Wid Matthews
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Wid Matthews (Wid Curry Matthews) was born on October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1923 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1923, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Matthews played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 3 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| 129
| 485
| 52
| 133
| 1
| 25
| .274
| .343
| .328
| 11
| 6
| 50
| 27
| 1
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| 53
| 169
| 25
| 51
| 0
| 13
| .302
| .355
| .408
| 10
| 4
| 11
| 4
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 10
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .444
| .444
| .444
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 192
| 663
| 79
| 188
| 1
| 39
| .284
| .348
| .350
| 21
| 10
| 61
| 32
| 4
| 18
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 316
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 121
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 172
| 0
| 0
| 438
| 10
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Heinie Scheer and $40000 to Milwaukee (American Association) in exchange for Al Simmons (December 15, 1923).
- Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to Washington Senators in exchange for Showboat Fisher and cash (June 2, 1924).
- Traded by Washington Senators with $50000 to Sacramento (PCL) in exchange for Earl McNeely (August 8, 1924); Wid Matthews returned to Washington Senators (September 29, 1924).
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