Jon Matlack

Full Name: Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: July 11, 1971
Birthdate: January 19, 1950	Final Game: September 15, 1983
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on January 19, 1950 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Jon Matlack (Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack) played for the New York Mets and Texas Rangers over the course of his 13 year career. Matlack broke into the bigs on July 11, 1971 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.32 ERA in 244 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jon Matlack's best season was 1978, when he posted a 2.27 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 157 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	NY	N	7	6	0	3	4.14	24	18	17	0	0	0	37	31	2	15	0	3	0
1972	NY	N	34	32	15	10	2.32	169	79	63	8	4	0	244	215	14	71	14	7	2
1973	NY	N	34	34	14	16	3.20	205	93	86	14	3	0	242	210	16	99	14	6	2
1974	NY	N	34	34	13	15	2.41	195	82	71	14	7	0	265.1	221	8	76	11	4	5
1975	NY	N	33	32	16	12	3.38	154	105	86	8	3	0	228.2	224	15	58	6	7	1
1976	NY	N	35	35	17	10	2.95	153	94	86	16	6	0	262	236	18	57	5	13	3
1977	NY	N	26	26	7	15	4.21	123	86	79	5	3	0	169	175	19	43	7	2	2
1978	TEX	A	35	33	15	13	2.27	157	93	68	18	2	1	270	252	14	51	4	8	4
1979	TEX	A	13	13	5	4	4.13	35	43	39	2	0	0	85	98	9	15	1	1	1
1980	TEX	A	35	34	10	10	3.68	142	111	96	8	1	1	234.2	265	17	48	1	9	0
1981	TEX	A	17	16	4	7	4.14	43	59	48	1	1	0	104.1	101	8	41	1	2	1
1982	TEX	A	33	14	7	7	3.53	78	64	58	1	0	1	147.2	158	14	37	4	2	2
1983	TEX	A	25	9	2	4	4.66	38	43	38	2	0	0	73.1	90	7	27	1	4	3
Total	NL		203	199	82	81	3.03	1023	557	488	65	26	0	1448	1312	92	419	57	42	15
Total	AL		158	119	43	45	3.41	493	413	347	32	4	3	915	964	69	219	12	26	11
Total			361	318	125	126	3.18	1516	970	835	97	30	3	2363	2276	161	638	69	68	26

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	NY	N	P	7	6	37	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.000
1972	NY	N	P	34	32	244	8	33	1	1	2	10	7	3	.976
1973	NY	N	P	34	34	242	4	40	1	3	1	23	13	5	.978
1974	NY	N	P	34	34	265.1	5	40	0	1	4	23	11	6	1.000
1975	NY	N	P	33	32	228.2	3	28	3	1	0	13	5	2	.912
1976	NY	N	P	35	35	262	10	35	1	0	3	22	7	5	.978
1977	NY	N	P	26	26	169	4	27	1	1	0	13	11	10	.969
1978	TEX	A	P	35	33	270	17	42	5	2	4	16	13	7	.922
1979	TEX	A	P	13	13	85	3	16	2	1	2	8	4	2	.905
1980	TEX	A	P	35	34	234.2	5	25	4	0	3	22	11	7	.882
1981	TEX	A	P	17	16	104.1	2	20	2	0	0	5	5	4	.917
1982	TEX	A	P	33	14	147.2	4	24	0	1	0	10	4	3	1.000
1983	TEX	A	P	25	9	73.1	2	14	1	3	0	4	0	1	.941
Total			P	361	318	2363	68	346	21	14	20	172	92	55	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1971	NY	N	7	11	1	3	0	.273	.333	.273	0	1	6	0	0	0
1972	NY	N	34	78	6	10	2	.128	.227	.141	1	10	44	0	5	1
1973	NY	N	35	65	5	9	2	.138	.282	.138	0	13	38	0	12	0
1974	NY	N	34	79	3	8	8	.101	.153	.101	0	5	34	0	11	1
1975	NY	N	33	70	6	7	2	.100	.241	.100	0	13	33	0	5	0
1976	NY	N	35	88	10	17	9	.193	.268	.205	1	8	35	1	7	3
1977	NY	N	26	50	1	3	0	.060	.175	.080	1	7	27	0	1	2
1978	TEX	A	35	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	A	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	TEX	A	35	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	TEX	A	17	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	TEX	A	33	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	TEX	A	25	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		204	441	32	57	23	.129	.230	.136	3	57	217	1	41	7
Total	AL		158	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			362	441	32	57	23	.129	.230	.136	3	57	217	1	41	7

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Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
Traded by New York Mets to Texas Rangers as part of 4-team trade in which Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to Atlanta Braves; Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to New York Mets; Texas Rangers sent Tom Grieve to New York Mets; New York Mets sent John Milner to Pittsburgh Pirates; Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to Texas Rangers (December 8, 1977); and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York Mets (March 15, 1978).
Released by Texas Rangers (October 31, 1983).

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