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Gary Matthews Center Field
Retired (2008, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .217 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .615 Status Deceased (2045) Option Years 0  
H 86 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 06-30-1974
HR 4 Drafted Round 3, Pick 35
(1995)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(102 games)
RBI 42
SB 6
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF C- (29.8%) Arm A+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF B- (57.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1995 Minors 21 22.00 3 / 4 2 / 2 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 4 15 / 22
1995 Majors 21 4.66 24 7 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 4
1996 Minors 22 33.00 4 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 8 3 / 4 0 / 2 3 / 4 25 / 33
1997 Minors 23 25.00 2 / 4 2 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 5 12 / 25
1998 Majors 24 40.07 162 40 0 3 / 7 2 / 4 4 / 8 5 / 6 1 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 8 20 / 40
1999 Majors 25 26.41 162 4 0 6 / 9 1 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 11 / 26
2000 Majors 26 26.60 162 7 0 1 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 7 1 / 1 1 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 3 6 / 26
2001 Majors 27 15.85 162 6 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 5 4 / 15
2002 Majors 28 15.36 162 4 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 1 4 / 15
2003 Majors 29 16.57 162 4 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 16
2004 Majors 30 17.12 162 6 0 1 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 17
2005 Majors 31 18.67 162 10 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 18
2006 Minors 32 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 8
2006 Majors 32 6.47 72 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 6
2007 Minors 33 20.00 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 20
2007 Majors 33 0.54 6 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
2008 Majors 34 14.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 14
Total 1398 88 0 22 / 53 13 / 42 19 / 47 19 / 39 11 / 45 6 / 31 12 / 48 102 / 305
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2008-11-01Gary Matthews has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2008-04-08The Colorado Grizzlies have waived Gary Matthews.
2008-04-08The Colorado Grizzlies have acquired Gary Matthews from the waiver wire.
2008-04-01The Tampa Bay Black Sox have waived Gary Matthews.
2007-04-08The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated Gary Matthews for assignment.
2006-07-13The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Gary Matthews to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have sent Brian Hriniak to the minors.
2006-04-01The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated Gary Matthews for assignment.
1997-10-03The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Gary Matthews to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have sent Stan Pappo to the minors.
1996-04-01Trade #1236671 has been completed between the Oakland Invaders and the Tampa Bay Black Sox. The Tampa Bay Black Sox receive Gary Matthews, Damian Jackson, Draft Pick 1997 Round 2 OAK (Don Gehringer), Draft Pick 1998 Round 1 OAK (Gary Buckeye) from the Oakland Invaders in exchange for Orson Davis.
1995-10-03The Oakland Invaders have sent Gary Matthews to the minors.
1995-09-05The Oakland Invaders have promoted Gary Matthews to the major league team.
1995-04-01The Oakland Invaders have renamed Greg Black to Gary Matthews.