How Gary Matthews's Slugging Pct Compares to Similar Players

Gary Matthews posted a career Slugging Pct of .439, above the league average of .391 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Slugging Pct season came in 1972, posting .532, well above the league average of .368 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at .323, well below the league average of .410 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .406 in 1985 to .478 in 1986 and .323 in 1987. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.

Gary Matthews Lifetime Slugging Pct

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Gary Matthews Slugging Pct Per Season

Gary Matthews's Slugging Pct for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Gary Matthews Slugging Pct per season line chart

Gary Matthews Slugging Pct by Team

Gary Matthews's career Slugging Pct totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gary Matthews career Slugging Pct by team bar chart

Gary Matthews Slugging Pct Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Matthews's career Slugging Pct shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Gary Matthews Slugging Pct year-over-year waterfall chart

Gary Matthews Slugging Pct Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gary Matthews's seasonal Slugging Pct alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Gary Matthews Slugging Pct distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gary Matthews Slugging Pct — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gary Matthews's MLB career with Slugging Pct alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Gary Matthews Slugging Pct season-by-season breakdown table