Most people believe that Gary Matthews's best season was 2006, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .313 average and knocked in 79 runs.
Matthews was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. His name appears in the section named "Alleged Internet Purchase" of the report. According to an article by the Albany Times Union published on February 27, 2007, Matthews' name was on a customer list of Applied Pharmacy Services, a pharmacy program that distributed HGH and steroids to MLB players. Sports Illustrated later reported that Matthews received HGH from the same anti-aging clinic that Jose Canseco received performance-enhancing drugs from. At that time, Matthews denied any use of HGH, saying that, "I have never taken H.G.H., during the 2004 season or any other time." Matthews met with the Commissioner's Office in November 2007, and on December 6, 2007, the Commissioner's Office stated that there was not enough evidence to support a suspension of any kind.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
1999
SD
23
36
4
8
0
0
0
7
9
9
2
0
.222
.378
.222
.600
2000
CHC
80
158
24
30
1
2
4
14
15
28
3
0
.190
.264
.297
.562
2001
CHC
106
258
41
56
9
1
9
30
38
55
5
3
.217
.320
.364
.684
2001
PIT
46
147
22
36
6
1
5
14
22
45
3
2
.245
.341
.401
.743
2002
BAL
109
344
54
95
25
3
7
38
43
69
15
5
.276
.355
.427
.782
2002
NYM
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
2003
BAL
41
162
21
33
12
1
2
20
9
29
0
3
.204
.250
.327
.577
2003
SD
103
306
50
83
19
1
4
22
34
66
12
5
.271
.346
.379
.725
2004
TEX
87
280
37
77
17
1
11
36
33
64
5
1
.275
.350
.461
.811
2005
TEX
131
475
72
121
25
5
17
55
47
90
9
2
.255
.320
.436
.756
2006
TEX
147
620
102
194
44
6
19
79
58
99
10
7
.313
.371
.495
.866
2007
LAA
140
516
79
130
26
3
18
72
55
102
18
4
.252
.323
.419
.742
Career
1015
3303
506
863
184
24
96
387
363
656
82
32
.261
.334
.419
.753
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
TC
A
E
DP
FPCT
1999
SD
LF
6
2
25
4
4
0
0
0
1.000
1999
SD
RF
10
5
53
14
14
0
0
0
1.000
1999
SD
CF
2
1
10
4
4
0
0
0
1.000
2000
CHC
LF
46
16
190
55
59
2
2
1
.966
2000
CHC
RF
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1.000
2000
CHC
CF
21
14
125
28
29
1
0
0
1.000
2001
CHC
RF
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2001
CHC
CF
88
64
602
150
157
3
4
0
.975
2001
CHC
LF
20
1
45
9
9
0
0
0
1.000
2001
PIT
CF
44
40
353
100
104
1
3
0
.971
2002
BAL
LF
16
10
96
15
17
1
1
0
.941
2002
BAL
RF
76
63
579
130
135
2
3
1
.978
2002
BAL
CF
16
15
125
34
39
3
2
0
.949
2003
BAL
CF
40
38
346
99
101
2
0
0
1.000
2003
SD
LF
33
20
195
37
38
0
1
0
.974
2003
SD
RF
35
22
215
47
48
1
0
0
1.000
2003
SD
CF
35
27
247
66
67
1
0
0
1.000
2004
TEX
LF
3
1
11
7
8
1
0
0
1.000
2004
TEX
RF
66
51
476
119
125
4
2
1
.984
2004
TEX
CF
30
25
221
69
72
3
0
0
1.000
2005
TEX
RF
22
21
189
51
54
2
1
2
.981
2005
TEX
CF
97
95
846
258
268
5
5
2
.981
2005
TEX
LF
5
5
40
8
8
0
0
0
1.000
2006
TEX
RF
3
3
26
9
9
0
0
0
1.000
2006
TEX
CF
142
141
1227
331
346
8
7
2
.980
2007
LAA
CF
135
133
1144
362
374
7
5
2
.987
Total
OF
1003
819
7398
2007
2090
47
36
11
.983
Awards
Transactions
Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round of the free-agent draft on (June 3, 1993 - signed on May 25, 1994).