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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1957 Minors 20 55.00 3 / 12 2 / 8 6 / 14 3 / 7 7 / 7 3 / 3 4 / 4 28 / 55
1957 Majors 20 8.49 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 3 / 8
1957 Pos (RF) 20 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 11
1958 Minors 21 56.00 0 / 11 2 / 13 3 / 6 1 / 5 7 / 7 6 / 6 8 / 8 27 / 56
1958 Majors 21 7.57 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 7
1958 Pos (LF) 21 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1958 Pos (RF) 21 136.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 136
1959 Majors 22 69.66 2 / 17 2 / 8 3 / 10 0 / 4 6 / 9 11 / 14 4 / 7 28 / 69
1960 Majors 23 66.87 107 98 0 0 / 9 3 / 15 6 / 10 2 / 9 7 / 9 8 / 9 4 / 5 30 / 66
1961 Majors 24 65.18 162 148 0 0 / 10 3 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 10 8 / 9 7 / 9 6 / 12 28 / 65
1962 Majors 25 62.77 162 147 0 0 / 7 1 / 12 1 / 11 0 / 5 4 / 11 6 / 10 2 / 6 14 / 62
1963 Majors 26 65.16 162 116 0 0 / 9 1 / 11 1 / 5 2 / 9 4 / 12 4 / 12 0 / 7 12 / 65
1964 Majors 27 68.30 162 120 0 0 / 12 1 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 13 3 / 10 1 / 9 2 / 8 8 / 68
1965 Majors 28 65.82 162 113 0 0 / 4 1 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 13 2 / 10 0 / 4 1 / 10 4 / 65
1966 Majors 29 48.08 113 90 47 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 3 2 / 9 3 / 48
1967 Majors 30 49.05 152 90 10 0 / 11 2 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 8 5 / 49
1968 Majors 31 62.63 162 146 0 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 16 2 / 62
1969 Majors 32 53.35 162 96 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 53
1970 Majors 33 63.05 162 140 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 15 0 / 15 1 / 63
1971 Majors 34 61.19 162 134 0 -2 / 12 -1 / 9 0 / 12 -3 / 6 -1 / 10 -1 / 8 0 / 4 -8 / 61
1972 Majors 35 62.70 162 136 0 -3 / 9 -6 / 7 -4 / 8 -4 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 9 -16 / 62
1973 Majors 36 52.63 162 99 0 0 / 6 -1 / 7 -2 / 6 -1 / 9 0 / 9 -2 / 6 -3 / 9 -9 / 52
1974 Majors 37 61.49 162 124 0 -2 / 5 -1 / 12 -3 / 9 -2 / 10 -7 / 9 -1 / 12 -3 / 4 -19 / 61
1975 Majors 38 62.02 162 122 0 -1 / 10 -2 / 13 -3 / 3 -2 / 9 -6 / 6 -1 / 12 -1 / 9 -16 / 62
1976 Majors 39 50.84 159 83 0 -4 / 5 -1 / 8 -1 / 6 -6 / 9 -5 / 10 -1 / 5 -2 / 7 -20 / 50
Total 2637 2002 57 -6 / 187 6 / 184 11 / 163 -4 / 164 34 / 164 42 / 179 25 / 168 126 / 1359
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.