Fran Matthews

Francis Oliver Matthews
(Matty; Lefty)

Born: November 2, 1916 in Cambridge, MA
Died: August 24, 1999 in Los Angeles, CA
(82 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• High School: Rindge Technical School (Cambridge, MA)
• College: Boston University (Boston, MA)
• Buried: Riverside National Cemetery (Riverside, CA)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	SP	3	1938	1942	NE	8.4	2.7	0.9	4.7	0.1
2	Lennie Pearson	1B	5	1938	1945	NE	6.9	6.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.4
3	Monte Irvin	SS	5	1938	1945	NE	6.0	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
4	Max Manning	SP	3	1940	1942	NE	5.9	-0.7	0.0	6.7	0.0
5	Jimmy Hill	SP	5	1938	1945	NE	3.3	-0.1	-0.5	3.9	0.0
6	Ed Stone	RF	3	1938	1942	NE	3.2	3.2	0.4	0.0	-0.5
7	Willie Wells	SS	3	1938	1945	NE	3.1	2.8	-0.3	0.0	0.5
8	Ray Dandridge	3B	2	1938	1942	NE	2.2	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.2
9	Leniel Hooker	SP	4	1940	1945	NE	1.9	-1.2	0.0	3.1	0.0
10	Johnny Davis	CF	3	1941	1945	NE	1.6	2.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2
11	Bus Clarkson	SS	2	1940	1942	NE	1.5	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
12	Mule Suttles	1B	3	1938	1942	NE	1.4	1.5	0.2	0.0	-0.3
13	Don Newcombe	SP	1	1945	1945	NE	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
14	Fred Hobgood	SP	2	1941	1942	NE	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
15	Jesse Brown	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
16	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	Biz Mackey	C	3	1940	1945	NE	0.7	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.2
18	Charlie Parks	C	3	1940	1942	NE	0.7	1.3	-0.8	0.0	0.2
19	Larry Doby	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Spoon Carter	SP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
21	Jackie Miller	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
22	Albert Walker	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
23	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
24	Leon Stewart	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
25	Glass	RF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
26	Johnny Wright	SP	2	1938	1945	NE	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
27	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
28	Albert Williams	3B	1	1945	1945	NE	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
29	Vernon Riddick	SS	1	1941	1941	NE	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	Honey Green	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
31	Johnny Johnson	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
32	Terris McDuffie	SP	2	1938	1945	NE	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
34	Johnny Hayes	C	1	1938	1938	NE	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
35	Rafael Polanco	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	John Nelson	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Eastern	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
38	Allen Reed	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
39	Thad Christopher	RF	2	1941	1945	NE	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.2
40	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Bob Harvey	RF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
42	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
43	Washington	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	Roy Powell	-	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Russell Awkard	RF	2	1940	1941	NE	0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Clarence Isreal	3B	3	1940	1942	NE	0.0	1.0	-1.2	0.0	0.2
49	Herb Smith	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Butch Davis	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	Tuts McBride	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Carl Whitney	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Gordon	-	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Lucius Dorsey	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Yarborough	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
56	Willie Nixon	RF	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Evans	2B	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
59	Joe Brown	C	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Lou Louden	-	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
61	Willie Burns	RP	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
62	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
63	Murray Watkins	SS	2	1942	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1
64	Roosevelt Davis	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
65	Dick Seay	2B	2	1938	1940	NE	-0.2	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
66	Darltie Cooper	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
67	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Ray Robinson	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
69	Marvin Barker	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Willie Wynn	C	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Spencer Alexander	LF	2	1940	1941	NE	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
72	Russ Dedeaux	-	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
73	Purnell Mincy	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
74	Jimmy Everett	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
75	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.6	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Warren Peace	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
77	Bob Evans	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
78	Emmett Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
79	Leamon Johnson	SS	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.9	-0.1	-0.9	0.0	0.1
80	William Davis	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-1.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
81	James Brown	RF	2	1941	1942	NE	-1.3	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.1
82	Charlie Thomason	CF	2	1941	1942	NE	-1.4	-0.6	-0.8	0.0	0.0

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