Eddie Mathews Baseball HOF Stats Bat

Eddie Mathews Baseball HOF Stats Bat

Edwin Lee Mathews
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1978
Primary team: Milwaukee Braves
Primary position: 3rd Baseman

Mathews finished with 512 homers, including a streak of more than 30 nine years in a row, and his 47 in 1953 established a single-season record for third baseman that would last almost 30 years. When he retired he also held the big league third base records for games (2,181), assists (4,322) and chances (6,371).

“The one thing I’m proudest of is that every day I played,” Mathews said, “I gave the best I had.”