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Jon Matlack
Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut July 11, 1971
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Final Game September 15, 1983
Born January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 21 NYM NL   0   3   7   6   0   0   1  0   37.0   31   18   17   2   15   24   0   3   153   0   0  4.14  3.40   82 1.243
 1972 22 NYM NL  15  10  34  32   8   4   1  0  244.0  215   79   63  14   71  169   2   7  1003  14   1  2.32  3.35  144 1.172 RoY-1
 1973 23 NYM NL  14  16  34  34  14   3   0  0  242.0  210   93   86  16   99  205   2   6  1011  14   0  3.20  3.63  114 1.277
 1974 24 NYM NL  13  15  34  34  14   7   0  0  265.3  221   82   71   8   76  195   5   4  1076  11   1  2.41  3.59  149 1.119 AS
 1975 25 NYM NL  16  12  33  32   8   3   0  0  228.7  224  105   86  15   58  154   1   7   954   6   1  3.38  3.45  102 1.233 AS
 1976 26 NYM NL  17  10  35  35  16   6   0  0  262.0  236   94   86  18   57  153   3  13  1054   5   3  2.95  3.30  112 1.118 CYA-6,AS
 1977 27 NYM NL   7  15  26  26   5   3   0  0  169.0  175   86   79  19   43  123   2   2   702   7   2  4.21  3.72   88 1.290
 1978 28 TEX AL  15  13  35  33  18   2   2  1  270.0  252   93   68  14   51  157   4   8  1097   4   0  2.27  3.78  167 1.122
 1979 29 TEX AL   5   4  13  13   2   0   0  0   85.0   98   43   39   9   15   35   1   1   355   1   0  4.13  4.15  100 1.329
 1980 30 TEX AL  10  10  35  34   8   1   1  1  234.7  265  111   96  17   48  142   0   9   985   1   0  3.68  3.88  105 1.334
 1981 31 TEX AL   4   7  17  16   1   1   0  0  104.3  101   59   48   8   41   43   1   2   447   1   0  4.14  3.44   83 1.361
 1982 32 TEX AL   7   7  33  14   1   0  11  1  147.7  158   64   58  14   37   78   2   2   622   4   1  3.53  3.88  110 1.321
 1983 33 TEX AL   2   4  25   9   2   0   7  0   73.3   90   43   38   7   27   38   3   4   330   1   0  4.66  3.99   86 1.595
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .498 125 126 361 318  97  30  23  3 2363.0 2276  970  835 161  638 1516  26  68  9789  69   9  3.18  3.62  114 1.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  36  31   9   3   2  0  236.3  227   97   83  16   63  151   2   6   980   6   0  3.18  3.62  114 1.233
 Career High     17  16  35  35  18   7  11  1  270.0  265  111   96  19   99  205   5  13  1097  14   3  2.27  4.15  167 1.118

