Eddie Mathews - wikipedia Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews Mathews c. 1963 Third baseman / Manager Born : ( 1931 - 10 - 13 ) October 13, 1931 Texarkana, Texas Died : February 18, 2001 ( 2001 - 02 - 18 ) ( aged 69 ) La Jolla, California Batted : Left Threw : Right MLB debut April 15, 1952, for the Boston Braves Last MLB appearance September 27, 1968, for the Detroit Tigers MLB statistics Batting average. 271 Hits 2,315 Home runs 512 Runs batted in 1,453 Managerial record 149 -- 161 Winning %. 481 Teams As player Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves ( 1952 -- 1966 ) Houston Astros ( 1967 ) Detroit Tigers ( 1967 -- 1968 ) As manager Atlanta Braves ( 1972 -- 1974 ) Career highlights and awards 12 × All - Star ( 1953, 1955 -- 19612, 19622 ) 2 × World Series champion ( 1957, 1968 ) 2 × NL home run leader ( 1953, 1959 ) Atlanta Braves # 41 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted 1978 Vote 79.42 % ( fifth ballot ) Edwin Lee Mathews ( October 13, 1931 -- February 18, 2001 ) was an American Major League Baseball ( MLB ) third baseman. He played 17 seasons for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, and Detroit Tigers, from 1952 through 1968. Mathews was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Mathews is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the game. He was an All - Star for 9 seasons. He won the National League ( NL ) home run title in 1953 and 1959 and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner - up both of those seasons. He hit 512 home runs during his major league career. Mathews coached for the Atlanta Braves in 1971, and he was the team 's manager from 1972 to 1974. Later, he was a scout and coach for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Oakland Athletics. Contents 1 Early years 2 MLB career 2.1 Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta Braves 2.2 Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers 2.3 Coaching and managing 3 After retirement 4 Personal life 5 Death 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links Early years Mathews was born in Texarkana, Texas. He was six years old when his family moved to Santa Barbara, California. The Santa Barbara High School baseball field, where he developed into a star high school baseball player, is named after him. Mathews was signed by the Boston Braves in 1949. He played 63 games that year for the Class D High Point - Thomasville Hi - Toms, where he hit 17 home runs and earned a. 363 batting average. The next year he hit 32 home runs for the Class AA Atlanta Crackers. MLB career Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta Braves Mathews was brought up to the major leagues in 1952, Mathews hit 25 home runs, including three in one game. In 1953 the Braves moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he batted. 302, hit 47 home runs, and drove in 135 runs. For nine straight seasons he hit at least 30 home runs, including leading the National League twice ( 1953, 1959 ). As one of 1954 's superstars in American sports, Mathews was chosen for the cover of the first - ever issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. Around this time, Ty Cobb said of Mathews : `` I 've only known three or four perfect swings in my time. This lad has one of them. '' Mathews in a 1958 ad from Life magazine. Mathews was a powerful pull hitter, and for many years of his career teams would implement the `` Mathews shift '' when he came to bat. The second baseman would shift well to his left, toward first base, and the shortstop would come to the second base side of the bag, leaving a gaping hole between second and third base. Mathews delighted in occasionally punching the ball through