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Jon Matlack
Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA
High School: West Chester (West Chester, PA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1971
Final Game: September 15, 1983
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 21 NYM NL 0 3 .000 4.14 7 6 1 0 0 0 37.0 31 18 17 2 15 0 24 0 0 3 153 82 1.243 7.5 0.5 3.6 5.8 1.60
1972 22 NYM NL 15 10 .600 2.32 34 32 1 8 4 0 244.0 215 79 63 14 71 14 169 2 1 7 1003 144 1.172 7.9 0.5 2.6 6.2 2.38 RoY-1
1973 23 NYM NL 14 16 .467 3.20 34 34 0 14 3 0 242.0 210 93 86 16 99 14 205 2 0 6 1011 114 1.277 7.8 0.6 3.7 7.6 2.07
1974 24 NYM NL 13 15 .464 2.41 34 34 0 14 7 0 265.1 221 82 71 8 76 11 195 5 1 4 1076 149 1.119 7.5 0.3 2.6 6.6 2.57 AS
1975 25 NYM NL 16 12 .571 3.38 33 32 0 8 3 0 228.2 224 105 86 15 58 6 154 1 1 7 954 102 1.233 8.8 0.6 2.3 6.1 2.66 AS
1976 26 NYM NL 17 10 .630 2.95 35 35 0 16 6 0 262.0 236 94 86 18 57 5 153 3 3 13 1054 112 1.118 8.1 0.6 2.0 5.3 2.68 AS,CYA-6
1977 27 NYM NL 7 15 .318 4.21 26 26 0 5 3 0 169.0 175 86 79 19 43 7 123 2 2 2 702 88 1.290 9.3 1.0 2.3 6.6 2.86
1978 28 TEX AL 15 13 .536 2.27 35 33 2 18 2 1 270.0 252 93 68 14 51 4 157 4 0 8 1097 167 1.122 8.4 0.5 1.7 5.2 3.08
1979 29 TEX AL 5 4 .556 4.13 13 13 0 2 0 0 85.0 98 43 39 9 15 1 35 1 0 1 355 100 1.329 10.4 1.0 1.6 3.7 2.33
1980 30 TEX AL 10 10 .500 3.68 35 34 1 8 1 1 234.2 265 111 96 17 48 1 142 0 0 9 985 105 1.334 10.2 0.7 1.8 5.4 2.96
1981 31 TEX AL 4 7 .364 4.14 17 16 0 1 1 0 104.1 101 59 48 8 41 1 43 1 0 2 447 83 1.361 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.7 1.05
1982 32 TEX AL 7 7 .500 3.53 33 14 11 1 0 1 147.2 158 64 58 14 37 4 78 2 1 2 622 110 1.321 9.6 0.9 2.3 4.8 2.11
1983 33 TEX AL 2 4 .333 4.66 25 9 7 2 0 0 73.1 90 43 38 7 27 1 38 3 0 4 330 86 1.595 11.0 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.41
13 Seasons 125 126 .498 3.18 361 318 23 97 30 3 2363.0 2276 970 835 161 638 69 1516 26 9 68 9789 114 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .498 3.18 36 32 2 10 3 0 237 228 97 84 16 64 7 152 3 1 7 980 114 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
NYM (7 yrs) 82 81 .503 3.03 203 199 2 65 26 0 1448.0 1312 557 488 92 419 57 1023 15 8 42 5953 115 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
TEX (6 yrs) 43 45 .489 3.41 158 119 21 32 4 3 915.0 964 413 347 69 219 12 493 11 1 26 3836 112 1.293 9.5 0.7 2.2 4.8 2.25
NL (7 yrs) 82 81 .503 3.03 203 199 2 65 26 0 1448.0 1312 557 488 92 419 57 1023 15 8 42 5953 115 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
AL (6 yrs) 43 45 .489 3.41 158 119 21 32 4 3 915.0 964 413 347 69 219 12 493 11 1 26 3836 112 1.293 9.5 0.7 2.2 4.8 2.25

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1973 23 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 31 0.556 2.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1973 23 NYM NL WS L OAK 1 2 .333 2.16 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 7 4 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 67 0.900 5.4 1.1 2.7 5.9 2.20
1 Season (2 Series) 2 2 .500 1.40 4 4 0 1 1 0 25.2 12 7 4 2 8 0 20 1 0 0 98 0.779 4.2 0.7 2.8 7.0 2.50
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 31 0.556 2.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1 WS 1 2 .333 2.16 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 7 4 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 67 0.900 5.4 1.1 2.7 5.9 2.20