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 NYM NL   7   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .273  .333  .273   76    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 22 NYM NL  34   78    6   10   1  0   0    2   0  0  10  44  .128  .227  .141    9   11   5   0   0   0   1 RoY-1
 1973 23 NYM NL  35   65    5    9   0  0   0    2   0  0  13  38  .138  .282  .138   22    9  12   0   0   0   0
 1974 24 NYM NL  34   79    3    8   0  0   0    8   0  0   5  34  .101  .153  .101  -27    8  11   1   0   0   1 AS
 1975 25 NYM NL  33   70    6    7   0  0   0    2   0  0  13  33  .100  .241  .100   -1    7   5   0   0   0   0 AS
 1976 26 NYM NL  35   88   10   17   1  0   0    9   0  0   8  35  .193  .268  .205   40   18   7   0   0   1   3 AS
 1977 27 NYM NL  26   50    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   7  27  .060  .175  .080  -27    4   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     362  441   32   57   3  0   0   23   0  0  57 217  .129  .230  .136    6   60  41   1   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        197   14   26   1  0   0   10   0  0  26  97  .129  .230  .136    6   27  18   0   0   0   3
 Career High     35   88   10   17   1  0   0    9   0  0  13  44                          18  12   1   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 NYM NL   12    8    1   3.4    91| .273  .257| .333  .323| .273  .377| .606  .700|  76  .413  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1972 22 NYM NL   93   74    3   1.1    89| .128  .253| .227  .321| .141  .374| .368  .695|   9  .084  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1973 23 NYM NL   90   68    5   2.0    95| .138  .260| .282  .329| .138  .387| .420  .716|  22  .197  -6.5  -0.7   0%
 1974 24 NYM NL   96   84    2   0.6    94| .101  .261| .153  .333| .101  .377| .254  .710| -27  .030 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1975 25 NYM NL   88   68    3   1.2    93| .100  .261| .241  .331| .100  .376| .341  .707|  -1  .086  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1976 26 NYM NL  104   81    5   1.7    87| .193  .256| .268  .321| .205  .364| .473  .685|  40  .161  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1977 27 NYM NL   58   50    1   0.5    99| .060  .263| .175  .330| .080  .401| .255  .731| -27  .019  -8.9  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      541  433   20   1.2    92| .129  .259| .230  .327| .136  .378| .366  .705|   6  .096 -54.4  -5.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1971 21 NYM NL   P    7      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.43  0.79  0.73  1.90    6   37.0
 1972 22 NYM NL   P   34      8   33    1    1  .976  .949  1.21  0.73  1.51  1.78   32  244.0
 1973 23 NYM NL   P   34      4   40    1    3  .978  .950  1.29  0.73  1.64  1.88   34  242.0
 1974 24 NYM NL   P   34      5   40    0    1 1.000  .943  1.32  0.71  1.53  1.88   34  265.3 AS
 1975 25 NYM NL   P   33      3   28    3    1  .912  .945  0.94  0.72  1.22  1.86   32  228.7 AS
 1976 26 NYM NL   P   35     10   35    1    0  .978  .949  1.29  0.72  1.55  1.88   35  262.0 AS
 1977 27 NYM NL   P   26      4   27    1    1  .969  .951  1.19  0.67  1.65  1.85   26  169.0
 1978 28 TEX AL   P   35     17   42    5    2  .922  .955  1.69  0.85  1.97  1.90   33  270.0
 1979 29 TEX AL   P   13      3   16    2    1  .905  .950  1.46  0.81  2.01  1.92   13   85.0
 1980 30 TEX AL   P   35      5   25    4    0  .882  .958  0.86  0.77  1.15  1.85   34  234.7
 1981 31 TEX AL   P   17      2   20    2    0  .917  .965  1.29  0.81  1.90  1.98   16  104.3
 1982 32 TEX AL   P   33      4   24    0    1 1.000  .959  0.85  0.73  1.71  1.80   14  147.7
 1983 33 TEX AL   P   25      2   14    1    3  .941  .958  0.64  0.73  1.96  1.80    9   73.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1971 21 NYM NL   P    7      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.43  0.79  0.73  1.90    6   37.0
 1972 22 NYM NL   P   34      8   33    1    1  .976  .949  1.21  0.73  1.51  1.78   32  244.0
 1973 23 NYM NL   P   34      4   40    1    3  .978  .950  1.29  0.73  1.64  1.88   34  242.0
 1974 24 NYM NL   P   34      5   40    0    1 1.000  .943  1.32  0.71  1.53  1.88   34  265.3
 1975 25 NYM NL   P   33      3   28    3    1  .912  .945  0.94  0.72  1.22  1.86   32  228.7
 1976 26 NYM NL   P   35     10   35    1    0  .978  .949  1.29  0.72  1.55  1.88   35  262.0
 1977 27 NYM NL   P   26      4   27    1    1  .969  .951  1.19  0.67  1.65  1.85   26  169.0
 1978 28 TEX AL   P   35     17   42    5    2  .922  .955  1.69  0.85  1.97  1.90   33  270.0
 1979 29 TEX AL   P   13      3   16    2    1  .905  .950  1.46  0.81  2.01  1.92   13   85.0
 1980 30 TEX AL   P   35      5   25    4    0  .882  .958  0.86  0.77  1.15  1.85   34  234.7
 1981 31 TEX AL   P   17      2   20    2    0  .917  .965  1.29  0.81  1.90  1.98   16  104.3
 1982 32 TEX AL   P   33      4   24    0    1 1.000  .959  0.85  0.73  1.71  1.80   14  147.7
 1983 33 TEX AL   P   25      2   14    1    3  .941  .958  0.64  0.73  1.96  1.80    9   73.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 361     68  346   21   14  .952  .952  1.15  0.75  1.58  1.86  318 2363.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       361     68  346   21   14  .952  .952  1.15  0.75  1.58  1.86  318   2363

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  NYM CIN     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     2   0   3   9 
        WS    NYM OAK     L   3   3   2.16  1  2  0  0  16.2  10   4   5  11 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   4   4   1.40  2  2  0  1  25.2  12   4   8  20 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  NYM CIN     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .333  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    NYM OAK     L   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   1  .250  .500  .250   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   4   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   3   3  .167  .444  .167   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1974   NYM NL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1975   NYM NL      1  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   4  0   0  0   1  1  0  0  0 
 1976   NYM NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      0  1  0  0   3     3   0   0   1   4  0   0  0   1  1  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   NYM NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1975   NYM NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1976   NYM NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974 *
1975 *
1976

