Wid Matthews

Wid Curry Matthews
(Matty)

Born: October 20, 1896 in Raleigh, IL
Died: October 5, 1965 in Hollywood, CA
(68 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 155

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Notes:

• Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery (Hattiesburg, MS)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Compared to Contemporary Center Fielders (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Oscar Charleston	CF	27	1915-1941	✔	78.3	77.0	7.2	-1.1	-4.7
2	Cristóbal Torriente	CF	18	1913-1932	✔	60.0	60.9	0.6	2.6	-4.1
3	Turkey Stearnes	CF	18	1923-1940	✔	58.7	52.1	9.3	-0.7	-1.9
4	Cool Papa Bell	CF	23	1922-1946	✔	46.1	45.6	-2.2	5.6	-3.3
5	Pete Hill	CF	22	1904-1925	✔	45.2	45.1	3.8	-0.1	-3.6
6	Clint Thomas	CF	19	1920-1938		22.7	19.0	5.8	0.0	-2.2
7	Jelly Gardner	CF	14	1917-1931		19.6	14.8	7.4	0.0	-2.6
8	Alejandro Oms	CF	15	1917-1935		19.2	18.5	1.3	0.7	-1.2
9	Chaney White	CF	17	1920-1936		16.6	16.2	3.0	-0.1	-2.5
10	Spottswood Poles	CF	14	1909-1923		13.0	12.9	1.7	0.0	-1.5
11	Bernardo Baró	CF	15	1915-1929		11.0	16.9	-5.2	1.8	-2.5
12	George Johnson	CF	12	1918-1929		9.3	9.0	1.6	0.0	-1.3
13	Sanford Jackson	CF	11	1923-1936		8.0	2.9	4.1	0.0	0.9
14	Pete Washington	CF	13	1923-1936		8.0	4.5	4.8	0.0	-1.3
15	Jules Thomas	CF	19	1908-1926		7.4	10.7	-1.4	-0.6	-1.3
16	Irvin Brooks	CF	16	1918-1933		6.9	6.5	-0.1	0.9	-0.4
17	Jacinto Calvo	CF	10	1913-1924		4.5	6.9	-1.3	0.0	-1.0
18	Sam Bennett	CF	18	1907-1925		4.3	6.6	-1.9	0.0	-0.4
19	George Sweatt	CF	6	1922-1927		3.5	4.7	-0.6	0.0	-0.6
20	Rags Roberts	CF	3	1922-1928		2.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
21	Pinky Ward	CF	8	1923-1932		1.7	4.9	-2.4	0.0	-0.9
22	Eddie Brown	CF	2	1922-1924		1.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
23	George Fisher	CF	4	1922-1937		1.0	0.4	0.7	0.0	-0.1
24	Heinie Manush	CF	4	1923-1929		1.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
25	Frank Crockett	CF	4	1916-1923		0.6	-0.1	0.8	0.0	-0.1
26	Ken Williams	CF	2	1917-1923		0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
27	Wid Matthews	CF	1	1923		0.2	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
28	Forest Maddox	CF	1	1923		0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0
29	Jimmy Reel	CF	1	1923		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Baby Doll Jacobson	CF	1	1923		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Bill Barrett	CF	1	1923		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Fred Bostick	CF	2	1923-1924		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Clay Carpenter	CF	1	1923		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Joe Letter	CF	3	1919-1923		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
35	William Baynard	CF	7	1914-1927		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Ducky Kemp	CF	3	1922-1924		-0.3	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
37	Bobo Leonard	CF	8	1921-1928		-0.4	1.3	-0.7	-0.6	-0.5
38	Willis Moody	CF	5	1921-1929		-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
39	Willie Gray	CF	13	1920-1937		-0.5	0.8	-0.1	-0.8	-0.4
40	Cheo Ramos	CF	6	1919-1929		-0.9	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.7
41	Tom Fiall	CF	6	1918-1925		-1.2	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
42	Ramiro Ramírez	CF	13	1916-1933		-1.4	1.9	-2.3	0.0	-1.0
43	Andrew Wilson	CF	1	1923		-1.6	-0.6	0.3	-1.2	-0.1
44	Willie Miles	CF	6	1921-1927		-1.8	0.1	-1.7	0.0	-0.2
45	John Kemp	CF	4	1923-1928		-2.0	-0.2	-1.5	0.0	-0.3
46	Willie Woods	CF	7	1919-1926		-3.1	-1.4	-1.1	0.0	-0.6

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