Gary Matsushita
Spending most of his AWA career as our leadoff hitter, Gary collected more at bats and scored more runs than anyone in AWA history. He also had the most career walks, and was safe on the most errors, which we suppose leadoff hitters are supposed to do. Up until his 1999 retirement at the age of 46, Gary continued to play an aggressive defensive infield, diving, sliding, and running with speed and abandon, and never getting hurt! Which seemed blatantly unfair to the rest of us. The AWA defense turned four triple plays in its history, and Gary participated in all four. He won five team Gold Gloves, four of them as the team's shortstop, and was a key to AWA's success over the years. Gary retired after the 1996 season, but he returned to the team in the summer of '98 to play a couple of more years with the boys. A quiet guy who played with a lot of heart, we were always glad to have Gary's glove in the field and his speed in the lineup. He was a dead pull hitter.
Years PlayedPositionBatsThrowsNicknameNumber
24Shortstop-2nd BaseRight RightGary2

Batting and Fielding Statistics

G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SO
BB
SF
Avg.
PO
A
E
Pct.
DP
OfA
1975
12
44
13
15
1
0
0
5
1
4
0
.341
25
31
5
.918
3
0
1976
10
32
9
13
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
.406
16
16
5
.865
1
0
1977
30
104
26
31
1
1
0
14
0
5
4
.298
70
54
14
.899
12
0
1978
24
99
31
40
4
1
0
11
1
3
0
.404
56
54
15
.880
10
0
1979
18
67
19
31
1
1
0
10
0
4
2
.463
35
46
15
.884
8
0
1980
20
83
20
36
2
1
1
11
1
1
0
.434
40
48
8
.917
6
0
1981
27
99
25
39
4
0
1
10
1
1
0
.394
43
73
10
.921
6
0
1982
28
97
31
37
2
0
0
12
1
3
1
.381
28
66
14
.870
11
0
1983
31
111
36
51
2
2
2
23
1
6
2
.459
46
80
14
.900
18
0
1984
38
141
30
51
3
5
0
12
2
4
1
.362
62
95
22
.877
16
0
1985
29
97
29
38
3
1
0
11
0
3
3
.392
44
55
22
.818
9
0
1986
38
124
35
47
3
1
0
15
0
7
1
.379
81
72
15
.911
17
0
1987
35
120
27
45
3
0
0
14
1
13
1
.375
71
52
15
.891
14
0
1988
36
117
54
56
3
1
0
20
0
20
4
.479
68
51
9
.930
14
0
1989
40
138
48
58
1
1
0
12
2
12
0
.420
56
56
13
.896
10
0
1990
30
90
43
46
1
0
0
11
0
20
1
.511
35
55
22
.804
9
0
1991
39
118
58
47
2
0
0
21
0
30
6
.398
71
67
16
.896
20
0
1992
30
100
44
42
1
0
0
17
2
17
2
.420
62
48
17
.866
12
0
1993
25
80
37
26
3
0
0
10
3
15
1
.325
41
31
14
.837
4
0
1994
27
92
38
39
3
1
0
10
1
13
1
.424
36
55
17
.843
10
0
1995
25
86
33
40
1
0
0
20
1
12
2
.465
43
38
9
.900
9
0
1996
22
70
25
28
2
0
0
15
0
10
4
.400
20
22
14
.750
1
0
1997
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1998
11
29
8
10
1
0
0
6
0
6
0
.345
15
22
14
.725
4
0
1999
18
61
26
25
0
0
0
10
1
6
0
.410
48
17
12
.844
3
0
Total
643
2199
745
891
47
16
4
305
19
215
36
.405
1112
1204
331
.875
227
0

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