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Historical player · 1952–1968 · ★ Hall of Fame 1978

Eddie Mathews

B/T L/R · HT 73 · WT 190 · Born 10/13/1931 · From Texarkana, TX USA · Debut 1952-04-15 · Final 1968-09-27

Career · batting

2,391

8,537

2,315

512

RBI

1,453

1,444

AVG/OPS

0.271 · 0.885

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1952–1966

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493

#2 on the Braves

↑ 240 H. Aaron

↓ 25 C. Jones

Hits

2,201

#3 on the Braves

↑ 525 C. Jones

↓ 207 F. Tenney

RBI

1,388

#3 on the Braves

↑ 235 C. Jones

↓ 245 D. Murphy

#46 on the Braves

↑ 2 M. Bourn

↓ 1 B. Herzog

Runs

1,452

#3 on the Braves

↑ 167 C. Jones

↓ 160 H. Long

1,376

#2 on the Braves

↑ 136 C. Jones

↓ 79 H. Aaron

Career with the Houston Astros · 1967–1967

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#147 on the Astros

↑ 1 J. Alou

↓ 1 P. Wilson

Hits

#205 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Davis

↓ 5 B. Knepper

RBI

#188 on the Astros

↑ 1 C. Barmes

↓ 1 G. Zaun

#195 on the Astros

↑ 1 A. Ashby

↓ 1 B. Backe

Runs

#191 on the Astros

↑ 1 J. Towles

↓ 1 L. Dierker

#144 on the Astros

↑ 1 D. Bergman

↓ 2 J. Abreu

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1967–1968

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#261 on the Tigers

↑ 1 B. Akers

↓ 1 V. Wilson

Hits

#562 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Benton

↓ 1 R. Sierra

RBI

#446 on the Tigers

↑ 1 E. Davis

↓ 1 K. Witt

Runs

#548 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Cedeno

↓ 1 M. Aviles

#462 on the Tigers

↑ 1 L. Dressen

↓ 1 M. Castillo

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

512

#23 all-time MLB

↑ 9 W. McCovey

↓ 1 M. Ott

Hits

2,315

#152 all-time MLB

↑ 11 D. Concepcion

↓ 1 J. Bagwell

RBI

1,453

#62 all-time MLB

↑ 13 E. Delahanty

↓ 2 J. Rice

#1,337 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Barrett

↓ 1 B. Adams

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1952	Braves	NL	145	528	80	128	23	5	25	58	6	59	115	0.242	—	0.447
1953	Braves	NL	157	579	110	175	31	8	47	135	1	99	83	0.302	—	0.627
1954	Braves	NL	138	476	96	138	21	4	40	103	10	113	61	0.290	0.423	0.603
1955	Braves	NL	141	499	108	144	23	5	41	101	3	109	98	0.289	0.413	0.601
1956	Braves	NL	151	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	6	91	86	0.272	0.373	0.518
1957	Braves	NL	148	572	109	167	28	9	32	94	3	90	79	0.292	0.387	0.540
1958	Braves	NL	149	546	97	137	18	1	31	77	5	85	85	0.251	0.349	0.458
1959	Braves	NL	148	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	80	71	0.306	0.390	0.593
1960	Braves	NL	153	548	108	152	19	7	39	124	7	111	113	0.277	0.397	0.551
1961	Braves	NL	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	12	93	95	0.306	0.402	0.535
1962	Braves	NL	152	536	106	142	25	6	29	90	4	101	90	0.265	0.381	0.496
1963	Braves	NL	158	547	82	144	27	4	23	84	3	124	119	0.263	0.399	0.453
1964	Braves	NL	141	502	83	117	19	1	23	74	2	85	100	0.233	0.344	0.412
1965	Braves	NL	156	546	77	137	23	0	32	95	1	73	110	0.251	0.341	0.469
1966	Braves	NL	134	452	72	113	21	4	16	53	1	63	82	0.250	0.341	0.420
1967	Astros	NL	101	328	39	78	13	2	10	38	2	48	65	0.238	0.333	0.381
1967	Tigers	AL	36	108	14	25	3	0	6	19	0	15	23	0.231	0.331	0.426
1968	Tigers	AL	31	52	4	11	0	0	3	8	0	5	12	0.212	0.281	0.385
Career			2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	512	1,453	68	1,444	1,487	0.271	0.376	0.509

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
3B	2,181	1,843	16,369.3	2,049	4,322	293	369
1B	112	100	861.7	833	62	12	75
OF	52	52	411.7	84	1	8	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1978	BBWAA	301	285	Inducted
1977	BBWAA	239	288	Ballot
1976	BBWAA	189	291	Ballot
1975	BBWAA	148	272	Ballot
1974	BBWAA	118	274	Ballot