Gary Matthews
San Diego Padres 1999; Chicago Cubs 2000–2001; Pittsburgh Pirates 2001; Baltimore Orioles 2002; New York Mets 2002; Baltimore Orioles 2003; San Diego Padres 2003; Texas Rangers 2004–2006; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2007–2009; New York Mets 2010
Percentile snapshot
2007 season — qualified batters
of 162 qualified 2007 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 23 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .378 | .222 | .600 | 79.6 | 63.2 | .309 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 80 | 175 | 158 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .190 | .264 | .297 | .562 | 43.0 | 44.3 | .256 | -0.9 |
| 2001 | 152 | 472 | 405 | 63 | 92 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 60 | 100 | 8 | 5 | .227 | .328 | .378 | .705 | 88.5 | 85.2 | .318 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 111 | 398 | 345 | 54 | 95 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 43 | 69 | 15 | 5 | .275 | .354 | .426 | .780 | 115.0 | 113.4 | .345 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 144 | 513 | 468 | 71 | 116 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 43 | 95 | 12 | 8 | .248 | .314 | .361 | .675 | 83.0 | 81.2 | .306 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 87 | 317 | 280 | 37 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 64 | 5 | 1 | .275 | .350 | .461 | .811 | 101.1 | 103.3 | .350 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | 131 | 526 | 475 | 72 | 121 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 47 | 90 | 9 | 2 | .255 | .320 | .436 | .756 | 95.0 | 94.7 | .330 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 147 | 690 | 620 | 102 | 194 | 44 | 6 | 19 | 79 | 58 | 99 | 10 | 7 | .313 | .371 | .495 | .866 | 120.7 | 120.3 | .374 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 140 | 579 | 516 | 79 | 130 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 72 | 55 | 102 | 18 | 4 | .252 | .323 | .419 | .742 | 92.3 | 94.3 | .327 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 127 | 477 | 426 | 53 | 103 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 45 | 95 | 8 | 3 | .242 | .319 | .357 | .675 | 79.6 | 78.6 | .307 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 103 | 360 | 316 | 44 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 40 | 74 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .336 | .361 | .697 | 87.1 | 85.3 | .315 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 36 | 65 | 58 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .266 | .241 | .507 | 35.9 | 40.7 | .235 | -0.3 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-31 | LAA @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2006-09-13 | TEX @ DET Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005-07-27 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2002-06-29 | PHI @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007-05-13 | LAA @ TEX Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.