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Gary Matthews played 16 major-league seasons (1972-1987) as a OF (1,876). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22 | SFN | 20 | 62 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .290 | .889 | 159 |
| 1973 | 23 | SFN | 148 | 540 | 74 | 162 | 12 | 58 | 17 | 58 | 83 | .300 | .812 | 132 |
| 1974 | 24 | SFN | 154 | 561 | 87 | 161 | 16 | 82 | 11 | 70 | 69 | .287 | .810 | 133 |
| 1975 | 25 | SFN | 116 | 425 | 67 | 119 | 12 | 58 | 13 | 65 | 53 | .280 | .807 | 132 |
| 1976 | 26 | SFN | 156 | 587 | 79 | 164 | 20 | 84 | 12 | 75 | 94 | .279 | .802 | 135 |
| 1977 | 27 | ATL | 148 | 555 | 89 | 157 | 17 | 64 | 22 | 67 | 90 | .283 | .799 | 121 |
| 1978 | 28 | ATL | 129 | 474 | 75 | 135 | 18 | 62 | 8 | 61 | 92 | .285 | .828 | 139 |
| 1979 | 29 | ATL | 156 | 631 | 97 | 192 | 27 | 90 | 18 | 60 | 75 | .304 | .865 | 142 |
| 1980 | 30 | ATL | 155 | 571 | 79 | 159 | 19 | 75 | 11 | 42 | 93 | .278 | .744 | 113 |
| 1981 | 31 | PHI | 101 | 359 | 62 | 108 | 9 | 67 | 15 | 59 | 42 | .301 | .849 | 149 |
| 1982 | 32 | PHI | 162 | 616 | 89 | 173 | 19 | 83 | 21 | 66 | 87 | .281 | .776 | 124 |
| 1983 | 33 | PHI | 132 | 446 | 66 | 115 | 10 | 50 | 13 | 69 | 81 | .258 | .727 | 109 |
| 1984 | 34 | CHN | 147 | 491 | 101 | 143 | 14 | 82 | 17 | 103 | 97 | .291 | .838 | 144 |
| 1985 | 35 | CHN | 97 | 298 | 45 | 70 | 13 | 40 | 2 | 59 | 64 | .235 | .768 | 122 |
| 1986 | 36 | CHN | 123 | 370 | 49 | 96 | 21 | 46 | 3 | 60 | 59 | .259 | .839 | 138 |
| 1987 | 37 | SEA | 45 | 119 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .235 | .638 | 71 |
| 1987 | 37 | CHN | 44 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .262 | .659 | 82 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | OF | 19 | 17 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | OF | 145 | 140 | 277 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 151 | 144 | 281 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 113 | 112 | 225 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 1976 | OF | 156 | 155 | 265 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 145 | 145 | 262 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 127 | 126 | 238 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 156 | 156 | 292 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 1980 | OF | 143 | 142 | 258 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 100 | 99 | 170 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 162 | 161 | 268 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| 1983 | OF | 122 | 120 | 174 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 1984 | OF | 145 | 144 | 224 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | OF | 85 | 85 | 119 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 105 | 104 | 137 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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.
Gary Matthews won: Rookie of the Year 1973 (NL), NLCS MVP 1983 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1984, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 11 / 24 | 11 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 26 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 31 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 70 / 336 | 0 |
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.