Verdell Mathis

Verdell Jackson Mathis
(Lefty)

Born: November 18, 1913 in Crawfordsville, AR
Died: October 30, 1998 in Memphis, TN
(84 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 155

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Notes:

• High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Memphis, TN)
• Buried: Memphis Memory Gardens (Memphis, TN)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Neil Robinson	CF	9	1940	1948	MULT	6.0	5.6	0.5	0.0	-0.6
2	Jesús Valenzuela	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	5.9	0.0	0.0	5.9	0.0
3	Porter Moss	SP	4	1941	1944	MRS/WES	4.4	-0.2	0.0	4.7	0.0
4	Francisco Castañeda	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0
5	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.2	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.5
6	Nate Moreland	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.1	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0
7	Fred Bankhead	2B	8	1940	1947	MULT	3.6	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.7
8	Manuel Arroyo	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
9	Santos Amaro	RF	1	1941	1941	TPC	2.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	-0.4
10	Willie Hutchinson	SP	6	1940	1946	MRS	2.2	-0.4	-0.1	2.7	0.0
11	Barney Brown	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	2.0	0.6	0.1	1.3	-0.1
12	Eugene Bremer	SP	4	1940	1945	MRS/WES	1.5	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.0
13	Jimmy Direaux	3B	1	1941	1941	TPC	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
14	Goose Curry	RF	1	1943	1943	MRS/PS	1.4	1.1	0.1	0.4	-0.1
15	Gene Benson	CF	1	1943	1943	PS	1.4	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0
16	Dan Bankhead	SP	3	1941	1947	MRS/WES	1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
17	Frank Pearson	SP	3	1945	1947	MRS	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	1.4	0.0
18	T. J. Brown	SS	7	1940	1947	MULT	1.2	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7
19	Willie Cornelius	SP	1	1941	1941	CAG	1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
20	Red Longley	LF	7	1940	1947	MRS	1.2	1.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
21	Jim West	1B	1	1943	1943	PS	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Angel Castro	1B	1	1941	1941	TPC	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
23	Cowan Hyde	RF	9	1940	1948	MRS	1.0	1.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.6
24	Lefty Wilson	SP	1	1940	1940	MRS	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
25	Joe González	CF	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
26	Pepper Sharpe	SP	4	1943	1948	MRS	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.0
27	Bob Boyd	1B	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.9	1.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
28	Marlin Carter	3B	6	1940	1947	MRS/WES	0.9	1.4	-0.6	0.0	0.1
29	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
30	Lonnie Summers	CF	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0
31	Ed Young	1B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.1
32	Larry Brown	C	8	1940	1947	MULT	0.8	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.4
33	Edgar Chatman	SP	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
34	Joe Burt Scott	LF	3	1945	1948	MRS	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1
35	Junius Savage	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
36	Marvin Williams	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
37	Jelly Taylor	1B	6	1940	1946	MULT	0.6	1.3	-0.2	0.0	-1.0
38	José Colás	CF	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.6	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
39	Satchel Paige	RP	3	1941	1943	MRS/WES	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	Al Jones	RP	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
41	Spoon Carter	SP	3	1946	1948	MRS	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
42	Gentry Jessup	RP	3	1941	1945	MULT	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
43	Roy Parnell	LF	1	1943	1943	PS	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
44	Harry Williams	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
45	Fred McDaniel	LF	5	1942	1946	MRS	0.5	1.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
46	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Billy Horne	2B	1	1941	1941	CAG/WES	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
48	Bill Cash	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
49	Willie Wells	3B	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
50	Pedro Pagés	1B	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.4
51	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
52	Curtis Henderson	3B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Casey Jones	C	6	1943	1948	MRS	0.3	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2
54	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	2	1941	1942	MULT	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.6
55	Jimmy Ford	3B	4	1941	1945	MULT	0.3	1.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1
56	Buck Felder	SS	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
57	John Lyles	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1941	1946	MULT	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
59	Ernesto Maimón	RP	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	George Handy	2B	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
62	William Newman	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
63	Bill Byrd	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
64	Hilton Smith	-	2	1941	1942	WES	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
65	Allen Bryant	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
66	Ted Strong	-	2	1941	1942	WES	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Laymon Ramsey	RP	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Artie Wilson	SS	2	1944	1945	SAS/WES	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Roosevelt Davis	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Red Wiggins	RP	1	1945	1945	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Leon Day	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Joe Brooks	RP	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Parnell Woods	3B	3	1941	1945	MULT	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Riley Stewart	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Jimmy Johnson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
76	Cool Papa Bell	LF	1	1942	1942	AAS/WES	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.5
77	Curley Andrews	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
79	Oscar Boone	C	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Preacher Henry	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
81	Jesse Williams	2B	1	1945	1945	WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Pedro Formental	RF	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
83	Babe Davis	LF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Willard Brown	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Bob Clarke	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Sy Morton	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
87	Cándido Morales	3B	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Pete Sunkett	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0
89	Norris Phillips	RP	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
90	Cecil Jordan	SS	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Sam Woods	RP	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
92	Lloyd Davenport	LF	4	1941	1945	MRS/WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Jesse Warren	3B	2	1940	1948	MRS	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Alvin Gipson	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
