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Jon Matlack Jon Matlack

Full name: Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack Born: January 19, 1950, West Chester, Pennsylvania First Game: July 11, 1971; Final Game: September 15, 1983 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 205 NL Rookie of the Year (1972) All Star MVP (1975) TSN NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year (1972) Jon Matlack Collectibles! Jon Matlack Memorabilia! Jon Matlack Cards! Jon Matlack Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1971 NY  N Daily Splits    7    11    1    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .333  .273   0.0 1971 NY  N
1972 NY  N Daily Splits   34    78    6   10   1   0   0    2   10   0   44   0   5   0   0   2   1    0   0  .128  .227  .141   0.0 1972 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits   35    65    5    9   0   0   0    2   13   0   38   0  12   0   0   1   0    0   0  .138  .282  .138   0.0 1973 NY  N
1974 NY  N Daily Splits   34    79    3    8   0   0   0    8    5   0   34   0  11   1   0   2   1    0   0  .101  .153  .101   0.0 1974 NY  N
1975 NY  N Daily Splits   33    70    6    7   0   0   0    2   13   0   33   0   5   0   0   1   0    0   0  .100  .241  .100   0.0 1975 NY  N
1976 NY  N Daily Splits   35    88   10   17   1   0   0    9    8   0   35   1   7   0   0   3   3    0   0  .193  .268  .205   0.0 1976 NY  N
1977 NY  N Daily Splits   26    50    1    3   1   0   0    0    7   0   27   0   1   0   0   0   2    0   0  .060  .175  .080   0.0 1977 NY  N
1978 TEX A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A                13     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1980 TEX A
1981 TEX A                17     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 TEX A
1983 TEX A                25     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 TEX A
Total NL                 204   441   32   57   3   0   0   23   57   0  217   1  41   1   0   9   7    0   0  .129  .230  .136   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 158     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  362   441   32   57   3   0   0   23   57   0  217   1  41   1   0   9   7    0   0  .129  .230  .136   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1973 NY  N

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    3     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   2    0   0  .250  .500  .250 1973 NY  N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1974 NL   
1975 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1975 NL   
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1971 NY  N Daily Splits    7   6   0   0   1   0   37     31   153   2   18   17   15   0   24   1   1   3   0   0   5   3   4   1   0   3   4.14  -0.1 1971 NY  N
1972 NY  N Daily Splits   34  32   8   4   1   0  244    215  1003  14   79   63   71  14  169   8   4   7   2   1  37   6  13  14  15  10   2.32   2.7 1972 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits   34  34  14   3   0   0  242    210  1011  16   93   86   99  14  205  14   5   6   2   0  35   1  18  11  14  16   3.20   1.8 1973 NY  N
1974 NY  N Daily Splits   34  34  14   7   0   0  265.1  221  1076   8   82   71   76  11  195   8   7   4   5   1  28   5  18  14  13  15   2.41   3.3 1974 NY  N
1975 NY  N Daily Splits   33  32   8   3   0   0  228.2  224   954  15  105   86   58   6  154   7   5   7   1   1  35   2  22  25  16  12   3.38  -0.2 1975 NY  N
1976 NY  N Daily Splits   35  35  16   6   0   0  262    236  1054  18   94   86   57   5  153  12   6  13   3   3  32   6  23  12  17  10   2.95   1.6 1976 NY  N
1977 NY  N Daily Splits   26  26   5   3   0   0  169    175   702  19   86   79   43   7  123   8   8   2   2   2  21   5  17  10   7  15   4.21  -1.1 1977 NY  N
1978 TEX A Daily Splits   35  33  18   2   2   1  270    252  1097  14   93   68   51   4  157  12   3   8   4   0  31   7  14  22  15  13   2.27   4.0 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits   13  13   2   0   0   0   85     98   355   9   43   39   15   1   35   2   2   1   1   0  19   2  11   3   5   4   4.13   0.1 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits   35  34   8   1   1   1  234.2  265   985  17  111   96   48   1  142   9   6   9   0   0  45   3  24  13  10  10   3.68   0.3 1980 TEX A
1981 TEX A Daily Splits   17  16   1   1   0   0  104.1  101   447   8   59   48   41   1   43   8   6   2   1   0  17   1  11  13   4   7   4.14  -1.1 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits   33  14   1   0  11   1  147.2  158   622  14   64   58   37   4   78   5   3   2   2   1  32   2  15   8   7   7   3.53   0.5 1982 TEX A
1983 TEX A Daily Splits   25   9   2   0   7   0   73.1   90   330   7   43   38   27   1   38   2   5   4   3   0  13   6   8   2   2   4   4.66  -0.4 1983 TEX A
Total NL                 203 199  65  26   2   0 1448   1312  5953  92  557  488  419  57 1023  58  36  42  15   8 193  28 115  87  82  81   3.03   8.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 158 119  32   4  21   3  915    964  3836  69  413  347  219  12  493  38  25  26  11   1 157  21  83  61  43  45   3.41   3.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits  361 318  97  30  23   3 2363   2276  9789 161  970  835  638  69 1516  96  61  68  26   9 350  49 198 148 125 126   3.18  11.4 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    1   1   1   1   0   0    9      2    31   0    0    0    3   0    9   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 1973 NY  N

World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.2   10    67   2    7    4    5   0   11   0   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   2   1   2   2.16 1973 NY  N

All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1974 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      1     5   0    0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1974 NL   
1975 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      2     7   0    0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 1975 NL   
Total            Splits    2   0   0   0   0   0    3      3    12   0    0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1971 NY  N Daily   P    7    6    0    37       1    2    0    0   0    1    1    3    0 1.000
1972 NY  N Daily   P   34   32    8   244       8   33    1    1   0    2    7   10    3  .976
1973 NY  N Daily   P   34   34   14   242       4   40    1    3   0    1   13   23    5  .978
1974 NY  N Daily   P   34   34   14   265.1     5   40    0    1   0    4   11   23    6 1.000
1975 NY  N Daily   P   33   32    8   228.2     3   28    3    1   0    0    5   13    2  .912
1976 NY  N Daily   P   35   35   16   262      10   35    1    0   0    3    7   22    5  .978
1977 NY  N Daily   P   26   26    5   169       4   27    1    1   0    0   11   13   10  .969
1978 TEX A Daily   P   35   33   18   270      17   42    5    2   0    4   13   16    7  .922
1979 TEX A Daily   P   13   13    2    85       3   16    2    1   0    2    4    8    2  .905
1980 TEX A Daily   P   35   34    8   234.2     5   25    4    0   0    3   11   22    7  .882
1981 TEX A Daily   P   17   16    1   104.1     2   20    2    0   0    0    5    5    4  .917
1982 TEX A Daily   P   33   14    1   147.2     4   24    0    1   0    0    4   10    3 1.000
1983 TEX A Daily   P   25    9    2    73.1     2   14    1    3   0    0    0    4    1  .941
Total              P  361  318   97  2363      68  346   21   14   0   20   92  172   55  .952
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1973 NY  N Daily   P    1    1    1     9       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    1 1.000

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1973 NY  N Daily   P    3    3    0    16.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    1    1    0 1.000

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1974 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1975 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     2       0    2    0    0   0    1    1    1    1 1.000
Total              P    2    0    0     3       0    2    0    0   0    1    1    1    1 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions

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(March 15, 1978) ; and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to
New York Mets(March 15, 1978).

Released by Texas Rangers (October 31, 1983).

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