#8 Verdell "Lefty" Mathis, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Sunday, 10/15/1947 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Verdell Mathis Lefty 11/18/1921 25 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 3.5 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 6 Year(s), 127 Days (1159 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 158 Days (1190 total Days) 7 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 9 | 7 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
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 | | | | |
9/5 | @CIN | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
9/10 | @STL | W 12-5 | * | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/14 | NYN | W 3-0 | * | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/18 | @CIN | W 6-5 | * | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | W | | | | |
9/23 | PHI | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/27 | @PIT | L 3-9 | * | 7.1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | L | | | | |
10/1 | @CIN | L 1-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
10/7 | PHI | L 1-6 | * | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | L | | | | |
10/11 | @PHI | W 11-9 | * | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
10/15 | PHI | W 9-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3.59 | 333.0 | 349 | 158 | 133 | 55 | 174 | 24 | 60.0 | 4 | 24 | 60.0 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3.59 | 333.0 | 349 | 158 | 133 | 55 | 174 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.73 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 546 | 140 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 70 | 71 | 22 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 | .283 | .451 | .734 |
vs. RHB | 761 | 209 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 81 | 87 | 33 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .302 | .418 | .720 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3.41 | 169.0 | 172 | 79 | 64 | 28 | 90 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3.79 | 164.0 | 177 | 79 | 69 | 27 | 84 |
Postseason | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 26.0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 |
This Week | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 18.0 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 60.0 | 53 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
May | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 45.0 | 48 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 20 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.26 | 58.0 | 52 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 33 |
July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.80 | 45.0 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 21 |
August | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.81 | 56.2 | 67 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 28 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.03 | 68.1 | 72 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 40 |
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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 |
Total | 227 | 227 | 105 | 93 | 0 | 4.65 | 1846.0 | 2032 | 1061 | 953 | 261 | 443 | 1011 | 151 | 11 | 1.34 | .294 | |
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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 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 26.0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 | 48.0 | 53 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 31 | 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 |
Total | 227 | 659 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 251 | 1 | 0 | .076 | .090 | .096 | .186 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 19 | 84 | 5 | 107 | 4 | .963 | 333.0 | 2.89 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1945 - 4.08 - 7th
| WHIP 1944 - 1.36 - 7th 1945 - 1.23 - 1st 1946 - 1.29 - 3rd
| Wins 1946 - 17 - 10th
| Losses 1942 - 19 - 6th 1944 - 20 - 3rd
| IP 1944 - 343.2 - 5th
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K's 1944 - 196 - 9th 1946 - 165 - 10th
| CG 1944 - 30 - 3rd 1945 - 26 - 7th
| SHO 1945 - 4 - 1st
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