that hole. The Braves won the 1957 National League championship. In the World Series, Mathews hit a game - winning home run in the tenth inning of game four. The Braves went on to defeat the New York Yankees to win the Series. Mathews made the final putout of the Series, a forceout of Gil McDougald on Moose Skowron 's hard - hit grounder. Mathews was regarded as one of the strongest power hitters of his time, often being compared to American League contemporary Mickey Mantle, in terms of power hitting strength. Hall - of - Fame teammate Warren Spahn once said of the two : `` Mathews is just as strong as Mantle. They do n't hit the same -- Mantle gets all of his weight into his swing ; Mathews uses his wrists more. '' Spahn 's comment on Mathews ' use of his wrists was in reference to his unique swing, as believed by many to be one of the more graceful swings in baseball history. He is the only player to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Mathews is also one of only two players to homer with a teammate in the same game at least 50 times with two different teammates. He did this with Henry Aaron 75 times and with Joe Adcock 56 times. Willie Mays is the other, with Willie McCovey ( 68 ) and Orlando Cepeda ( 50 ), to do it. Between 1954 and 1966 he and Braves teammate Hank Aaron hit 863 home runs ( Aaron 442, Mathews 421 ), moving ahead of the Yankees duo of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as the all - time leaders in major league history. Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers Mathews was traded to the Houston Astros before the 1967 season. That year, he became the seventh player to hit 500 career home runs, becoming a member of the 500 home run club coming off pitcher Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants. During the 1967 season, Mathews was traded from the Astros to the Detroit Tigers. His final appearances came in two games of the 1968 World Series, as the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. Upon his retirement, he was sixth in all - time home runs with 512. Over his career, he was named to the All - Star team twelve times ( MLB held two All - Star Games from 1959 through 1962 ), played in three World Series, and drove in 100 or more runs five times. He never won an MVP award ( finishing second twice, behind Roy Campanella in 1953 and behind Ernie Banks in 1959 ), although he did win the NL Player of the Month award in September 1959 (. 303, 11 HR, 25 RBI ). Coaching and managing In 1971, Mathews became a coach, and then late in season of 1972, the manager of the Atlanta Braves. Mathews is one of the few players to play, coach, and manage for the same baseball team. Mathews finished 23 - 27 as manager in 1972. The Braves finished fifth in 1973, 22 ⁄ games out of first place. Mathews was the Braves manager when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974. In July 1974, Mathews was fired when the team went into a slump and fell into fourth place with a 50 - 49 record. Aaron and Darrell Evans both criticized the decision to terminate Mathews. Evans said that Mathews was a friend and Aaron said that the decision was `` a blow to me. '' Mathews said that the Braves indicated that there would be a job for him within the organization, but he said he was not sure what he would do next. After retirement Eddie Mathews 's number 41 was retired by the Atlanta Braves in 1969. Mathews was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1978, Mathews was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He ranks second all - time among MLB third basemen in home runs, runs batted in, slugging percentage, and total bases. In 1982, Mathews was a minor league baseball instructor for the Oakland Athletics when a spot was found on his lung. He was ultimately admitted to the hospital to investigate it. Doctors ruled out cancer, but Mathews was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He was treated and returned to his work with the Oakland organization. