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18 de fev. de 2001 · Eddie Mathews may have been the first athlete stricken by the “Sports Illustrated Curse.” After appearing on the magazine’s first cover, the slugger injured his hand and missed seven games. Where He Played: Mathews played 2,181 games at the hot corner, 112 at first base, and 52 in the outfield, most of them in 1963, when the Braves wanted to get Denis Menke some playing time at third base!
30 de jan. de 2019 · Mathews, por cierto, tuvo temporadas de MVP en 1953, 1959 y 1961. (Foto: Wisconsin Historical Society) Eddie Mathews era un bateador clásico, dijo que aprendió eso de su madre, quien solía lanzarle y lo obligaba a hacer tareas adicionales en casa si golpeaba la pelota recta hacia ella.
18 de nov. de 2002 · Eddie Mathews. Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Born in Texarkana, Texas, on October 13, 1931, Mathews signed with the Boston Braves in 1949 on the night of his high school graduation in Santa Barbara, California, for $5,999. Turning down college football scholarships and more money from other big-league teams, Mathews chose to sign ...
Eddie Mathews. A natural athlete blessed with tremendous power, a rifle arm, and a durable body, Mathews was the premier third baseman of his era, overshadowing Clete Boyer, the young Brooks Robinson, and Al Rosen. A key member of the excellent Braves teams of the late 1950s, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978 on his fifth try.
4 de jan. de 2012 · Eddie Mathews, the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, burst into stardom in 1953, the team’s first season in Milwaukee, when he belted 47 home runs at the age of 21. He hit 370 homers before his 30th birthday, and many believed that if anyone could top Babe Ruth as baseball’s all-time home-run king, Mathews was the most likely to do it.
10 de fev. de 2020 · On Jan. 23, 1975, Mathews got word that he had not been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’d gotten only 40 percent of the vote. He avoided all reporters; there didn’t seem to be ...
19 de fev. de 2001 · Eddie Mathews, Braves' Hall of Fame third baseman who hit 512 home runs, dies at age 69; Mathews teamed with Hank Aaron to form most productive power-hitting combination in baseball history; photo (M)
