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Eddie Mathews
American baseball player
Also known as: Edwin Lee Mathews
Quick Facts
- Byname of:
- Edwin Lee Mathews
- Died:
- Feb. 18, 2001, San Diego, Calif. (aged 69)
- Awards And Honors:
- World Series
- Baseball Hall of Fame (1978)
- Baseball Hall of Fame (inducted in 1978)
- 2 World Series championships
- 12x All-Star
- Height/Weight:
- 6 ft 1 inch, 190 lb (185 cm, 86 kg)
- Batting Hand:
- left
- Throwing Hand:
- right
- Debut Date:
- April 15, 1952
- Last Game:
- September 27, 1968
- Jersey Number:
- 7 (1967-1968, Detroit Tigers)
- 11 (1967-1967, Houston Astros)
- 41 (1966-1966, Atlanta Braves)
- 41 (1953-1965, Milwaukee Braves)
- 41 (1952-1952, Boston Braves)
- Position:
- third baseman and first baseman
- At Bats:
- 8,537
- Batting Average:
- 0.271
- Hits:
- 2,315
- Home Runs:
- 512
- On-Base Percentage:
- 0.376
- On-Base Plus Slugging:
- 0.885
- Runs:
- 1,509
- Runs Batted In:
- 1,453
- Slugging Percentage:
- 0.509
- Stolen Bases:
- 68
Eddie Mathews (born Oct. 13, 1931, Texarkana, Texas, U.S.—died Feb. 18, 2001, San Diego, Calif.) was an American professional baseball third baseman who is the only person to have played for the Braves franchise in all three of the cities it has called home: Boston (1952), Milwaukee (1953–65), and Atlanta (1966). Mathews and teammate Hank Aaron provided the Braves with an offensive punch that propelled the team to its 1957 World Series victory. Mathews grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif. An all-state football and baseball player in high school, he signed with the Boston Braves on his graduation night in ...(100 of 433 words)