finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1965 right columbia , illinois 1960 july 18 .223 22 98 outfielder kansas city athletics batting average home runs runs batted in september 9 21 july 1941 nelson mathews
 chicago cubs nelson mathews right
nelson mathews

nelson elmer mathews -lrb- born july 21 , 1941 in columbia , illinois -rrb- , is a retired professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the major leagues from - for the chicago cubs and kansas city athletics .
mathews was signed by the cubs as an amateur free agent prior to the 1959 season , and made his major league debut with the cubs in .
after the 1963 season he was traded to the athletics for fred norman .
mathews ' son t. j. had an eight-season mlb career as a relief pitcher .
