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Jan 4, 2012 · Eddie Mathews, the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, burst into stardom in 1953, the team’s first season in Milwaukee, when he belted 47 home runs at the age of 21. He hit 370 homers before his 30th birthday, and many believed that if anyone could top Babe Ruth as baseball’s all-time home-run king, Mathews was the most likely to do it.
The “lad” the Georgia Peach was referring to was Eddie Mathews, who combined power and fielding ability at third base like few before or since. During a 17-year big league career (1952-68), spent mostly with the Braves, the hot corner star not only possessed a rocket arm and a gift for fielding, but the lefty swinger was a feared slugger ...
7. $75,000.00. -. Stats. Eddie Mathews Stats by Baseball Almanac. Edwin Lee Mathews was a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Braves ( 1952 ), Milwaukee Braves ( 1953 - 1965 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1966 ), Houston Astros ( 1967 ), and Detroit Tigers ( 1967 - 1968 ). Did you know that Eddie, his nickname, was the only person in Major League ...
Sep 1, 2011 · A feared left-handed slugger, Eddie Mathews became the seventh player in Major League history to hit 500 home runs, finishing his career with 512. He wallope...
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Nov 18, 2002 · Eddie Mathews. Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Born in Texarkana, Texas, on October 13, 1931, Mathews signed with the Boston Braves in 1949 on the night of his high school graduation in Santa Barbara, California, for $5,999. Turning down college football scholarships and more money from other big-league teams, Mathews chose to sign ...
Eddie Mathews. A natural athlete blessed with tremendous power, a rifle arm, and a durable body, Mathews was the premier third baseman of his era, overshadowing Clete Boyer, the young Brooks Robinson, and Al Rosen. A key member of the excellent Braves teams of the late 1950s, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978 on his fifth try.
The Houston Astros trailed the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in the sixth inning on July 14, 1967 when a matchup of future Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Juan Marichal ensued. The result was history. Batting against Marichal, Mathews belted a three-run home run 335 feet over the right field fence at Candlestick Park for the 500th long ball of his career.