95	Daniels	RF	1	1945	1945	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Henry Smith	3B	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Buddy Armour	LF	2	1941	1944	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Mahlon Duckett	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
99	Bill Cooper	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Les Henderson	RP	1	1944	1944	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Adams	C	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Quincy Trouppe	C	1	1945	1945	SAS/WES	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
104	Lyman Bostock	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Nat Peeples	C	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Willie Bunn	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Duke Cleveland	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Tommy Sampson	-	2	1941	1942	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	George Mitchell	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Sam Segraves	2B	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1941	1941	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Ladd White	RP	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Henry Lipsey	-	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Hodges	-	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Ruben Jones	LF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Spike Garrett	2B	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Rufus Hatten	C	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Felton Morrison	-	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Henry Miller	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Wendell Jenkins	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Jackie Robinson	-	1	1945	1945	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Henry Merchant	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Dan Wilson	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Newt Allen	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Hughes	RF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Avelino Cañizares	-	1	1945	1945	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Sack Morgan	-	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
129	Lester Lockett	-	1	1945	1945	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Buck O'Neil	-	1	1942	1942	WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Harry Barnes	C	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Bonnie Serrell	2B	2	1941	1944	CAG/WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Bozo Jackson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
134	Leslie Green	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
135	Henry Nears	RF	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Leandy Young	CF	1	1942	1942	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Subby Byas	C	2	1941	1942	MRS	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
138	B. L. Brown	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Rafael Hernández	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
140	Charlie Shields	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
141	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Gready McKinnis	-	1	1944	1944	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
143	Joe Greene	-	1	1942	1942	WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
144	Rufus Ligon	RP	2	1944	1945	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
145	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
146	Dave Harper	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Sam Jethroe	-	3	1942	1945	SAS/WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
148	Felton Snow	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
149	Emery Adams	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
150	William Sumrall	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
151	Steve Wylie	-	1	1944	1944	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
152	Ted Radcliffe	RP	3	1941	1944	MRS/WES	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
153	Orlando Varona	SS	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
154	Herman Purcell	-	1	1947	1947	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
155	Lennie Pearson	LF	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Willie Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG/WES	-0.2	0.5	0.0	-0.6	0.0
157	James Lockman	SS	1	1943	1943	MRS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Pinky Vargas	LF	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.4
159	Raúl Sánchez	-	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
160	Bob Smith	C	2	1942	1943	MRS	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
161	Booker McDaniel	-	1	1945	1945	WES	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
162	Felix Evans	SP	9	1940	1948	MRS	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
163	Robert Keys	SP	5	1941	1945	MRS/PS	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
164	Pepper Bassett	C	2	1941	1945	MULT	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
165	Stanley Glenn	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
166	James Wilson	-	1	1947	1947	MRS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
167	Archie Ware	1B	3	1941	1945	MULT	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
168	Buddy Burbage	LF	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
169	M. Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
170	Ben Hill	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
171	Ralph Wyatt	SS	2	1941	1942	CAG/WES	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
172	Emmett Wilson	RF	1	1943	1943	MRS	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
173	Leniel Hooker	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
174	John Henry Oliver	2B	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
175	Edgar Baker	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	Tice James	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG/MRS	-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
177	Lafayette Dumas	SP	2	1940	1941	MRS	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	0.1	0.0
178	Oscar Childs	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
179	Art Pennington	LF	3	1941	1945	MULT	-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
180	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
181	Larry Kimbrough	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
182	Johnnie Cowan	2B	2	1945	1948	MRS/SAS	-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
183	Big Train Jackson	-	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
184	Alfonso de la Fuente	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.7	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
185	Leamon Johnson	SS	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.8	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.1
186	Nat Rogers	LF	6	1940	1945	MRS	-0.8	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
187	Boyd Biggers	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
188	Ted Gipson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.9	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
189	Lefty Boone	-	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
190	Jim Canada	1B	3	1943	1945	MRS	-0.9	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.3
191	Bob Evans	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
192	Gerves Fagan	RF	2	1942	1943	MRS/PS	-1.0	-0.2	-0.9	0.0	0.0
193	Bill Bradford	RF	3	1940	1942	CAG/MRS	-1.0	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
194	John Huber	-	2	1946	1947	MRS	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
195	Manuel Echeverría	RP	1	1941	1941	TPC	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.2	0.0
196	Bill Harvey	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-1.4	0.0	0.0	-1.4	0.0
197	Willie Wells Jr.	SS	5	1944	1948	MRS	-1.6	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	0.3

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