	-1.07	CF
29	158	69	Jul 1 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.274	.328	.389	.717	2	.61	-0.020	3.70	-0.07%	-0.36	CF
30	159	70	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.288	.339	.415	.754	2	.46	0.140	2.83	0.52%	1.03	CF
31	160	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.344	.413	.757	2	.96	-0.041	7.12	-0.18%	-0.17	CF
32	161	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.400	.733	2	1.09	-0.116	7.82	-0.50%	-0.86	CF
33	162	73	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.345	.406	.752	2	1.54	0.062	11.66	0.28%	0.69	CF
34	163	74	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.347	.402	.749	2	.51	0.055	3.69	0.24%	0.32	CF
35	164	75	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.294	.351	.404	.756	2	.85	-0.045	6.46	-0.20%	-0.16	CF
36	165	76	Jul 9 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.344	.396	.740	2	1.42	-0.159	8.94	-0.60%	-1.59	CF
37	166	77	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.342	.399	.741	2	.63	0.032	3.78	0.12%	0.38	CF
38	167	78	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		DET	L,10-12	GS-0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.288	.342	.397	.739	2						CF
39	168	80 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.287	.340	.393	.733	2	.97	-0.092	5.86	-0.33%	-1.19	CF
40	169	81	Jul 12 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.331	.383	.714	2	.89	-0.087	4.59	-0.27%	-1.05	CF
41	170	86 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.277	.329	.381	.710	9	.56	0.030	3.02	0.10%	0.27	PH
42	171	87	Jul 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.277	.329	.381	.710	9	.36	-0.004	1.78	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
43	172	89 (1)	Jul 19	WSH		SLB	L,9-10	10-16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.331	.382	.714	2	2.43	0.025	11.82	0.07%	0.22	PR CF
44	173	91 (1)	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,16-2	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.329	.380	.709	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.62	LF
45	174	92	Jul 22 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.333	.384	.717	9	.80	0.035	3.88	0.10%	0.40	PH
46	175	98 (5)	Jul 28	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.337	.394	.731	9	2.61	0.183	12.85	0.54%	1.10	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	176	103 (4)	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.341	.394	.735	9	.94	0.043	7.24	0.20%	0.40	PH
48	177	104	Aug 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.345	.394	.739	9	1.66	0.079	10.08	0.29%	0.40	PH
49	178	105	Aug 4	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.345	.394	.739	2						CF
50	179	106	Aug 5 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.343	.391	.734	8	1.66	-0.045	10.33	-0.17%	-0.27	PH
51	180	107	Aug 5 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.352	.400	.752	2	.94	0.105	4.73	0.32%	1.15	CF
52	181	108	Aug 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.356	.410	.765	9	1.66	0.092	7.27	0.24%	0.64	PH
53	182	110 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-8	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.359	.413	.772	9	.48	0.018	2.38	0.05%	0.40	PH
							26-27		193	167	25	51	10	4	0	13	11	0	4	3	10		4		3	8	.305	.359	.413	.772		.97	0.262	4.43	0.00%	2.46

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