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Mathews 63 on their list of 100, `` Baseball 's Greatest Players ''. He also nominated that year as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All - Century Team. Personal life Mathews was married to Virjean Lauby in 1954 and they divorced in 1970. He was married and divorced a second time, then married Elizabeth Busch Burke, daughter of brewing executive Gussie Busch, in 1977. Sportswriter Bob Wolf of the Milwaukee Journal indicated that Mathews ' election to the Baseball Hall of Fame may have been delayed because of his cool relationship with the media. Mathews seemed to resent the intrusion of reporters in his personal life, especially early in his career. He gestured with his fist at a reporter when he was in court on charges of reckless driving. He was angered by the presence of the media at his 1954 wedding ceremony at a county clerk 's office. Death In February 2001, Mathews died from complications of pneumonia in La Jolla, California, and was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery. Later that year during the baseball season, the Atlanta Braves honored Mathews with the placement of patches bearing his retired uniform number, 41, on their jerseys. See also Baseball portal List of Major League Baseball home run records List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders 500 home run club List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders Notes References ^ Jump up to : `` Eddie Mathews statistics ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Mathews at the Baseball Hall of Fame ''. baseballhall.org. Retrieved December 31, 2011. Jump up ^ James, Bill ( 2001 ). The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. New York : Free Press. p. 539. ISBN 0 - 684 - 80697 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Mathews at the Baseball Hall of Fame ''. baseballhall.org. Retrieved April 10, 2015. Jump up ^ MLB held two All - Star Games from 1959 through 1962. ^ Jump up to : SABR, Eddie Mathews ( 1 ) Retrieved April 10, 2015 Jump up ^ `` Eddie Mathews Minor League Statistics and History ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Alex Cobb 's historic 13 - strikeout, 14 - out performance ESPN Jump up ^ Donnelly, Patrick. SportsData LLC. ( 2012 ). Midsummer Classics : Celebrating MLB 's All - Star Game. 1959 -- 1962, `` all players who were named to the AL or NL roster were credited with one appearance per season '' ( 2 ). SportsData http://www.sportsdatallc.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Braves fire Eddie Mathews ''. Sarasota Herald - Tribune. July 22, 1974. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Mathews is fired by Braves ''. The Dispatch ( Lexington ). July 20, 1974. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Bierig, Joel ( March 18, 1983 ). `` At last, Eddie Mathews is enjoying his ties with baseball ''. The Miami News. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ 100 Greatest Baseball Players by The Sporting News : A Legendary List by Baseball Almanac ^ Jump up to : Wolf, Bob ( January 22, 1978 ). `` Early years slowed Mathews ' selection ''. Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` February weddings ''. The Bryan Times. February 21, 1977. Retrieved November 22, 2014. