John Matias

{{Short description|American baseball player (1944–2020)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=John Matias |position=Outfielder/First baseman |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1944|8|15}} |birth_place=Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2020|4|7|1944|8|15}} |death_place=Aiea, Hawaii, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 7 |debutyear=1970 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 1 |finalyear=1970 |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.188 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=6 |teams= *Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1970}}) }} '''John Matias''' (August 15, 1944 – April 7, 2020) was a professional baseball player who played for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1970, playing 58 games<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2791&pid=8963|title=John Matias |work=The Baseball Biography Project |accessdate=17 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714001447/http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2791&pid=8963 |archive-date=14 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and hitting .188 with 2 homers. After beginning his professional baseball career in the Baltimore Orioles organization, he was traded along with Luis Aparicio and Russ Snyder to the White Sox for Don Buford, Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson on November 29, 1967.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/30/archives/orioles-trade-aparicio-to-white-sox-in-sixman-deal-angels-get.html Orioles trade Aparicio to White Sox in six-man Deal; Angels Get Hinton; Buford, Howard GO TO Baltimore Chicago Acquires Snyder-- Cardenal of California Sent to Cleveland Retrieved June 20, 2020.]</ref> He was dealt along with Gail Hopkins from the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Kelly and Don O'Riley on October 13, 1970.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/14/archives/fourplayer-trade-made-by-white-sox-and-royals.html "Four‐Player Trade Made By White Sox and Royals," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Tuesday, October 13, 1970.] Retrieved September 9, 2022.</ref> He never played in the majors again following the transaction.<ref>{{Sabrbio|36aae208|John Matias|Rory Costello|April 9, 2020}}</ref>

He died on April 7, 2020, at his home.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reardon |first1=Dave |title=John Matias, major leaguer and father of former UH standout, dies at 76 |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/08/sports/sports-breaking/john-matias-major-leaguer-and-uh-standout-dies-at-75/ |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |accessdate=8 April 2020 |date=8 April 2020}}</ref>

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