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- Wid_Matthews abstract "Wid Curry Matthews (October 20, 1896 – October 5, 1965) was an American outfielder, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Matthews served as general manager of the Chicago Cubs for seven full seasons and became one of the first front-office employees in the history of the New York Mets in 1961, the year before they began play in the National League. A native of Raleigh, Illinois, Matthews stood 5 ft, 81⁄2 in (174 cm) tall and weighed 155 pounds (70 kg) in his playing days. He threw and batted left-handed.After playing in the three highest classification minor leagues — the American Association and the International and Pacific Coast leagues — Matthews made the major leagues for 2½ seasons (1923 through midseason 1925) for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washington Senators, batting .284 with one home run and 39 runs batted in in 192 games played. He did not appear in the 1924 World Series, won by the Senators in seven games.Matthews' career as a scout and general manager began in 1936, when he joined the St. Louis Cardinals, the pioneers of the MLB farm system. Seven years later, he moved with Redbird GM Branch Rickey to the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he served as the Dodgers' director of Midwest scouting through the 1949 season.On February 14, 1950, he became "director of player personnel" (de facto general manager) of the Cubs. The Cubs had just begun a long skein of losing seasons, finishing in the NL's second division for 20 consecutive years (1947–66), and compiling an over-.500 record only in 1963. During his seven seasons (1950–56) as top baseball official in the Chicago front office, Matthews was able to break the baseball color line for the franchise, signing Ernie Banks as the team's first African-American player. However, plagued by a poor farm system and not aggressive enough in the signing of other black and Latin talent, the Cubs could not escape the NL's second division during Matthews' reign.After his dismissal by the Cubs, Matthews joined the front office of the Milwaukee Braves, then one of the National League's dominant teams. He held the identical title he did with Chicago, but in his new post he served as assistant GM to John Quinn, the Braves' incumbent general manager. In January of 1961, Matthews became a scout for the Mets, newly admitted to the National League as a 1962 expansion team. He was promoted, along with Johnny Murphy, to the post of top aide to club president George Weiss in November of that year.Matthews resigned as the Mets' director of player personnel during the 1964 season. His last job in baseball was as a scout for the Los Angeles/California Angels. He died in a West Hollywood, California, hotel at the age of 68 during the Angels' end-of-year organizational meetings.".
- Wid_Matthews activeYearsEndDate "1925-06-07".
- Wid_Matthews activeYearsStartDate "1923-04-16".
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- Wid_Matthews birthDate "1896-10-20".
- Wid_Matthews birthPlace Raleigh,_Illinois.
- Wid_Matthews birthYear "1896".
- Wid_Matthews deathDate "1965-10-05".
- Wid_Matthews deathPlace Hollywood.
- Wid_Matthews deathYear "1965".
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- Wid_Matthews teams "*Philadelphia Athletics *Washington Senators".
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