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eddie Mathews. Eddie Mathews at the Baseball Hall of Fame Career statistics and player information from Baseball - Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube Audio : Matthews ' 500th career home run as called by Harry Kalas in 1967 Profile of Mathews in 1989 Eddie Mathews at Find a Grave Preceded by Vern Law & Willie McCovey Major League Player of the Month September 1959 Succeeded by Roberto Clemente Milwaukee Braves 1957 World Series champions 1 Del Crandall 4 Red Schoendienst 5 Félix Mantilla 7 Del Rice 9 Joe Adcock 10 Bob Buhl 12 Bob Hazle 14 Frank Torre 15 Carl Sawatski 16 Dave Jolly 17 Taylor Phillips 18 John DeMerit 20 Don McMahon 21 Warren Spahn ( CYA ) 22 Gene Conley 23 Johnny Logan 25 Nippy Jones 30 Bob Trowbridge 32 Ernie Johnson 33 Lew Burdette ( World Series MVP ) 34 Juan Pizarro 41 Eddie Mathews 43 Wes Covington 44 Hank Aaron ( NL MVP ) 48 Andy Pafko Manager 2 Fred Haney Coaches 3 Johnny Riddle 8 Connie Ryan 31 Charlie Root 35 Bob Keely Regular season Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series champions 1 Ray Oyler 2 Tommy Matchick 3 Dick McAuliffe 5 Jim Northrup 6 Al Kaline 7 Eddie Mathews 8 Don Wert 11 Bill Freehan 12 Jim Price 15 Fred Lasher 16 Earl Wilson 17 Denny McLain ( AL CYA and MVP ) 18 John Hiller 21 Joe Sparma 22 Pat Dobson 23 Willie Horton 24 Mickey Stanley 25 Norm Cash 26 Gates Brown 27 Wayne Comer 29 Mickey Lolich ( World Series MVP ) 39 Jon Warden 43 Daryl Patterson 44 Dick Tracewski 47 Don McMahon Manager 10 Mayo Smith Coaches 50 Tony Cuccinello 51 Wally Moses 52 Hal Naragon 53 Johnny Sain Regular season National League season home run leaders 1876 : Hall 1877 : Pike 1878 : Hines 1879 : C. Jones 1880 : Stovey & O'Rourke 1881 : Brouthers 1882 : Wood 1883 : Ewing 1884 : Williamson 1885 : Dalrymple 1886 : Brouthers & Richardson 1887 : O'Brien 1888 : Ryan 1889 : Thompson 1890 : Burns, Tiernan & Wilmot 1891 : Tiernan & Stovey 1892 : Holliday 1893 : Delahanty 1894 : Duffy 1895 : Thompson 1896 : Joyce & Delahanty 1897 : Duffy 1898 : J. Collins 1899 : Freeman 1900 : Long 1901 : Crawford 1902 : Leach 1903 : Sheckard 1904 : Lumley 1905 : Odwell 1906 : Jordan 1907 : Brain 1908 : Jordan 1909 : Murray 1910 : Schulte & Beck 1911 : Schulte 1912 : Zimmerman 1913 : Cravath 1914 : Cravath 1915 : Cravath 1916 : C. Williams & Robertson 1917 : Cravath & Robertson 1918 : Cravath 1919 : Cravath 1920 : C. Williams 1921 : Kelly 1922 : Hornsby 1923 : C. Williams 1924 : Fournier 1925 : Hornsby 1926 : Wilson 1927 : C. Williams & Wilson 1928 : Wilson & Bottomley 1929 : Klein 1930 : Wilson 1931 : Klein 1932 : Klein & Ott 1933 : Klein 1934 : Ott & R. Collins 1935 : Berger 1936 : Ott 1937 : Ott & Medwick 1938 : Ott 1939 : Mize 1940 : Mize 1941 : Camilli 1942 : Ott 1943 : Nicholson 1944 : Nicholson 1945 : Holmes 1946 : Kiner 1947 : Kiner & Mize 1948 : Kiner & Mize 1949 : Kiner 1950 : Kiner 1951 : Kiner 1952 : Kiner & Sauer 1953 : Mathews 1954 : Kluszewski 1955 : Mays 1956 : Snider 1957 : Aaron 1958 : Banks 1959 : Mathews 1960 : Banks 1961 : Cepeda 1962 : Mays 1963 : McCovey & Aaron 1964 : Mays 1965 : Mays 1966 : Aaron 1967 : Aaron 1968 : McCovey 1969 : McCovey 1970 : Bench 1971 : Stargell 1972 : Bench 1973 : Stargell 1974 : Schmidt 1975 : Schmidt 1976 : Schmidt 1977 : Foster 1978 : Foster 1979 : Kingman 1980 : Schmidt 1981 : Schmidt 1982 : Kingman 1983 : Schmidt 1984 : Schmidt & Murphy 1985 : Murphy 1986 : Schmidt 1987 : Dawson 1988 : Strawberry 1989 : Mitchell 1990 : Sandberg 1991 : Johnson 1992 : McGriff 1993 : Bonds 1994 : M. Williams 1995 : Bichette 1996 : Galarraga 1997 : Walker 1998 : McGwire 1999 : McGwire 2000 : Sosa 2001 : Bonds 2002 : Sosa 2003 : Thome 2004 : Beltré 2005 : A. Jones 2006 : Howard 2007 : Fielder 2008 : Howard 2009 : Pujols 2010 : Pujols 2011 : Kemp 2012 : Braun 2013 : Álvarez & Goldschmidt 2014 : Stanton 2015 : Arenado & Harper 2016 : Arenado & Carter 2017 : Stanton 500 home run club Barry Bonds Hank Aaron Babe Ruth Alex Rodriguez Willie Mays Ken Griffey Jr. Albert Pujols Jim Thome Sammy Sosa Frank Robinson Mark McGwire Harmon Killebrew Rafael Palmeiro Reggie Jackson Manny Ramirez Mike Schmidt David Ortiz Mickey Mantle Jimmie Foxx Willie McCovey Frank Thomas Ted Williams Ernie Banks Eddie Mathews Mel Ott Gary Sheffield Eddie Murray Italics denotes active player Book : 500 home run club Atlanta Braves managers Harry Wright ( 1871 -- 1881 ) John Morrill ( 1882 ) Jack Burdock ( 1883 ) John Morrill ( 1883 -- 1886 ) King Kelly ( 1887 ) John Morrill ( 1887 -- 1888 ) Jim Hart ( 1889 ) Frank Selee ( 1890 -- 1901 ) Al Buckenberger ( 1902 -- 1904 ) Fred Tenney ( 1905 -- 1907 ) Joe Kelley ( 1908 ) Frank Bowerman ( 1909 ) Harry Smith ( 1909 ) Fred Lake ( 1910 ) Fred Tenney ( 1911 ) Johnny Kling ( 1912 ) George Stallings ( 1913 -- 1920 ) Fred Mitchell ( 1921 -- 1923 ) Dave Bancroft ( 1924 -- 1927 ) Jack Slattery ( 1928 ) Rogers Hornsby ( 1928 ) Emil Fuchs ( 1929 ) Bill McKechnie ( 1930 -- 1937 ) Casey Stengel ( 1938 -- 1942 ) Bob Coleman ( 1943 ) Casey Stengel ( 1943 ) Bob Coleman ( 1944 -- 1945 ) Del Bissonette ( 1945 ) Billy Southworth ( 1946 -- 1949 ) Johnny Cooney ( 1949 ) Billy Southworth ( 1950 -- 1951 ) Tommy Holmes ( 1951 -- 1952 ) Charlie Grimm ( 1952 -- 1956 ) Fred Haney ( 1956 -- 1959 ) Chuck Dressen ( 1960 -- 1961 ) Birdie Tebbetts ( 1961 -- 1962 ) Bobby Bragan ( 1963 -- 1966 ) Billy Hitchcock ( 1966 -- 1967 ) Ken Silvestri ( 1967 ) Lum Harris ( 1968 -- 1972 ) Eddie Mathews ( 1972 -- 1974 ) Clyde King ( 1974 -- 1975 ) Connie Ryan ( 1975 ) Dave Bristol ( 1976 -- 1977 ) Ted Turner ( 1977 ) Vern Benson ( 1977 ) Dave Bristol ( 1977 ) Bobby Cox ( 1978 -- 1981 ) Joe Torre ( 1982 -- 1984 ) Eddie Haas ( 1985 ) Bobby Wine ( 1985 ) Chuck Tanner ( 1986 -- 1988 ) Russ Nixon ( 1988 -- 1990 ) Bobby Cox ( 1990 -- 2010 ) Fredi González ( 2011 -- 2016 ) Brian Snitker ( 2016 -- ) Atlanta Braves retired numbers 3 Dale Murphy 6 Bobby Cox 10 Chipper Jones 21 Warren Spahn 29 John Smoltz 31 Greg Maddux 35 Phil Niekro 41 Eddie Mathews 44 Hank Aaron 47 Tom Glavine Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1978 BBWAA Vote Eddie Mathews ( 79.4 % ) Veterans Committee Addie Joss Larry MacPhail J.G. Taylor Spink Award Gordon Cobbledick Edgar Munzel Ford C. Frick Award Mel Allen Red Barber Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Pitchers Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Cummings Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Seaver H. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young Catchers Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Piazza Rodríguez Santop Schalk First basemen Anson Bagwell Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas Second basemen Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Grant Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst Third basemen Baker Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Santo Schmidt Traynor J. Wilson D. White Shortstops Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Jr. Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Vaughan Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount Outfielders Aaron Ashburn Averill Bell Brock W. Brown Burkett Carey Charleston Clarke Clemente Cobb Combs Crawford Cuyler Dawson Delahanty DiMaggio Doby Duffy Flick Goslin Griffey Jr. Gwynn Hafey Hamilton Heilmann Henderson Hill Hooper Irvin R. Jackson Kaline Keeler Kelley K. Kelly Kiner Klein Mantle Manush Mays T. McCarthy Medwick Musial O'Rourke Ott Puckett Raines J. Rice S. Rice F. 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Question: who played for boston milwaukee and atlanta braves
Answer: Edwin Lee Mathews