- He appeared on the cover of the first issue of "Sports Illustrated".
- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1978.
- Mathews was the only player to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta.
- Played primarily third base for the Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1952- 1966), Houston Astros (1967) and Detroit Tigers (1967-1968).
- Set the major league record for most homeruns (47) for a third baseman in 1953 (since broken by Hall of Famer slugger Mike Schmidt in 1980).
- The greatest all-around third baseman of the fifties.
- Atlanta Braves Career Walks Leader(1,376).
- Selected to play in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in nine years - 1953 and 1955-1962.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 387-388. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Made major league debut on 15 April 1952.
- Manager of the Atlanta Braves, 1972[end] - 1974[start].
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