Jon Matlack Stats & Facts
Jon Matlack Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 75 Weight: 205 Born: Thursday, January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA USA Died: in , Debut: 7/11/1971 Last Game: 9/15/1983 Full Name: Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack
Goose Gossage allows Mickey Rivers to score the gameās only run from third base when his first and only pitch is wild, giving the Rangers a 1-0 victory.
At Arlington Stadiumās season opener, Jon Matlack and Yankee southpaw Ron Guidry match zeroes for nine innings. In the 12th, with his 1978 Opening Day nemesis, Richie Zisk, at the plate, Goose Gossage allows Mickey Rivers to score the gameās only run from third base when his first and only pitch is wild, giving the Rangers a 1-0 victory.
New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Atlanta Braves complete an unusual four-team trade
New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Atlanta Braves complete an unusual four-team trade
Major League Season Recap 1975
Major League Season RecapĀ 1975 World Series āĀ Cincinnati Reds NL overĀ Boston Red Sox ALĀ 4 games toĀ 3 World Series MVP ā Pete Rose Babe Ruth Award ā Luis Tiant ALCS Boston Red Sox over Oakland Aās 3 games to 0 ALCS MVP ā NLCS Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates 3 games to 0 NLCS MVP ā Awardsā¦
TheĀ National LeagueĀ rallies for three runs in the 9th inning to win theĀ All-Star GameĀ atĀ Milwaukee, 6 ā 3. TheĀ Chicago CubsāĀ Bill MadlockĀ and theĀ New York MetsāĀ Jon MatlackĀ share the gameāsĀ MVP award.
TheĀ National LeagueĀ rallies for three runs in the 9th inning to win theĀ All-Star GameĀ atĀ Milwaukee, 6 ā 3. TheĀ Chicago CubsāĀ Bill MadlockĀ and theĀ New York MetsāĀ Jon MatlackĀ share the gameāsĀ MVP award.
TheĀ MetsĀ holdĀ OaklandĀ to four hits in theĀ World SeriesĀ opener, but three of those hits come in the two-run 3rd inning as Oakland wins, 2 ā 1.
1973Ā ā TheĀ MetsĀ holdĀ OaklandĀ to four hits in theĀ World SeriesĀ opener, but three of those hits come in the two-run 3rd inning as Oakland wins, 2 ā 1.
New York Mets defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-2, in the third game of the playoffs
On October 8, 1973, at Shea Stadium the New York Mets defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-2, behind 2 homeruns from Rusty Staub to give the Mets a 2-1 series advantage. The Mets scored early and often in Game 3, racing out to a 6ā0 lead after just two innings. Rusty Staub hit his second homerā¦
Jon Matlackās is hit in forehead with a line drive off Marty Perez Bat
On a rainy night at Shea Stadium, the seventh-inning line drive off the bat of Atlantaās Marty Perez strikes Jon Matlackās forehead so hard that the ball ricochets into the Mets dugout. Fortunately, the 23 year-old southpaw sustains only a hairline fracture of his skull, and will return to the mound on May 19 to blank the Bucs for six innings at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente collects the 3,000th hit of his major league career
test On September 30, 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente collects the 3,000th hit of his major league career. In the fourth inning at Three Rivers Stadium, Clemente smacks a double against New York Mets left-hander Jon Matlack. The hit will be the last one in regular season play for the future Hall of Famer,ā¦
Ā Ron Blomberg selected number one by Yankees
The last-placeĀ New York YankeesĀ have the first pick in theĀ free-agent draftĀ and use it to takeĀ Ron Blomberg. Blomberg will be the firstĀ designated hitterĀ in major league history. In the secondary phase, theĀ OriolesĀ select pitcherĀ Mike Adamson, who will leap directly to the big leagues, debuting onĀ July 1, becoming the first player inĀ draftĀ history to bypass the minors.
