Player Report for #59 Ward Matthews

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Tuesday, May 16th, 2023

AB	124
HR	4
RBI	9
AVG	.290
OPS	.813

Name:	Ward Matthews	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$5,000,000
Birthday:	03-29-1985	Signed Through:	2024 Season
Age:	38	Years of Major League Service:	17 Years, 161 Days
Born in:	New Bern (North Carolina)	Major League Service Days this Year:	44 Days
Nationality:	American
Height:	5' 10"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	17 Years, 161 Days
Weight:	184 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	19 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	2B	Minor League Option Years:	3 option years left
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	-
Morale:	Very Good	Local Popularity (National)	Extremely Popular (Very Popular)

South Carolina

Strom Thurmonds

OTBA

Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	2	Second Base 4
Stealing Ability:	5	Third Base 1
Baserunning Instincts:	7
Sacrifice Bunt:	3
Bunt for Hit:	4
Hitter Type:	Normal

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
05-15-2023	JBZ	Loss, 2-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
05-14-2023	FCO	Win, 5-2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
05-13-2023	FCO	Win, 6-5	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
05-10-2023	@ SFK	Win, 8-4	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
05-09-2023	@ SFK	Win, 6-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
05-08-2023	@ SFK	Loss, 1-7	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
05-07-2023	DKH	Win, 9-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
05-06-2023	DKH	Loss, 2-6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
05-04-2023	@ BRK	Win, 5-4	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
05-03-2023	@ BRK	Win, 3-2	4	2	3	1	1	0	0	0

OTBA 2023 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	35	124	36	6	0	4	9	21	18	20	.290	.378	.435	.813	.783	.145	9.1
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	34	143	0	0	0	4	0	1	54	10	0	0	0.0	20.8	6.05
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		26	10	2	0	2	4	5	6	2	0	0	0	.385	.500	.692	1.192
Versus Right		98	26	4	0	2	5	16	12	18	1	0	0	.265	.342	.367	.710
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
This Week		6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.250	.167	.417
Last Week		17	6	1	0	2	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	.353	.500	.765	1.265
April		82	22	5	0	0	3	12	10	18	0	0	0	.268	.348	.329	.677
May		42	14	1	0	4	6	9	8	2	1	0	0	.333	.431	.643	1.074
Spring Training		69	26	2	0	3	8	12	9	9	0	0	0	.377	.449	.536	.985
Last Year		630	160	23	3	21	77	76	58	115	3	0	4	.254	.319	.400	.719
2 Years Ago		518	137	20	1	23	87	62	39	93	7	0	3	.264	.316	.440	.756
Career		10042	2727	422	21	406	1578	1447	1148	2337	96	0	46	.272	.346	.439	.785
Home		55	21	3	0	0	2	11	6	4	1	0	0	.382	.435	.436	.872
Road		69	15	3	0	4	7	10	12	16	0	0	0	.217	.333	.435	.768
Grass		124	36	6	0	4	9	21	18	20	1	0	0	.290	.378	.435	.813
Day		33	9	2	0	0	1	6	6	6	0	0	0	.273	.385	.333	.718
Night		91	27	4	0	4	8	15	12	14	1	0	0	.297	.375	.473	.848
Pinch Hitting		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
Close/Late		23	9	3	0	3	6	7	1	1	1	0	0	.391	.400	.913	1.313
Inning 1-3		41	13	0	0	0	2	7	8	8	0	0	0	.317	.429	.317	.746
Inning 4-6		44	11	3	0	0	0	6	6	7	0	0	0	.250	.340	.318	.658
Inning 7-9		38	11	2	0	4	6	8	4	5	1	0	0	.289	.349	.658	1.007
Extra Innings		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
0 Outs		53	18	5	0	4	6	15	5	7	0	0	0	.340	.397	.660	1.057
1 Outs		31	12	1	0	0	3	4	6	6	1	0	0	.387	.474	.419	.893
2 Outs		40	6	0	0	0	0	2	7	7	0	0	0	.150	.277	.150	.427
Scoring Position		27	5	0	0	0	3	1	7	4	1	0	0	.185	.343	.185	.528
Bases Empty		71	22	4	0	3	3	14	9	11	0	0	0	.310	.388	.493	.880
Runner on 1st		26	9	2	0	1	3	6	2	5	0	0	0	.346	.393	.538	.931
Runner on 2nd		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
Runner on 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Runner on 1st & 2nd		9	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944
Runner on 1st & 3rd		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Bases Loaded		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Two Strikes		56	12	1	0	2	4	6	7	20	1	0	0	.214	.297	.339	.636
First Pitch		18	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.389	.778
Count 0-1		10	5	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.900	1.400
Count 0-2		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-0		12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417
Count 1-1		10	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700
Count 1-2		16	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313
Count 2-0		5	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400
Count 2-1		5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000
Count 2-2		22	8	0	0	2	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	.364	.348	.636	.984
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		8	3	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	.375	.615	.500	1.115
Full Count		10	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	0	0	0	.200	.529	.200	.729
Behind in Count		34	7	2	0	1	2	5	0	12	0	0	0	.206	.206	.353	.559
Ahead in Count		30	9	3	0	1	3	7	11	0	0	0	0	.300	.488	.500	.988

