Born:(1931-10-13)October 13, 1931 Texarkana, Texas, U.S.
Died: February 18, 2001(2001-02-18) (aged 69) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1952, for the Boston Braves
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1968, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.271
Hits
2,315
Home runs
512
Runs batted in
1,453
Managerial record
149–161
Winning %
.481
Teams
As player
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1952–1966)
Houston Astros (1967)
Detroit Tigers (1967–1968)
As manager
Atlanta Braves (1972–1974)
As coach
Atlanta Braves (1971–1972)
Career highlights and awards
12× All-Star (1953, 1955–1961², 1962²)
2× World Series champion (1957, 1968)
2× NL home run leader (1953, 1959)
Atlanta Braves No. 41 retired
Braves Hall of Fame
American Family Field Walk of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1978
Vote
79.4% (fifth ballot)
Edwin Lee Mathews (October 13, 1931 – February 18, 2001) was an American professional baseball third baseman.[1] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons for the Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1952–1966); Houston Astros (1967) and Detroit Tigers (1967–68).[1] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978,[2] he is the only player to have represented the Braves in the three cities they have called home.[2] He played 1,944 games for the Braves during their 13-season tenure in Milwaukee—the prime of Mathews' career.
Mathews is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the game.[3][4] He was an All-Star for nine seasons[5]. He won the National League (NL) home run title in 1953 and 1959 and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner-up both of those seasons. He hit 512 home runs during his major league career. Mathews coached for the Atlanta Braves in 1971, and he was the team's manager from 1972 to 1974.[6] Later, he was a scout and coach for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Oakland Athletics.[6]
^ ab"Eddie Mathews statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
^ ab"Eddie Mathews at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
^James, Bill (2001). The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. New York: Free Press. pp. 539. ISBN 0-684-80697-5.
^"Eddie Mathews at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^MLB held two All-Star Games from 1959 through 1962.
^ abSABR, Eddie Mathews [1] Retrieved April 10, 2015
Braves during their 13-season tenure in Milwaukee—the prime of Mathews' career. Mathews is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the game...
Wisconsin, in 1953. With a roster of star players such as Hank Aaron, EddieMathews, and Warren Spahn, the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series in 1957...
Yankees a 3–2 lead. Milwaukee would tie the game in the eighth on an EddieMathews walk, Aaron double and sac-fly by Wes Covington on a deep fly-out to...
of the sixth with two outs and nobody on, EddieMathews, Hank Aaron, and Joe Adcock singled, scoring Mathews and giving the Braves a 1–0 lead that held...
position has become more of a power position with sluggers such as EddieMathews, Mike Schmidt and Ron Santo becoming stars. There are fewer third basemen...
slugging percentage. Another offensive star was third baseman EddieMathews. On June 12, Mathews hit the 200th home run of his career. For the season, Matthews...
against the Cincinnati Reds' left-hander Joe Nuxhall. In the same game, EddieMathews hit two home runs, the first of a record 863 home runs the pair would...
by Mickey Mantle, whose sponsorship lasted from 1954 to the 1960s, EddieMathews, and Robin Roberts. PGA athletes included Arnold Palmer, Dow Finsterwald...
34 RBI). Santo broke EddieMathews' NL record of 369 career double plays at third base in 1972, and in 1973 he broke Mathews' league records of 4,284...
Buddy Bell (2,183), EddieMathews (2,181), Ron Santo (2,130), Aramis Ramírez (2,112), Tim Wallach (2,054), Scott Rolen (2,023), and Eddie Yost (2,008) are...
Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2010. "EddieMathews Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original...
and Morgan had broken his knee cap. The 1967 season saw first baseman EddieMathews join the Astros. The slugger hit his 500th home run while in Houston...
games at third base, behind EddieMathews (.509) and Ron Santo (then at .478), and among NL players he trailed only Mathews in assists and double plays...
until EddieMathews broke them in 1964 and 1965; his 2,289 putouts remain the NL record, and his 3,521 assists were the league record until Mathews passed...
first five seasons of their career, joining Ralph Kiner (four seasons), EddieMathews, Ryan Howard, and Albert Pujols (each with 3 seasons). The Mets and...
Brave ranks fourth all-time among the team's career leaders, ahead of EddieMathews. His .886 OPS as a Brave ranks him fifth among Braves' all-time leaders...
February 16, 2001, just two days before the death of his Braves roommate EddieMathews. Sporting News Baseball Record Book, 2007, p. 19 James, Bill (11 May...
hit his 100th home run in his third season, along with Ralph Kiner, EddieMathews and Joe DiMaggio. Pujols hit his 114th home run on September 20 in a...
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