Bobby Mattick
| Bobby Mattick | |||
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| Shortstop / Manager / Scout | |||
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Born: December 5, 1915 Sioux City, Iowa |
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Died: December 16, 2004 (aged 89) Scottsdale, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 1938, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 18, 1942, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .233 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 64 | ||
| Managerial record | 104–164 | ||
| Winning % | .388 | ||
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Robert James Mattick (December 5, 1915 – December 16, 2004) was a shortstop, manager and scout in Major League Baseball, most notably in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Mattick was the son of outfielder Wally Mattick, who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1912 and 1913 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1918. Bobby played only one season as a regular with the Chicago Cubs in 1940, although he played for the Cubs from 1938 to 1940 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1941 and 1942. Hampered in 1936 by a foul ball which cracked his skull above his right eye and caused double vision, he was a career .233 hitter with no home runs and 64 RBIs in 206 games.
Mattick began his managerial career in the Southern League in 1944 and 1945.
From 1946 to 1978, Mattick worked for nine different baseball organizations including as a scout for the Reds, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and Montreal Expos. He was credited by some baseball personnel as an incomparable longtime scout and player development specialist, signing such stars as Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, Curt Flood, Rusty Staub, Don Baylor, and Gary Carter.
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