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2005 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	20	154	585	155	22	0	25	71	88	69	3	5	147	7	5	.265	.343	.431	.774	0.0
2006 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	21	155	533	154	22	0	23	79	80	83	4	7	115	4	0	.289	.384	.460	.844	0.0
2007 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	22	146	547	126	19	2	15	62	69	92	1	4	137	1	1	.230	.340	.355	.695	0.0
2008 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	23	157	545	159	26	1	32	93	92	80	1	1	119	1	1	.292	.383	.519	.902	0.0
2009 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	24	158	551	154	26	1	18	70	82	69	4	4	145	1	0	.279	.361	.428	.790	0.0
2010 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	25	154	540	146	21	0	18	85	71	67	3	9	129	3	2	.270	.349	.409	.758	0.0
2011 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	26	154	551	155	28	0	18	77	66	54	6	8	151	0	2	.281	.347	.430	.777	0.0
2012 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	27	154	566	128	22	0	28	85	77	58	3	3	157	4	3	.226	.300	.413	.713	0.0
2013 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	28	149	533	147	28	1	19	99	76	58	2	2	138	5	1	.276	.348	.439	.787	0.0
2014 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	29	153	553	149	29	2	28	107	92	62	6	4	161	5	0	.269	.347	.481	.828	0.0
2015 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	30	109	406	124	24	0	16	82	50	45	2	6	109	2	1	.305	.373	.483	.855	0.0
2016 South Carolina Strom - OTBA	31	158	628	181	28	1	29	115	91	68	0	2	146	0	2	.288	.357	.475	.831	0.0
2017 South Carolina - OTBA	32	161	624	193	24	4	36	107	123	70	1	3	125	0	2	.309	.378	.534	.912	62.7
2018 South Carolina - OTBA	33	160	623	164	13	2	20	108	97	58	1	10	150	8	2	.263	.322	.387	.709	22.2
2019 South Carolina - OTBA	34	156	610	166	30	1	21	101	82	51	2	10	102	2	3	.272	.325	.428	.753	25.9
2020 South Carolina - OTBA	35	101	375	93	11	2	12	64	52	49	0	7	78	0	1	.248	.329	.384	.713	7.0
2021 South Carolina - OTBA	36	135	518	137	20	1	23	87	62	39	3	7	93	5	5	.264	.316	.440	.756	19.4
2022 South Carolina - OTBA	37	162	630	160	23	3	21	77	76	58	4	3	115	1	0	.254	.319	.400	.719	18.6
2023 South Carolina - OTBA	38	35	124	36	6	0	4	9	21	18	0	1	20	0	0	.290	.378	.435	.813	9.1
Total OTBA		2711	10042	2727	422	21	406	1578	1447	1148	46	96	2337	49	31	.272	.346	.439	.785	164.9

