Jeff Mathis

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2021)

Jeff Mathis was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2021 for 6 teams, including the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a span of 17 seasons. In 951 career games, he hit .194 with 526 hits, 53 home runs, and 286 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .194
HR 53
RBI 286
H 526
OPS .551
PIV -11,182
Position
Catcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 205 lb
Born
3/31/1983 in Marianna, FL, USA
MLB Debut
2005-08-12
Last Game
2021-05-17

Full name: Jeffrey Stephen Mathis

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Career Batting Statistics

Jeff Mathis — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
951 2,718 255 526 112 8 53 286 12 205 872 .194 .252 .299 .551 -11,182

Career AVG .194 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 24.6% below league average.

Career OBP .252 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 22.2% below league average.

Career SLG .299 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 27.5% below league average.

Career OPS .551 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 25.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jeff Mathis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2005 LAA AL 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2006 LAA AL 23 55 9 8 2 0 2 6 0 7 14 .145 .269 (-46%) .336 (-29%) .431 (-33%) .768 (-31%) -303.4
2007 LAA AL 59 171 24 36 12 0 4 23 0 15 49 .211 .268 (-21%) .335 (-18%) .422 (-17%) .758 (-17%) -543.9
2008 LAA AL 94 283 35 55 8 0 9 42 2 30 90 .194 .263 (-26%) .333 (-17%) .416 (-24%) .749 (-21%) -986.9
2009 LAA AL 84 237 26 50 8 0 5 28 2 22 73 .211 .262 (-20%) .332 (-14%) .417 (-26%) .750 (-21%) -778.0
2010 LAA AL 68 205 19 40 6 1 3 18 3 6 59 .195 .257 (-24%) .325 (-33%) .402 (-31%) .728 (-32%) -1100.7
2011 LAA AL 93 247 18 43 12 0 3 22 1 15 75 .174 .255 (-32%) .320 (-30%) .399 (-35%) .719 (-33%) -1324.4
2012 TOR AL 71 211 25 46 13 0 8 27 1 9 68 .218 .254 (-14%) .318 (-22%) .405 (-3%) .724 (-11%) -445.7
2013 MIA NL 73 232 14 42 7 1 5 29 0 21 76 .181 .253 (-29%) .317 (-21%) .396 (-28%) .714 (-25%) -915.5
2014 MIA NL 64 175 12 35 7 0 2 12 0 15 64 .200 .251 (-20%) .313 (-16%) .386 (-29%) .700 (-23%) -610.4
2015 MIA NL 32 93 9 15 4 1 2 12 0 7 24 .161 .254 (-37%) .316 (-33%) .404 (-28%) .721 (-30%) -493.6
2016 MIA NL 41 126 12 30 4 1 2 15 0 4 36 .238 .255 (-7%) .321 (-17%) .417 (-20%) .738 (-19%) -389.4
2017 ARI NL 60 186 13 40 10 2 2 11 1 14 61 .215 .254 (-16%) .324 (-15%) .425 (-24%) .750 (-20%) -617.2
2018 ARI NL 69 195 15 39 9 1 1 20 0 20 66 .200 .247 (-19%) .318 (-15%) .409 (-34%) .727 (-25%) -785.7
2019 TEX AL 88 228 17 36 9 0 2 12 1 15 87 .158 .252 (-37%) .322 (-35%) .434 (-49%) .757 (-43%) -1632.8
2020 TEX AL 24 62 6 10 1 1 3 9 1 5 24 .161 .244 (-34%) .321 (-31%) .417 (-15%) .739 (-22%) -254.5
2021 ATL NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 951 2,718 255 526 112 8 53 286 12 205 872 .194 — — — — -11,182

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Jeff Mathis — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 1 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 2 1 2 9.00 0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 113.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jeff Mathis — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2012 TOR AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 9.00 — 0.0
2018 ARI NL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 9.00 — 0.0
2019 TEX AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 9.00 — 0.0
Career · 3 seasons 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 1 2 9.00 — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jeff Mathis — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
13 29 3 11 5 0 1 4 1 8 .379

Playoff Batting by Year

Jeff Mathis — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2017 NLDS1 ARI 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .200
2017 NLWC ARI 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .250
2009 ALCS LAA 5 12 2 7 5 0 0 1 0 2 .583
2009 ALDS2 LAA 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333
2008 ALDS1 LAA 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
2007 ALDS1 LAA 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jeff Mathis — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home469134913028430169.211
Away482136912524223117.177