Awards
1972-NL-ROY
1975-ML-AS MVP-Tie

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-NL-6-0.04
Car-210-0.04 shares

Sac. Hits
1973 NL-12-6

ERA
1972 NL-2.32-4
1974 NL-2.41-3
1976 NL-2.95-10
1978 AL-2.27-2

Wins
1975 NL-16-7
1976 NL-17-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1974 NL-1.119-3
1976 NL-1.118-6
1978 AL-1.122-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1974 NL-7.50-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1974 NL-2.58-7
1975 NL-2.28-7
1976 NL-1.96-4
1977 NL-2.29-7
1978 AL-1.70-4
1980 AL-1.84-1

Strikeouts/9IP
1973 NL-7.62-3
1974 NL-6.61-8
1975 NL-6.06-10
1977 NL-6.55-5

Innings
1974 NL-265.3-7
1976 NL-262.0-6
1978 AL-270.0-8

Strikeouts
1972 NL-169-10
1973 NL-205-3
1974 NL-195-4
1975 NL-154-10
1976 NL-153-8
1978 AL-157-6
1980 AL-142-10

Games Started
1976 NL-35-9
1980 AL-34-10

Comp. Games
1973 NL-14-4
1974 NL-14-5
1976 NL-16-3
1978 AL-18-4

Shutouts
1972 NL-4-6
1973 NL-3-7
1974 NL-7-1
1975 NL-3-10
1976 NL-6-1
1977 NL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1976 NL-18-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1973 NL-99-8

Hits Allowed
1976 NL-236-8
1978 AL-252-10
1980 AL-265-7

SO to Walk
1974 NL-2.57-2
1975 NL-2.66-3
1976 NL-2.68-5
1977 NL-2.86-2
1978 AL-3.08-3
1980 AL-2.96-2

Losses
1973 NL-16-6
1974 NL-15-7
1977 NL-15-8

Wild Pitches
1976 NL-13-2
1980 AL-9-7

Batters Faced
1974 NL-1076-10
1976 NL-1054-8
1978 AL-1097-9

Adjusted ERA+
1972 NL-144-4
1974 NL-149-3
1978 AL-167-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 91 (241) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 35.0 (371) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, 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 Al Oliver and Nelson Norman 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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Uniforms
View Jon Matlack's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1974 * 1975 * 1976	Awards 1972-NL-ROY 1975-ML-AS MVP-Tie	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1976-NL-6-0.04 Car-210-0.04 shares	Sac. Hits 1973 NL-12-6	ERA 1972 NL-2.32-4 1974 NL-2.41-3 1976 NL-2.95-10 1978 AL-2.27-2	Wins 1975 NL-16-7 1976 NL-17-7
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1974 NL-1.119-3 1976 NL-1.118-6 1978 AL-1.122-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1974 NL-7.50-6	Bases on Balls/9IP 1974 NL-2.58-7 1975 NL-2.28-7 1976 NL-1.96-4 1977 NL-2.29-7 1978 AL-1.70-4 1980 AL-1.84-1	Strikeouts/9IP 1973 NL-7.62-3 1974 NL-6.61-8 1975 NL-6.06-10 1977 NL-6.55-5	Innings 1974 NL-265.3-7 1976 NL-262.0-6 1978 AL-270.0-8	Strikeouts 1972 NL-169-10 1973 NL-205-3 1974 NL-195-4 1975 NL-154-10 1976 NL-153-8 1978 AL-157-6 1980 AL-142-10
Games Started 1976 NL-35-9 1980 AL-34-10	Comp. Games 1973 NL-14-4 1974 NL-14-5 1976 NL-16-3 1978 AL-18-4	Shutouts 1972 NL-4-6 1973 NL-3-7 1974 NL-7-1 1975 NL-3-10 1976 NL-6-1 1977 NL-3-4	Home Runs Allow. 1976 NL-18-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1973 NL-99-8	Hits Allowed 1976 NL-236-8 1978 AL-252-10 1980 AL-265-7
SO to Walk 1974 NL-2.57-2 1975 NL-2.66-3 1976 NL-2.68-5 1977 NL-2.86-2 1978 AL-3.08-3 1980 AL-2.96-2	Losses 1973 NL-16-6 1974 NL-15-7 1977 NL-15-8	Wild Pitches 1976 NL-13-2 1980 AL-9-7	Batters Faced 1974 NL-1076-10 1976 NL-1054-8 1978 AL-1097-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1972 NL-144-4 1974 NL-149-3 1978 AL-167-2