Michael Mathew:
After winning the Rookie of the Year award in 2009, Michael Mathew emerged as one of the premiere homerun hitters in the National League for Harrisburg, leading the the league in homers 4 times, including three years in a row at one point, and finishing in the top 4 in nine consecutive years. He was also an exceptionally patient hitter, drawing 100 walks in a season six times, and leading the league four times.
At the time of his retirement following the 2026 season, Mathew ranked 5th in HR, 10th in RBI, 8th in walks, and tied for 14th in runs scored. Although he would eventually fall out of the top 25 in all of these categories, he would remain on the HR list until as recently as the 2076 season.
Mathew's career stats:
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Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2009 62 82 18 1 0 4 13 14 7 18 4 0 .220 .281 .378 .659 HAR
2010 144 335 97 16 1 14 57 58 70 84 4 2 .290 .412 .469 .881 HAR
2011 134 475 136 20 1 31 85 80 74 111 4 1 .286 .383 .528 .911 HAR
2012 158 559 166 17 2 44 125 103 85 124 9 1 .297 .390 .571 .960 HAR,NL
2013 156 575 174 23 1 40 128 109 102 132 6 2 .303 .408 .555 .962 HAR,NL
2014 153 539 164 23 2 49 115 109 82 119 7 1 .304 .396 .627 1.023 HAR,NL
2015 158 551 138 19 2 44 118 101 95 149 5 2 .250 .361 .532 .892 HAR
2016 157 540 155 19 1 47 112 116 113 128 3 5 .287 .410 .587 .997 HAR,NL
2017 154 529 151 20 1 49 126 107 113 133 12 2 .285 .411 .605 1.016 HAR,NL
2018 158 533 149 28 1 45 124 103 102 124 7 7 .280 .395 .589 .984 HAR
2019 157 537 166 22 3 48 142 119 111 125 14 5 .309 .427 .629 1.057 HAR,NL
2020 158 547 143 22 1 36 110 92 101 138 6 5 .261 .377 .503 .879 HAR
2021 145 495 129 23 1 29 90 88 89 145 6 0 .261 .373 .487 .860 HAR,NL
2022 154 545 137 19 0 36 89 90 95 157 10 1 .251 .362 .484 .847 HAR,NL
2023 130 352 106 11 0 20 75 62 52 93 8 0 .301 .391 .503 .894 HAR NAS
2024 154 507 122 28 1 19 76 79 89 136 7 2 .241 .354 .412 .766 NAS
2025 63 182 43 11 1 6 27 22 27 53 0 1 .236 .335 .407 .742 NAS
Total 2395 7883 2194 322 19 561 1612 1452 1407 1969 112 37 .278 .388 .537 .925
Career Minor League Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009, AA 79 271 80 9 2 10 40 46 63 57 4 2 .295 .417 .454 .871
2009, AAA 6 20 8 0 0 0 1 5 7 2 0 0 .400 .556 .400 .956
2026, AAA 79 242 49 9 0 2 16 26 50 41 1 1 .202 .333 .264 .598
Career Postseason Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 6 23 5 0 0 4 4 4 2 7 0 0 .217 .280 .739 1.019
2023 11 33 5 1 0 0 4 4 13 14 1 0 .152 .391 .182 .573
2024 7 25 10 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 .400 .483 .440 .923
Total 24 81 20 2 0 4 9 12 19 25 1 0 .247 .390 .420 .810
Player History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Harrisburg in 2009...
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/18/2009, off David Curcio (PIT)...
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2010, hitting .290 with 14 HR, 57 RBI...
Injured on 4/15/2011 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 8/15/2012...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2013, hitting .333 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Sacramento on 6/10/2013...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2013, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2013, hitting .417 with 10 HR, 34 RBI...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 4/9/2014...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2014, hitting .324 with 17 HR, 35 RBI...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2014, hitting .304 with 49 HR, 115 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2015, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Hartford on 6/21/2015...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2015, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2016, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2017, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2017, hitting .370 with 13 HR, 31 RBI...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Los Angeles on 7/10/2017...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2018, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2018, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2018, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2019, hitting .684 with 4 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2019, hitting .360 with 9 HR, 29 RBI...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2019, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2019, hitting .309 with 48 HR, 142 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2020, hitting .345 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Sacramento on 4/11/2021...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2021, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/19/2021 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Had 500th career homerun on 6/16/2022, off Joseph Wright (HAR)...
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game...
Traded from Harrisburg to Nashville on 7/30/2023 (Going to NAS: SS M. Mathew. Going to HAR: P C. Fernandez, LF L. Sanchez)...
Had 2000th career hit on 8/26/2023, off Nicholas Alsina (GR)...
Released by Nashville on 6/30/2026...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2027.
Batting Leader Boards Appearances
AVG
2014 - .304 - 9th
OBP
2012 - .390 - 8th
2013 - .408 - 5th
2014 - .396 - 1st
2016 - .410 - 6th
2017 - .411 - 5th
2018 - .395 - 8th
2019 - .427 - 2nd
2021 - .373 - 9th
SLG
2011 - .528 - 9th
2012 - .571 - 8th
2013 - .555 - 2nd
2014 - .627 - 1st
2015 - .532 - 9th
2016 - .587 - 2nd
2017 - .605 - 1st
2018 - .589 - 2nd
2019 - .629 - 1st
OPS
2011 - .911 - 10th
2012 - .960 - 6th
2013 - .962 - 2nd
2014 - 1.023 - 1st
2015 - .892 - 10th
2016 - .997 - 2nd
2017 - 1.016 - 1st
2018 - .984 - 2nd
2019 - 1.057 - 1st
Homeruns
2012 - 44 - 3rd
2013 - 40 - 2nd
2014 - 49 - 1st
2015 - 44 - 2nd
2016 - 47 - 2nd
2017 - 49 - 1st
2018 - 45 - 1st
2019 - 48 - 1st
2020 - 36 - 4th
2021 - 29 - 10th
2022 - 36 - 2nd
RBI
2012 - 125 - 4th
2013 - 128 - 2nd
2014 - 115 - 1st
2015 - 118 - 4th
2016 - 112 - 8th
2017 - 126 - 2nd
2018 - 124 - 1st
2019 - 142 - 1st
2020 - 110 - 4th
Runs
2013 - 109 - 3rd
2014 - 109 - 1st
2015 - 101 - 9th
2016 - 116 - 4th
2017 - 107 - 6th
2019 - 119 - 1st
BB
2011 - 74 - 10th
2012 - 85 - 7th
2013 - 102 - 1st
2014 - 82 - 9th
2015 - 95 - 2nd
2016 - 113 - 1st
2017 - 113 - 1st
2018 - 102 - 5th
2019 - 111 - 2nd
2020 - 101 - 1st
2021 - 89 - 3rd
2022 - 95 - 3rd
2024 - 89 - 4th