Pitching — Home / Away

Jeff Mathis — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home22.0430113.50
Away33.042116.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jeff Mathis — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2021-05-17 ATLNYNL 200000001
2021-05-13 ATLTORL 400000004
2021-05-06 ATLWASW 300000000
2020-09-26 TEXHOUW 411001302
2020-09-24 TEXHOUL 401100001
2020-09-21 TEXLAAL 400000001
2020-09-19 TEXLAAL 300000001
2020-09-17 TEXHOUL 200000002
2020-09-16 TEXHOUW 300000001
2020-09-13 TEXOAKW 311001202

Last 5 Games — Pitching

Jeff Mathis — Last 5 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2019-08-12 TEXTOR — 1.0222001
2019-04-25 TEXSEA — 1.0100010
2018-07-08 AZSDP L 1.0111011
2012-07-25 TOROAK — 1.0322000
2012-05-25 TORTEX — 1.0100100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jeff Mathis — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
2B 1 0 1 0 0 0
C 914 839 6294 551 57 44
P 5 0 0 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jeff Mathis — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2005 LAA C 3 0 4 0 0 0
2006 LAA C 20 14 92 6 3 1
2007 LAA C 57 52 383 42 4 2
2008 LAA C 94 90 624 57 13 5
2009 LAA C 79 78 507 58 7 5
2010 LAA C 67 62 433 36 7 2
2011 LAA C 91 79 512 53 3 4
2012 TOR C 66 59 433 38 2 5
2012 TOR P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2013 MIA C 73 70 520 30 1 2
2014 MIA C 62 52 389 39 1 4
2015 MIA C 30 29 210 13 1 1
2016 MIA C 38 36 304 32 3 3
2017 ARI C 58 56 489 44 3 6
2018 ARI 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0
2018 ARI C 63 61 516 57 1 1
2018 ARI P 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 TEX C 86 76 686 30 6 2
2019 TEX P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 TEX C 24 22 169 15 2 1
2021 ATL C 3 3 23 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jeff Mathis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 5
Catcher 914
Second Base 1
Designated Hitter 15

Salary History

Jeff Mathis — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 MIA NL $1,500,000
2015 MIA NL $1,500,000
2014 MIA NL $1,500,000
2013 MIA NL $1,500,000
2012 TOR AL $1,500,000
2011 LAA AL $1,700,000
2010 LAA AL $1,300,000
2009 LAA AL $450,000
2008 LAA AL $415,000
2006 LAA AL $327,000
Total Career Earnings $11,692,000

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jeff Mathis (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Austin Hedges
    .190 avg, 80 HR
  2. 76
    Mike Ryan
    .193 avg, 28 HR
  3. 65
    Paul Casanova
    .225 avg, 50 HR
  4. 64
    Drew Butera
    .196 avg, 19 HR
  5. 64
    Sandy Leon
    .204 avg, 32 HR
  6. 60
    Phil Roof
    .215 avg, 43 HR

Jeff Mathis: the record in brief

The profile opens with Jeff Mathis's first major league game on August 12, 2005; the last one listed came on May 17, 2021. The season rows list, in order, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005 through 2011), the Toronto Blue Jays (2012), the Miami Marlins (2013 through 2016), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017 to 2018), the Texas Rangers (2019 to 2020), and the Atlanta Braves (2021). Mathis, a catcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 0 inches and 205 pounds. Mathis was born on March 31, 1983, in Marianna, FL, USA. Mathis's full given name, per the bio, is Jeffrey Stephen Mathis.

Mathis's career batting table shows 951 games, 2,718 at bats and 526 hits, a .194 average, adding 53 home runs and 286 runs batted in. The on-base percentage is .252 and the slugging percentage .299, for an OPS of .551. Mathis's .194 average ran 24.6% below the .257 that the league posted over the same seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Mathis

What years did Jeff Mathis play?
Jeff Mathis played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2021.
Was Jeff Mathis a pitcher?
No. Jeff Mathis was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 5 career games.
How many home runs did Jeff Mathis hit?
Jeff Mathis hit 53 career home runs with 526 hits.
What was Jeff Mathis's career batting average?
Jeff Mathis batted .194 over his career, with 526 hits in 2,718 at bats.
How many RBI did Jeff Mathis have?
Jeff Mathis drove in 286 runs in his career.
What was Jeff Mathis's career ERA?
Jeff Mathis finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-1 with 2 strikeouts.