Mike Matheny

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**Mike Matheny**
Major League Baseball debut
San Francisco Giants — No. 22
Catcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
April 7, 1994 for the Milwaukee Brewers
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.239
Home runs	67
Runs batted in	443
Teams
Milwaukee Brewers (1994-1998) Toronto Blue Jays (1999) St. Louis Cardinals (2000-2004)

Michael Scott Matheny (born September 22, 1970 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio) is a catcher in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 1991 Amateur Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, with whom he made his Major League debut in 1994. He was drafted out of the University of Michigan.

Matheny is considered one of the best defensive catchers in the major league over the past several years of his career. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1994 to 1998, the Toronto Blue Jays in 1999, and the St. Louis Cardinals from 2000 to 2004. While playing for the Cardinals, Mike won three Gold Glove Awards (2000, 2003, 2004) and has gone to the postseason in four of those five years. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants to a three-year contract on December 13th 2004. He won a Gold Glove Award in his first season for the Giants (2005). Despite his good glove work he is a subpar batter, with a career average of .239.

Matheny went on the disabled list on May 31, 2006 after a series of foul tips caromed off his mask, resulting in a serious concussion. In July the Giants announced that he would not return for the remainder of the season and his career status was in doubt at the end of the 2006 season.