finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1925 left 5 october 1965 hollywood , california raleigh , illinois 1923 june 7 .284 1 39 outfielder washington senators batting average home runs runs batted in april 16 20 october 1896 wid matthews
 philadelphia athletics wid matthews left
wid matthews

wid curry matthews -lrb- october 20 , 1896 -- october 5 , 1965 -rrb- was an american outfielder , scout and front office executive in major league baseball .
matthews served as general manager of the chicago cubs for seven full seasons and became one of the first front-office employees in the history of the new york mets in 1961 , the year before they began play in the national league .
a native of raleigh , illinois , matthews stood 5 ft , 8 in -lrb- 174 cm -rrb- tall and weighed 155 pounds -lrb- 70 kg -rrb- in his playing days .
he threw and batted left-handed .
