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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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1957 C STL 18 18 164.0 124 117 6 1 0 0 14 6 30.0% 0 6.75 .992
1958 RF STL 11 11 98.0 18 18 0 0 0 -1 1.65 1.000
LF STL 5 5 45.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
C STL 2 2 17.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 5.82 1.000
1959 RF STL 123 123 1089.0 255 242 2 11 1 -15 2.02 .957
C STL 27 27 249.1 205 196 4 5 0 0 26 3 10.3% 0 7.22 .976
1960 C STL 96 96 850.0 640 615 20 5 2 5 74 13 14.9% -1 6.72 .992
RF STL 51 51 454.2 96 95 0 1 0 -3 1.88 .990
1961 C STL 77 77 692.0 507 470 36 1 2 5 49 29 37.2% 0 6.58 .998
RF STL 60 60 540.0 101 98 0 3 0 -3 1.63 .970
LF STL 11 11 99.2 19 18 0 1 0 -1 1.63 .947
1962 C STL 83 83 734.2 578 513 58 7 4 3 62 47 43.1% -1 7.00 .988
RF STL 64 64 568.2 134 127 1 6 1 -2 2.03 .955
1963 C STL 115 115 1022.0 750 687 60 3 0 6 78 49 38.6% -1 6.58 .996
RF STL 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
1964 C STL 117 117 1041.2 827 775 48 4 1 9 65 37 36.3% +1 7.11 .995
RF STL 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.67 1.000
1965 C STL 111 111 978.1 730 705 24 1 1 4 38 20 34.5% 0 6.71 .999
1B STL 2 2 17.1 16 15 1 0 0 -1 8.31 1.000
1966 C STL 77 77 693.1 454 432 22 0 0 2 35 19 35.2% -1 5.89 1.000
RF STL 13 13 115.1 25 25 0 0 0 -1 1.95 1.000
1967 C STL 87 87 793.2 671 628 41 2 1 4 58 27 31.8% +1 7.59 .997
1B STL 3 3 26.0 39 37 0 2 3 0 12.81 .949
1968 C STL 91 91 805.2 608 574 34 0 3 6 57 26 31.3% -1 6.79 1.000
LF STL 28 28 264.0 65 64 0 1 0 -1 2.18 .985
RF STL 27 27 245.2 50 49 0 1 0 -4 1.80 .980
1969 C STL-BRO 56 56 504.0 398 367 30 1 0 4 36 27 42.9% 0 7.09 .997
RF STL-BRO 31 31 271.0 65 64 0 1 0 +1 2.13 .985
LF STL-BRO 9 9 79.0 25 25 0 0 0 -1 2.85 1.000
1970 C BRO 140 140 1252.0 977 911 64 2 5 7 80 56 41.2% +1 7.01 .998
1971 C BRO 134 134 1211.0 961 897 63 1 1 8 79 51 39.2% +1 7.13 .999
1972 C BRO 136 136 1226.0 1050 983 66 1 2 8 70 54 43.5% 0 7.70 .999
1973 C BRO 71 71 618.0 550 505 43 2 0 4 42 35 45.5% +1 7.98 .996
RF BRO 24 24 206.1 55 54 0 1 0 -6 2.36 .982
LF BRO 2 2 17.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.04 1.000
1B BRO 2 2 17.0 22 22 0 0 3 0 11.65 1.000
CF BRO 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1974 RF BRO-SEA 71 68 605.2 104 102 1 1 1 -4 1.53 .990
C BRO-SEA 48 48 419.2 345 333 10 2 1 0 32 9 22.0% -1 7.36 .994
LF BRO-SEA 6 6 48.0 12 11 0 1 0 0 2.06 .917
1B BRO-SEA 2 2 16.0 18 16 1 1 0 0 9.56 .944
1975 RF SEA 108 106 949.2 162 158 2 2 2 -7 1.52 .988
C SEA 16 16 145.2 133 122 9 2 0 0 21 5 19.2% 0 8.09 .985
1976 C SEA-DET-BRO 60 60 520.1 435 398 32 5 0 1 99 25 20.2% 0 7.44 .989
RF SEA-DET-BRO 12 12 111.0 27 26 0 1 0 -1 2.11 .963
LF SEA-DET-BRO 9 9 83.0 27 27 0 0 0 +1 2.93 1.000
CF SEA-DET-BRO 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 2.65 1.000
Pos Total C 1562 1562 13938.1 10954 10239 670 45 23 76 1016 538 34.6% -1 7.04 .996
RF 599 594 5291.0 1102 1068 6 28 5 -46 1.83 .975
LF 70 70 636.0 165 162 0 3 0 -2 2.29 .982
1B 9 9 76.1 95 90 2 3 6 -1 10.85 .968
CF 6 2 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 -1 2.35 1.000
Total 2246 2237 19964.2 12322 11565 678 79 34 76 1016 538 34.6% -51 5.52 .994
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.