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 21 NYM NL 7 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 .606 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 22 NYM NL 34 93 78 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 44 .128 .227 .141 .368 9 11 1 0 5 0 0 1 RoY-1
1973 23 NYM NL 35 90 65 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 38 .138 .282 .138 .421 22 9 0 0 12 0 0 1
1974 24 NYM NL 34 96 79 3 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 34 .101 .153 .101 .254 -27 8 1 0 11 1 0 1 AS
1975 25 NYM NL 33 88 70 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 33 .100 .241 .100 .341 -1 7 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1976 26 NYM NL 35 104 88 10 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 8 35 .193 .268 .205 .473 40 18 3 1 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
1977 27 NYM NL 26 58 50 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 27 .060 .175 .080 .255 -27 4 2 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 204 541 441 32 57 3 0 0 23 0 0 57 217 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 60 7 1 41 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 430 350 25 45 2 0 0 18 0 0 45 172 .129 .230 .136 .366 6 48 6 1 33 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 23 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 23 NYM NL WS OAK L 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 2 0 1 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 4 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .167 .444 .167 .611 1 2 0 2 0 0
1 NLCS 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 2 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 NYM NL 21 P 7 6 37.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.43 .967 1.90 0.79
1972 NYM NL 22 P 34 32 244.0 42 8 33 1 1 .976 1.51 1.21 .948 1.78 0.73 RoY-1
1973 NYM NL 23 P 34 34 242.0 45 4 40 1 3 .978 1.64 1.29 .949 1.88 0.73
1974 NYM NL 24 P 34 34 265.1 45 5 40 0 1 1.000 1.53 1.32 .940 1.88 0.71 AS
1975 NYM NL 25 P 33 32 228.2 34 3 28 3 1 .912 1.22 0.94 .947 1.86 0.72 AS
1976 NYM NL 26 P 35 35 262.0 46 10 35 1 0 .978 1.55 1.29 .948 1.88 0.72 AS,CYA-6
1977 NYM NL 27 P 26 26 169.0 32 4 27 1 1 .969 1.65 1.19 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 TEX AL 28 P 35 33 270.0 64 17 42 5 2 .922 1.97 1.69 .956 1.90 0.85
1979 TEX AL 29 P 13 13 85.0 21 3 16 2 1 .905 2.01 1.46 .952 1.92 0.81
1980 TEX AL 30 P 35 34 234.2 34 5 25 4 0 .882 1.15 0.86 .962 1.85 0.77
1981 TEX AL 31 P 17 16 104.1 24 2 20 2 0 .917 1.90 1.29 .967 1.98 0.81
1982 TEX AL 32 P 33 14 147.2 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.85 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 TEX AL 33 P 25 9 73.1 17 2 14 1 3 .941 1.96 0.64 .959 1.80 0.73
13 Seasons P 361 318 2363.0 435 68 346 21 14 .952 1.58 1.15 .952 1.86 0.75
13 Seasons TOT 361 318 2363.0 435 68 346 21 14 .952 1.58 1.15 .904 1.86 0.75

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1974 *
1975 *
1976

Awards (yr lg award)
1972 NL Rookie of the Year
1975 ML AS MVP

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (6, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (217th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 NL  2.324 (4th)
1974 NL  2.408 (3rd)
1976 NL  2.954 (10th)
1978 AL  2.267 (2nd)
Career  3.180 (239th)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  16 (7th)
1976 NL  17 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 NL  .630 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1974 NL  1.119 (3rd)
1976 NL  1.118 (6th)
1978 AL  1.122 (5th)
Career  1.233 (214th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  7.496 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  2.578 (7th)
1975 NL  2.283 (7th)
1976 NL  1.958 (4th)
1977 NL  2.290 (7th)
1978 AL  1.700 (4th)
1980 AL  1.841 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.624 (3rd)
1974 NL  6.614 (8th)
1975 NL  6.061 (10th)
1977 NL  6.550 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 NL  265.3 (7th)
1976 NL  262.0 (6th)
1978 AL  270.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL  169 (10th)
1973 NL  205 (3rd)
1974 NL  195 (4th)
1975 NL  154 (10th)
1976 NL  153 (8th)
1978 AL  157 (6th)
1980 AL  142 (10th)
Career  1516 (160th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  35 (9th)
1980 AL  34 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1973 NL  14 (4th)
1974 NL  14 (5th)
1976 NL  16 (3rd)
1978 AL  18 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 NL  4 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1974 NL  7 (1st)
1975 NL  3 (10th)
1976 NL  6 (1st)
1977 NL  3 (4th)
Career  30 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  18 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  99 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  236 (8th)
1978 AL  252 (10th)
1980 AL  265 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  2.566 (2nd)
1975 NL  2.655 (3rd)
1976 NL  2.684 (5th)
1977 NL  2.861 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.078 (3rd)
1980 AL  2.958 (2nd)
Career  2.376 (115th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL  .516 (7th)
1973 NL  .595 (10th)
1974 NL  .271 (2nd)
1978 AL  .467 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1973 NL  16 (6th)
1974 NL  15 (7th)
1977 NL  15 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 NL  13 (2nd)
1980 AL  9 (7th)
Career  68 (244th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1974 NL  1076 (10th)
1976 NL  1054 (8th)
1978 AL  1097 (9th)
Career  9789 (240th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 NL  144 (4th)
1974 NL  149 (3rd)
1978 AL  167 (2nd)
Career  114 (225th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  12 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 94 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (380), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. George Mogridge (932)
  6. Johnny Antonelli (930)
  7. Toad Ramsey (929)
  8. Mike Scott (929)
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  10. Chris Short (927)
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  6. Claude Osteen (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy John (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommy John (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy John (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Rogers (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Tommy Boggs, Adrian Devine and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Nelson Norman and Al Oliver to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

October 31, 1983: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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