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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Ed Matula Catcher
Retired (1976, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .305 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .867 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 2816 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 11-22-1937
HR 355 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 18 years
(55 games)
RBI 1312
SB 138
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 5
1B --- LF B  (60.1%) Arm A+ WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1957 STL
18
72
12
21
3
1
1
3
11
 11 1 0
0
 0 1
.796
.393
.403
.111
.292
1958 STL
18
73
14
28
3
1
4
13
11
 11 0 0
0
 2 0
1.081
.464
.616
.233
.384
1959 STL
151
629
94
167
32
3
21
68
65
 93 2 7
10
 5 16
.759
.333
.426
.161
.266
1960 STL
147
603
90
173
33
4
20
76
67
 83 2 1
0
 0 6
.814
.360
.454
.167
.287
1961 STL
148
591
66
153
28
2
13
79
72
 79 1 2
0
 0 5
.718
.339
.379
.120
.259
1962 STL
147
591
114
187
31
2
21
78
76
 66 2 2
4
 1 13
.877
.395
.482
.166
.316
1963 STL
143
499
69
147
25
2
17
58
55
 56 1 1
1
 1 3
.820
.365
.455
.160
.295
1964 STL
150
520
100
172
28
6
25
80
60
 70 5 4
3
 3 4
.954
.402
.552
.221
.331
1965 STL
143
477
82
144
19
2
25
64
66
 72 0 0
3
 0 1
.894
.387
.507
.205
.302
1966 STL
104
367
78
119
24
4
18
50
68
 41 0 1
3
 0 0
.987
.429
.559
.234
.324
1967 STL
147
417
62
139
30
2
16
59
59
 54 3 0
7
 5 4
.950
.420
.530
.197
.333
1968 STL
146
615
104
182
30
1
27
90
74
 82 1 1
19
 8 2
.852
.372
.480
.184
.296
1969 STL-BRO
144
424
83
139
24
3
22
69
50
 52 6 1
16
 7 2
.960
.405
.554
.226
.328
1970 BRO
144
555
99
171
28
3
25
97
65
 63 2 2
18
 15 2
.886
.381
.505
.196
.308
1971 BRO
140
533
112
177
26
3
17
74
67
 82 4 5
19
 9 1
.895
.407
.488
.156
.332
1972 BRO
145
559
106
175
32
5
22
83
67
 80 3 2
18
 8 1
.895
.388
.506
.193
.313
1973 BRO
143
405
65
125
22
2
9
53
55
 49 2 2
6
 3 3
.832
.392
.440
.131
.309
1974 BRO-SEA
142
473
88
134
23
4
16
72
71
 77 4 2
7
 3 5
.830
.380
.450
.167
.283
1975 SEA
138
486
85
159
23
3
21
84
57
 74 1 2
0
 0 4
.914
.397
.516
.189
.327
1976 SEA-DET-BRO
121
348
48
104
13
3
15
62
33
 41 2 3
4
 2 6
.843
.360
.483
.184
.299
Total
2579
9237
1571
2816
477
56
355
1312
1149
 1236 42 38
138
 72 79
.867
.383
.484
.179
.305
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Ed Matula has retired from the Brooklyn Robins
1976-08-03The Brooklyn Robins have acquired Ed Matula from the waiver wire.
1976-07-30The Detroit Cougars have promoted Bruno Bonello to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have designated Ed Matula for assignment.
1976-07-30A trade has been completed between the Seattle 69 PILOTS and the Detroit Cougars. The Detroit Cougars receive John King, Ed Matula, Draft Pick 1978 Round 3 TB (Tom Ready), Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 SEA (Lucas Bannister) from the Seattle 69 PILOTS in exchange for Lethan Liimakka.
1974-05-07A trade has been completed between the Seattle 69 PILOTS and the Brooklyn Robins. The Brooklyn Robins receive Troy Hobbs, Chip Edmonston, Carl Bumbry, Tim Thomas, Draft Pick 1976 Round 2 SEA (Rome Boever), Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 TB (George Gillenwater), Draft Pick 1977 Round 3 SEA (Jim Dickey), Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 SEA (Gaylord Tyrone), Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 SEA (Lucas Bannister) from the Seattle 69 PILOTS in exchange for Bruce Meyer, Ed Matula, Monte Anderson.
1969-09-08A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the St. Louis Bandits. The St. Louis Bandits receive Paul Deagle, Brian Werley from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Jim Foster, Ed Matula.
1967-07-07Ed Matula of the St. Louis Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1966-08-27Ed Matula of the St. Louis Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1966-04-20Ed Matula of the St. Louis Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1958-09-13The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Ed Matula to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have sent Geoff Trott to the minors.
1957-10-23The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Pedro Rojo to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have sent Ed Matula to the minors.
1957-10-03The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Ed Matula to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have sent Joe Cash to the minors.
1957-09-28The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Joe Cash to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have sent Ed Matula to the minors.
1957-09-07The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Ed Matula to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have sent Tom Shawkey to the minors.