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MLB career[edit] Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta Braves[edit] After splitting 1951 between the Crackers and Triple-A Milwaukee Brewers, Mathews made the Braves' major league roster out of spring training in 1952. He hit 25 home runs, including three in one game versus Brooklyn on September 27.
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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 ...
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.
Feb 19, 2001 · Eddie Mathews, the Braves' Hall of Fame third baseman who hit 512 home runs and teamed with Hank Aaron to form the most productive power-hitting combination in baseball history, died yesterday at...
Jan 4, 2012 · Invited to spring training with the parent team in 1952, Eddie won the third base job, beating out Elliott, just as he and his father had foreseen. Still only 20 years old, Mathews belted 25 homers as a rookie for the Boston Braves that year.
Feb 10, 2020 · The Baseball 100: No. 46, Eddie Mathews. By Joe Posnanski. Feb 10, 2020. Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by ...
Fullname: Edwin Lee Mathews. Born: 10/13/1931 in Texarkana, TX. High School: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. Debut: 4/15/1952. Hall of Fame: 1978. Died: 2/18/2001. Year. AB.
Eddie Mathews was an American professional baseball third baseman who is the only person to have played for the Braves franchise in all three of the cities it has called home: Boston (1952), Milwaukee (1953–65), and Atlanta (1966).
Eddie Mathews, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Tuesday, October 13, 1931, in Texarkana, Texas. Mathews was 20 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 15, 1952, with the Boston Braves.
