1960'S "CAREER-CAPPERS": EDDIE MATHEWS

Today's blog post has my 1969 "Career-Capper" for All-Time third baseman Eddite Mathews, who closed out a wonderful MLB career the previous season, perhaps (at that time) as the greatest third baseman in N.L. history:

Mathews appeared in 31 games for the eventual World Champ Detroit Tigers that year, hitting .212 with the final three home runs of his career, giving him 512 over 17 seasons to give him a spot towards the top of the All-Time list at that time.

Mathews was a beast at the plate, hitting 30 or more homers in a season ten times during his career, with four of those seasons totaling over 40.
He’d also drive in over 100 runs five times and score over 100 eight times while topping a .300 batting average on three occasions while leading the National League in walks four times, homers twice, and getting named to nine all-star teams.
Twice a runner-up in Most Valuable Player voting, he played for the Braves from Boston, to Milwaukee and their inaugural season in Atlanta in 1966, the only player to do so.
By the time he finished his stellar career Mathews collected 512 homers, 1453 runs batted in, 1509 runs scored and a .271 average along 1444 walks and a .509 slugging average.
Until a guy by the name of Mike Schmidt came along, he was THE power-hitting third baseman in the game's long history.

Incredibly overlooked these days!