MLB / Players

Nelson Mathews

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 195 lb

BornJuly 21, 1941 · Columbia, IL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 9, 1960

Final gameJuly 18, 1965

Seasons6 (1960–1965)

Chicago Cubs 1960–1963; Kansas City Athletics 1964–1965

Percentile snapshot

1964 season — qualified batters

157

68.1

620

51.1

573

60.6

14.9

137

29.8

55.3

43.6

RBI

36.2

39.4

143

19.1

43.6

.239

5.3

OBP

.293

8.5

SLG

.377

27.7

OPS

.670

20.2

wRC+

77.2

9.6

OPS+

81.4

12.8

wOBA

.298

sWAR

0.6

9.6

of 95 qualified 1964 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.4

55.9

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
1960	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	30.5	37.7	.228	-0.1
1961	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-57.8	-41.4	.101	-0.1
1962	15	57	49	5	15	2	0	2	13	5	4	3	3	.306	.393	.469	.862	132.8	126.8	.393	0.4
1963	61	171	155	12	24	3	2	4	10	16	48	3	4	.155	.234	.277	.511	36.5	43.4	.236	-0.7
1964	157	620	573	58	137	27	5	14	60	43	143	2	3	.239	.293	.377	.670	77.2	81.4	.298	0.6
1965	67	211	184	17	39	7	7	2	15	24	49	0	2	.212	.300	.359	.659	82.6	86.2	.297	0.1

Career totals

306

1,076

978

218

RBI

248

.2229

OBP

.2882

SLG

.3589

OPS

.6471

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
1965-05-03	TEX @ ATH Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	8
1964-08-30	CLE @ ATH Gameday	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	2	8
1964-05-03	MIN @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	7
1963-05-08	PIT @ CHC Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	7
1964-07-31	BAL @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-22	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-29	ATL @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-07-01	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.