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Billy Williams League
9-20-2071
Derrick Mata Center Field
Retired (1980, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .683 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 717 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 06-17-1944
HR 59 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1967)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(40 games)
RBI 300
SB 19
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 3
1B D- (6.1%) LF A+ (96.5%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1967 CF NYA 144 144 1269.0 354 348 0 6 0 -2 2.47 .983
1968 CF NYA 95 94 825.1 215 210 2 3 0 -5 2.31 .986
1969 LF NYA 64 64 556.2 135 134 0 1 0 +3 2.17 .993
CF NYA 52 52 453.0 120 119 0 1 0 +5 2.36 .992
1970 CF NYA 58 56 490.0 137 135 0 2 0 +2 2.48 .985
RF NYA 28 28 249.0 55 55 0 0 0 +2 1.99 1.000
SS NYA 6 6 53.0 28 13 14 1 3 -2 4.58 .964
1971 RF NYA 26 25 222.2 47 47 0 0 0 -2 1.90 1.000
1B NYA 8 8 70.0 84 83 1 0 5 0 10.80 1.000
CF NYA 5 5 43.1 16 16 0 0 0 0 3.32 1.000
SS NYA 3 3 26.0 7 4 2 1 0 -2 2.08 .857
LF NYA 2 2 18.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1973 RF NYA 9 1 19.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 4.74 1.000
1974 SS NYA 20 18 155.0 100 41 50 9 9 -4 5.28 .910
RF NYA 12 3 40.0 9 8 0 1 0 0 1.80 .889
CF NYA 7 4 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.13 1.000
1975 CF NYA 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
SS NYA 4 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
RF NYA 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1976 RF NYA 13 12 106.0 24 24 0 0 0 -1 2.04 1.000
1B NYA 8 8 71.1 82 79 2 1 2 0 10.22 .988
CF NYA 3 3 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.000
1977 RF NYA 18 6 72.2 12 12 0 0 0 0 1.49 1.000
CF NYA 6 6 54.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
3B NYA 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1978 CF NYA 10 10 87.0 23 23 0 0 0 -1 2.38 1.000
RF NYA 17 1 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.000
1979 LF NYA 7 7 62.0 20 20 0 0 0 +2 2.90 1.000
CF NYA 6 3 32.1 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.95 1.000
RF NYA 8 3 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.03 1.000
2B NYA 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1980 RF NYA 16 16 140.1 30 30 0 0 0 +1 1.92 1.000
CF NYA 13 5 60.0 18 18 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
LF NYA 6 6 54.1 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.66 1.000
Pos Total CF 400 383 3387.0 923 909 2 12 0 -1 2.42 .987
RF 148 95 916.2 203 202 0 1 0 0 1.98 .995
LF 79 79 691.0 177 176 0 1 0 +5 2.29 .994
SS 33 27 240.0 136 58 67 11 12 -8 4.69 .919
1B 16 16 141.1 166 162 3 1 7 0 10.51 .994
2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 678 600 5379.0 1606 1507 73 26 19 -4 2.64 .984
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Derrick Mata has retired from the New York Knickerbockers
1973-07-16The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Taylor Barlow to the minors.
1971-06-28The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata down to the minors.
1970-08-20The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team.
1970-07-13The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Solly Valentine to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata to the minors.
1969-07-15The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Juan Wagner to the minors.
1969-06-17The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Juan Wagner to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata to the minors.
1969-04-10The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Juan Wagner to the minors.
1969-04-01The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Juan Wagner to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata to the minors.
1968-09-05The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Roy Burton to the minors.
1968-07-09The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Fred Jones to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata to the minors.
1968-07-09The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Tex Buzhardt to the minors.
1968-07-09The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Tex Buzhardt to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent Derrick Mata to the minors.
1968-07-05Derrick Mata of the New York Knickerbockers is injured and is expected to be out 52 days.
1967-04-01The New York Knickerbockers have promoted Derrick Mata to the major league team. The New York Knickerbockers have sent John Harvestor to the minors.