#8 Verdell "Lefty" Mathis, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Friday, 10/20/1949 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Verdell Mathis Lefty 11/18/1921 27 NEGRO,LG,PLAYER 5"11 150
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,100,000 1949 8 Year(s), 127 Days (1503 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 158 Days (1534 total Days) 9 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 9 | 8 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
Talent | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 69 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/17 | @NYN | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/21 | @BRO | W 2-0 | * | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
8/26 | @STL | L 2-5 | * | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/31 | BSN | W 6-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/4 | @CIN | W 12-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | W | | | | |
9/8 | @PHI | W 6-4 | * | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/12 | NYN | W 5-4 | * | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/16 | @BRO | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/20 | PIT | W 9-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/29 | STL | W 18-3 | * | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3.64 | 324.0 | 309 | 141 | 131 | 72 | 188 | 29 | 74.4 | 1 | 23 | 59.0 |
Projected | 39 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3.64 | 324.0 | 309 | 141 | 131 | 72 | 188 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.22 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 515 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 50 | 53 | 32 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .275 | .379 | .653 |
vs. RHB | 746 | 190 | 33 | 2 | 22 | 87 | 88 | 40 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 | .292 | .393 | .685 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3.68 | 151.2 | 140 | 67 | 62 | 34 | 96 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3.60 | 172.1 | 169 | 74 | 69 | 38 | 92 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.04 | 55.2 | 56 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 35 |
May | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 49.0 | 55 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 36 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 58.0 | 58 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 33 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.94 | 48.0 | 51 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 26 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.28 | 59.1 | 53 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 31 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 | 54.0 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1941 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5.26 | 114.2 | 136 | 76 | 67 | 18 | 36 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 1.50 | .322 | PHI CHC |
1942 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 5.64 | 287.0 | 351 | 192 | 180 | 46 | 74 | 146 | 22 | 0 | 1.48 | .317 | CHC |
1943 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 5.51 | 222.0 | 253 | 148 | 136 | 31 | 66 | 113 | 17 | 1 | 1.44 | .300 | CHC |
1944 | 41 | 41 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 4.48 | 343.2 | 392 | 200 | 171 | 50 | 76 | 196 | 30 | 1 | 1.36 | .301 | CHC |
1945 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4.08 | 267.0 | 262 | 131 | 121 | 33 | 66 | 153 | 26 | 4 | 1.23 | .272 | CHC,NL |
1946 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.68 | 278.2 | 289 | 156 | 145 | 33 | 70 | 165 | 23 | 1 | 1.29 | .289 | CHC |
1947 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3.59 | 333.0 | 349 | 158 | 133 | 50 | 55 | 174 | 24 | 4 | 1.21 | .276 | CHC,NL |
1948 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 4.89 | 285.1 | 323 | 169 | 155 | 41 | 72 | 140 | 24 | 1 | 1.38 | .293 | CHC |
1949 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3.64 | 324.0 | 309 | 141 | 131 | 40 | 72 | 188 | 29 | 1 | 1.18 | .260 | CHC,NL |
Total | 301 | 301 | 143 | 122 | 0 | 4.54 | 2455.1 | 2664 | 1371 | 1239 | 342 | 587 | 1339 | 204 | 13 | 1.32 | .290 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1940, AAA | 31 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3.89 | 238.0 | 245 | 120 | 103 | 27 | 83 | 148 | 11 | 0 | 1.38 | .293 |
1941, AA | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.12 | 80.1 | 57 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 0.86 | .290 |
1941, AAA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1946 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 22.0 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
1947 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.16 | 30.2 | 40 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.15 | 52.2 | 64 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1941 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .111 | .178 | PHI CHC |
1942 | 38 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .068 | .078 | .146 | CHC |
1943 | 29 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .085 | .096 | .098 | .194 | CHC |
1944 | 41 | 126 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .078 | .095 | .173 | CHC |
1945 | 32 | 90 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .113 | .111 | .225 | CHC,NL |
1946 | 33 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .099 | .095 | .194 | CHC |
1947 | 40 | 119 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .099 | .092 | .192 | CHC,NL |
1948 | 35 | 103 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | .107 | .132 | .165 | .297 | CHC |
1949 | 39 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .164 | .172 | .336 | CHC,NL |
Total | 301 | 884 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 40 | 18 | 341 | 2 | 0 | .088 | .105 | .114 | .220 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 39 | 22 | 81 | 3 | 106 | 3 | .972 | 324.0 | 2.94 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1940... Injured on 4/21/1941 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Chicago (N) on 5/25/1941 (Going to CHC: P Verdell Mathis, LF Vince Dimaggio. Going to PHI: P Lefty Gomez, P Joe Gonzales)... Injured on 5/26/1941 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks... Had first career hit on 7/31/1941, off Lefty Gomez (PHI)... Earned first career win on 7/31/1941... Injured on 8/4/1942 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week... Injured on 3/26/1943 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week... Injured on 5/12/1943 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks... 1/31/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game... 10/23/1945: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $5,100,000 per year, for 4 years. Injured on 3/8/1946 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Injured on 9/5/1946 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1946... Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game... Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1947... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1947, going 23-10, 3.59 ERA... Hit first career homerun on 4/1/1948, off Joe Dobson (BRO)... Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1949, going 6-0, 2.17...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1945 - 4.08 - 7th 1947 - 3.59 - 1st
| WHIP 1944 - 1.36 - 7th 1945 - 1.23 - 1st 1946 - 1.29 - 3rd 1947 - 1.21 - 1st 1948 - 1.38 - 7th
| Wins 1946 - 17 - 10th 1947 - 23 - 1st
| Losses 1942 - 19 - 6th 1944 - 20 - 3rd 1948 - 18 - 8th
| IP 1944 - 343.2 - 5th 1947 - 333.0 - 3rd
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K's 1944 - 196 - 9th 1946 - 165 - 10th 1947 - 174 - 7th
| CG 1944 - 30 - 3rd 1945 - 26 - 7th 1947 - 24 - 2nd 1948 - 24 - 7th
| SHO 1945 - 4 - 1st 1947 - 4 - 2nd
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