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Name Team Age
Ed Matula Retired (1976, Age 38) Died (2020, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6
(1957)		 C L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Vida Blue League 0 18 years (55 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A+ C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 11/22/1937
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
5 5 8
Alt Pos (C) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A- (82.9 %) B  (60.1 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1957 STL 18 72 12 21 3 1 1 3 11 11 0 0 1 .796 .393 .403 .292
1958 STL 18 73 14 28 3 1 4 13 11 11 0 2 0 1.081 .464 .616 .384
1959 STL 151 629 94 167 32 3 21 68 65 93 10 5 16 .759 .333 .426 .266
1960 STL 147 603 90 173 33 4 20 76 67 83 0 0 6 .814 .360 .454 .287
1961 STL 148 591 66 153 28 2 13 79 72 79 0 0 5 .718 .339 .379 .259
1962 STL 147 591 114 187 31 2 21 78 76 66 4 1 13 .877 .395 .482 .316
1963 STL 143 499 69 147 25 2 17 58 55 56 1 1 3 .820 .365 .455 .295
1964 STL 150 520 100 172 28 6 25 80 60 70 3 3 4 .954 .402 .552 .331
1965 STL 143 477 82 144 19 2 25 64 66 72 3 0 1 .894 .387 .507 .302
1966 STL 104 367 78 119 24 4 18 50 68 41 3 0 0 .987 .429 .559 .324
1967 STL 147 417 62 139 30 2 16 59 59 54 7 5 4 .950 .420 .530 .333
1968 STL 146 615 104 182 30 1 27 90 74 82 19 8 2 .852 .372 .480 .296
1969 STL-BRO 144 424 83 139 24 3 22 69 50 52 16 7 2 .960 .405 .554 .328
1970 BRO 144 555 99 171 28 3 25 97 65 63 18 15 2 .886 .381 .505 .308
1971 BRO 140 533 112 177 26 3 17 74 67 82 19 9 1 .895 .407 .488 .332
1972 BRO 145 559 106 175 32 5 22 83 67 80 18 8 1 .895 .388 .506 .313
1973 BRO 143 405 65 125 22 2 9 53 55 49 6 3 3 .832 .392 .440 .309
1974 BRO-SEA 142 473 88 134 23 4 16 72 71 77 7 3 5 .830 .380 .450 .283
1975 SEA 138 486 85 159 23 3 21 84 57 74 0 0 4 .914 .397 .516 .327
1976 SEA-DET-BRO 121 348 48 104 13 3 15 62 33 41 4 2 6 .843 .360 .483 .299
Total 2579 9237 1571 2816 477 56 355 1312 1149 1236 138 72 79 .867 .383 .484 .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.