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League

Age

RBI

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

VORP

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2017 South Carolina - OTBA	32	16	62	12	2	0	2	7	7	3	0	0	21	0	0	.194	.231	.323	.553	0.0
2018 South Carolina - OTBA	33	5	19	9	0	0	4	7	6	4	0	1	4	0	0	.474	.542	1.105	1.647	0.0
Total OTBA		21	81	21	2	0	6	14	13	7	0	1	25	0	0	.259	.315	.506	.821	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
2005 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	149	145	259	471	91	743	13	.983	1301.0	5.05
2006 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	148	139	260	430	86	700	10	.986	1241.0	5.00
2007 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	146	146	255	461	89	730	14	.981	1281.2	5.03
2008 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	154	151	282	428	85	725	15	.979	1332.0	4.80
2009 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	149	139	233	447	87	687	7	.990	1236.2	4.95
2009 South Carolina Strom - ML	RF	5	5	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	48.0	2.06
2010 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	143	134	217	431	82	659	11	.983	1201.2	4.85
2010 South Carolina Strom - ML	SS	7	7	9	24	3	33	0	1.000	60.0	4.95
2011 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	149	146	230	506	94	752	16	.979	1291.1	5.13
2011 South Carolina Strom - ML	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
2012 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	153	148	275	494	100	787	18	.977	1309.0	5.29
2012 South Carolina Strom - ML	SS	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00
2013 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	142	137	212	443	79	669	14	.979	1233.2	4.78
2014 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	148	140	229	383	87	626	14	.978	1247.0	4.42
2015 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	109	107	189	296	66	488	3	.994	944.2	4.62
2016 South Carolina Strom - ML	2B	154	153	297	501	124	815	17	.979	1362.2	5.27
2017 South Carolina - ML	2B	157	157	257	475	102	748	16	.979	1359.0	4.85
2017 South Carolina - ML	LF	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00
2018 South Carolina - ML	2B	160	160	344	417	92	777	16	.979	1439.1	4.76
2019 South Carolina - ML	2B	156	156	366	463	92	846	17	.980	1397.2	5.34
2020 South Carolina - ML	2B	99	99	229	255	67	490	6	.988	866.0	5.03
2021 South Carolina - ML	2B	133	133	270	361	81	640	9	.986	1171.2	4.85
2021 South Carolina - ML	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00
2022 South Carolina - ML	2B	162	162	335	459	103	805	11	.986	1383.2	5.16
2023 South Carolina - ML	2B	34	34	63	96	21	162	3	.981	286.0	5.00
2023 South Carolina - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00

Player History
07-09-2017	Was selected to the 2017 OTBA All-Star Game.
07-18-2017	Scores his 1000th career OTBA run!
08-19-2017	Hits his 300th career OTBA home run!
10-27-2017	Won the 2017 OTBA OTBA Championship with the South Carolina Strom Thurmonds!
01-01-2018	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (8).
04-29-2018	Collects his 2000th career OTBA hit!
08-27-2018	Wins the OTBA HL Player of the Week Award.
01-01-2019	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (8).
07-02-2019	Injured (concussion), out for one week.
07-04-2019	Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $22,360,000 with the South Carolina Strom Thurmonds organization.
08-12-2019	Wins the OTBA HL Player of the Week Award.
01-01-2020	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
07-06-2020	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 3 days.
07-31-2020	Injured (fractured ulna (arm)), out for 2 months.
01-01-2021	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
05-04-2021	Injured (strained back muscle), out for 3-4 weeks.
06-23-2021	Injured (damaged meniscus (knee)), day-to-day for one week.
09-01-2021	Collects his 2500th career OTBA hit!
11-18-2021	Became a free agent.
01-01-2022	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
03-06-2022	Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $15,000,000 with the South Carolina Strom Thurmonds organization.
04-19-2022	Collects his 1500th career OTBA RBI!
09-10-2022	Hits his 400th career OTBA home run!
01-01-2023	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
2022	162	1

Year	K	Rank
2018	150	8

Year	TB	Rank
2017	333	8

Year	HR	Rank
2017	36	7

Year	RBI	Rank
2018	108	6
2019	101	10

Year	R	Rank
2017	123	7
2018	97	10

Year	SF	Rank
2018	10	2
2019	10	4

Year	SLG	Rank
2017	.534	7

Year	ISO	Rank
2017	.224	10

Year	OPS	Rank
2017	.912	10

Year	VORP	Rank
2017	62.7	7