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Name Team Age
Austin Matthews Retired (2003, Age 37) Died (2047, Age 81)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1984)		 2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League 0 14 years (3 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  C  C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 10/24/1966
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF)
C  (39.8 %) D- (11.6 %) D- (9.6 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1984 Minors 21.00 0 / 0 2 / 4 2 / 2 3 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 1 6 / 6 17 / 21
1985 Minors 38.00 3 / 4 5 / 5 5 / 6 4 / 4 3 / 7 6 / 6 6 / 6 32 / 38
1986 Minors 48.00 3 / 4 7 / 9 9 / 10 6 / 7 5 / 7 1 / 1 10 / 10 41 / 48
1987 Minors 53.00 4 / 7 4 / 7 6 / 8 8 / 9 6 / 8 4 / 4 10 / 10 42 / 53
1988 Minors 63.00 3 / 7 3 / 8 0 / 13 3 / 4 3 / 8 12 / 13 9 / 10 33 / 63
1988 Pos (2B) 38.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 38
1989 Majors 68.71 162 132 0 7 / 12 4 / 7 0 / 9 7 / 15 1 / 3 8 / 9 10 / 13 37 / 68
1990 Majors 64.94 162 150 0 4 / 9 5 / 7 0 / 11 2 / 6 5 / 15 6 / 7 4 / 9 26 / 64
1991 Majors 50.56 115 107 47 1 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 3 1 / 9 3 / 10 5 / 8 14 / 50
1992 Majors 64.58 162 147 0 2 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 8 4 / 11 8 / 16 19 / 64
1993 Majors 60.42 148 137 14 1 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 12 3 / 7 1 / 9 5 / 60
1994 Majors 66.11 162 150 0 0 / 16 1 / 5 0 / 7 4 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 8 3 / 8 8 / 66
1995 Majors 65.33 162 150 0 0 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 9 4 / 65
1996 Majors 65.33 162 150 0 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 11 2 / 9 3 / 65
1997 Majors 65.33 162 150 0 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 10 1 / 65
1998 Majors 65.33 162 150 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 65
1999 Majors 60.05 162 121 0 0 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 16 0 / 6 1 / 9 0 / 8 3 / 60
2000 Majors 40.49 162 36 0 -3 / 6 -7 / 5 -5 / 4 -4 / 5 -7 / 9 0 / 5 -1 / 6 -27 / 40
2001 Majors 35.15 162 33 0 -3 / 6 -6 / 3 -5 / 10 -7 / 3 -3 / 5 -1 / 3 -3 / 5 -28 / 35
2002 Majors 32.29 162 38 0 -5 / 5 -3 / 8 -6 / 3 -5 / 2 -4 / 5 -4 / 2 -4 / 7 -31 / 32
2003 Minors 23.00 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 23
2003 Majors 0.27 3 0 0 -6 / 0 -6 / 0 -6 / 0 -7 / 0 -3 / 0 -3 / 0 -4 / 0 -35 / 0
Total 2210 1651 61 11 / 147 13 / 136 0 / 152 23 / 139 12 / 162 42 / 140 63 / 169 184 / 1083
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2003-11-01Austin Matthews has retired from the Cincinnati Rangers
2003-04-04The Cincinnati Rangers have promoted Kid Lee to the major league team. The Cincinnati Rangers have designated Austin Matthews for assignment.
1993-04-30Austin Matthews of the Cincinnati Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1991-04-09Austin Matthews of the Cincinnati Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 53 days.
1989-03-07The Cincinnati Rangers have promoted Jiggs Bowlin to the major league team. The Cincinnati Rangers have promoted Austin Matthews to the major league team. The Cincinnati Rangers have designated Eric Smith for assignment. The Cincinnati Rangers have sent Ray Hall to the minors.
1985-06-15A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Devil Dinosaurs and the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The Cincinnati Red Stockings receive Austin Matthews, Bobby Lowe, Ramon Romero from the Minnesota Devil Dinosaurs in exchange for Tim "Road" Grater.
1985-04-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Devil Dinosaurs. The Minnesota Devil Dinosaurs receive Bill Scherrer, Austin Matthews, Eddie Shipanoff from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 BRO (Babrbaro Garbey).
1983-05-15A trade has been completed between the New York Americans and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive Jeff Lavagetto, Draft Pick 1984 Round 2 MIN (Austin Matthews) from the New York Americans in exchange for Milt Wilcox.