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Eddie Mathews played 17 major-league seasons (1952-1968) as a 3B (2,181), 1B (112), OF (52). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 21 | BSN | 145 | 528 | 80 | 128 | 25 | 58 | 6 | 59 | 115 | .242 | .767 | 118 |
| 1953 | 22 | ML1 | 157 | 579 | 110 | 175 | 47 | 135 | 1 | 99 | 83 | .302 | 1.033 | 173 |
| 1954 | 23 | ML1 | 138 | 476 | 96 | 138 | 40 | 103 | 10 | 113 | 61 | .290 | 1.026 | 173 |
| 1955 | 24 | ML1 | 141 | 499 | 108 | 144 | 41 | 101 | 3 | 109 | 98 | .289 | 1.014 | 173 |
| 1956 | 25 | ML1 | 151 | 552 | 103 | 150 | 37 | 95 | 6 | 91 | 86 | .272 | .892 | 145 |
| 1957 | 26 | ML1 | 148 | 572 | 109 | 167 | 32 | 94 | 3 | 90 | 79 | .292 | .927 | 154 |
| 1958 | 27 | ML1 | 149 | 546 | 97 | 137 | 31 | 77 | 5 | 85 | 85 | .251 | .807 | 119 |
| 1959 | 28 | ML1 | 148 | 594 | 118 | 182 | 46 | 114 | 2 | 80 | 71 | .306 | .983 | 168 |
| 1960 | 29 | ML1 | 153 | 548 | 108 | 152 | 39 | 124 | 7 | 111 | 113 | .277 | .948 | 166 |
| 1961 | 30 | ML1 | 152 | 572 | 103 | 175 | 32 | 91 | 12 | 93 | 95 | .306 | .937 | 154 |
| 1962 | 31 | ML1 | 152 | 536 | 106 | 142 | 29 | 90 | 4 | 101 | 90 | .265 | .877 | 142 |
| 1963 | 32 | ML1 | 158 | 547 | 82 | 144 | 23 | 84 | 3 | 124 | 119 | .263 | .852 | 154 |
| 1964 | 33 | ML1 | 141 | 502 | 83 | 117 | 23 | 74 | 2 | 85 | 100 | .233 | .756 | 120 |
| 1965 | 34 | ML1 | 156 | 546 | 77 | 137 | 32 | 95 | 1 | 73 | 110 | .251 | .810 | 134 |
| 1966 | 35 | ATL | 134 | 452 | 72 | 113 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 63 | 82 | .250 | .761 | 118 |
| 1967 | 36 | DET | 36 | 108 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .231 | .757 | 130 |
| 1967 | 36 | HOU | 101 | 328 | 39 | 78 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 48 | 65 | .238 | .714 | 112 |
| 1968 | 37 | DET | 31 | 52 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .212 | .665 | 107 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 3B | 142 | 0 | 160 | 259 | 19 | 21 |
| 1953 | 3B | 157 | 0 | 154 | 311 | 30 | 33 |
| 1954 | 3B | 127 | 126 | 112 | 254 | 13 | 28 |
| 1954 | OF | 10 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | 3B | 137 | 137 | 140 | 280 | 21 | 23 |
| 1956 | 3B | 150 | 149 | 133 | 287 | 25 | 22 |
| 1957 | 3B | 147 | 147 | 131 | 299 | 16 | 27 |
| 1958 | 3B | 149 | 149 | 116 | 351 | 22 | 24 |
| 1959 | 3B | 148 | 148 | 144 | 305 | 18 | 21 |
| 1960 | 3B | 153 | 153 | 141 | 280 | 22 | 23 |
| 1961 | 3B | 151 | 151 | 168 | 281 | 18 | 30 |
| 1962 | 3B | 140 | 140 | 141 | 283 | 16 | 22 |
| 1962 | 1B | 7 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1963 | 3B | 121 | 115 | 113 | 276 | 13 | 23 |
| 1963 | OF | 42 | 42 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1964 | 3B | 128 | 123 | 130 | 247 | 15 | 19 |
| 1964 | 1B | 7 | 7 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 1965 | 3B | 153 | 146 | 113 | 301 | 19 | 19 |
| 1966 | 3B | 127 | 115 | 114 | 237 | 20 | 31 |
| 1967 | 1B | 92 | 80 | 678 | 52 | 9 | 59 |
| 1967 | 3B | 45 | 39 | 36 | 61 | 6 | 3 |
| 1968 | 1B | 6 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1968 | 3B | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Eddie Mathews won: TSN All-Star 1955 (ML), TSN All-Star 1957 (ML), TSN All-Star 1959 (ML), TSN All-Star 1960 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1965, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1957, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 13 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 4 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 216 / 336 | 3 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 45 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 189 / 336 | 5 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 52 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 7 / 224 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 30 | 1 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 8 / 280 | 0 |
Eddie Mathews ranks on 6 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #32 | third basemen | 1953 | 173 OPS+ |
| #35 | third basemen | 1955 | 173 OPS+ |
| #36 | third basemen | 1954 | 173 OPS+ |
| #50 | third basemen | 1959 | 168 OPS+ |
| #60 | third basemen | 1960 | 166 OPS+ |
| #114 | third basemen | 1957 | 154 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.