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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1989 CIN 135 490 51 117 12 5 7 48 48 72 17 10 24 .633 .306 .327 .239
1990 CIN 150 577 72 144 32 3 4 49 70 89 17 7 30 .668 .332 .336 .250
1991 CIN 107 435 72 119 27 5 4 31 57 56 35 8 15 .745 .358 .386 .274
1992 CIN 149 558 64 151 31 1 9 58 61 82 18 9 22 .720 .341 .378 .271
1993 CIN 137 537 70 144 14 7 12 46 75 87 27 15 14 .743 .356 .387 .268
1994 CIN 150 597 96 176 19 13 9 53 72 84 28 13 13 .786 .371 .415 .295
1995 CIN 150 596 87 162 29 3 12 57 82 88 35 16 13 .752 .361 .391 .272
1996 CIN 150 589 93 157 25 6 9 46 77 85 25 14 13 .729 .354 .375 .267
1997 CIN 150 623 114 187 34 5 13 67 77 88 29 19 17 .813 .379 .433 .300
1998 CIN 150 624 107 182 36 2 10 55 73 85 35 20 11 .771 .367 .404 .292
1999 CIN 144 498 68 141 19 5 8 51 66 62 30 11 7 .757 .367 .390 .283
2000 CIN 111 191 24 56 13 2 5 37 22 29 6 4 4 .828 .367 .461 .293
2001 CIN 83 158 22 41 4 2 1 16 26 24 5 3 4 .697 .368 .329 .259
2002 CIN 55 136 16 34 6 1 0 9 20 29 5 1 4 .653 .344 .309 .250
2003 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 1821 6609 956 1811 301 60 103 623 826 960 312 150 191 .740 .355 .384 .274
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.