Nelson Mathews
1960–1965 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, NLS
306G
.223AVG
.288OBP
.359SLG
More career statistics
218H
22HR
98RBI
8SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Stolen bases | 8 | 9 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | 1,076 | 978 | 93 | 218 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 98 | 88 | 248 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 351 | .223 | .288 | .359 | .647 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1964-05-13 to 1964-05-23
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1964-09-19 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1964-08-30 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1962-09-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 152 | 526 | 107 | 15 | 56 | 42 | 112 | .224 | .283 | .395 |
| Away | 154 | 550 | 111 | 7 | 42 | 46 | 136 | .222 | .285 | .324 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 77 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | .239 | .286 | .310 |
| May | 77 | 296 | 59 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 69 | .228 | .321 | .363 |
| June | 69 | 251 | 46 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 59 | .203 | .259 | .339 |
| July | 47 | 140 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 30 | .179 | .214 | .276 |
| August | 36 | 123 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 35 | .261 | .333 | .477 |
| September | 50 | 170 | 41 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 31 | .261 | .300 | .420 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .105 | .105 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 28 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 28 | .181 | .244 | .301 |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 105 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 19 | .215 | .305 | .355 |
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | .241 | .292 | .361 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 94 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | .230 | .277 | .322 |
| cleveland-guardians | 24 | 87 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 22 | .247 | .310 | .455 |
| baltimore-orioles | 23 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | .213 | .263 | .360 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 22 | 85 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | .256 | .306 | .462 |
| boston-red-sox | 22 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | .235 | .267 | .346 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 15 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .306 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago Cubs | 61 | 155 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | .155 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Kansas City Athletics | 157 | 573 | 137 | 14 | 60 | 3 | .239 | – | – |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics | 67 | 184 | 39 | 2 | 15 | – | .212 | – | – |