Christy Mathewson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA us

Died: October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY

Buried: Lewisburg City Cemetery, Lewisburg, PA

High School: Keystone Academy (Factoryville, PA)

School: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)

Debut: July 17, 1900 (Age 19-339d, 2,212th in major league history)

Last Game: September 4, 1916 (Age 36-023d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 15 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 8 ER, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1936. (Voted by BBWAA on 205/226 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Christy Mathewson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: Christopher Mathewson

Nicknames: Big Six or Matty

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Relatives: Brother of Henry Mathewson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.7

373

188

ERA

2.13

636

552

4788.2

2507

WHIP

1.058

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 89 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 18 go ahead, 46 lacking some details

2 Tms
NYG	88
CIN	1

Platoon
vs LHB	48
vs RHB	41

Home/Road
Home	53
Away	36

Outs
Unk	39
2	19
1	16
0	15

7 Opps
CHC	18
PIT	18
CIN	14
PHI	12
STL	11
BSN	9
BRO	7

60 Batters
Vic Saier	5
Owen Wilson	4
Johnny Kling	4
Joe Tinker	3
Honus Wagner	3
Sherry Magee	3
Ivey Wingo	3
Ham Hyatt	2
Dave Brain	2
Tom Downey	2
Frank Chance	2
Cy Seymour	2
Beals Becker	2
Frank Schulte	2
Jimmy Sheckard	2
Fred Clarke	2
Gavvy Cravath	2
John Titus	2
Walton Cruise	1
Dick Bayless	1
Lefty Tyler	1
Mike Mitchell	1
Cy Williams	1
Tommy Leach	1
Dick Hoblitzell	1
George Gibson	1
Jimmy Walsh	1
Billy Hoy	1
Heinie Groh	1
John Dobbs	1
Doc Johnston	1
Jim Viox	1
Harry Lumley	1
Cozy Dolan	1
Fred Luderus	1
Bert Niehoff	1
Harry McCormick	1
Zack Wheat	1
Ed Abbaticchio	1
Joe Kelley	1
Frank Bonner	1
Johnny Evers	1
Dick Harley	1
George Cutshaw	1
Ed Konetchy	1
Josh Devore	1
Rube Ellis	1
Ginger Beaumont	1
Jake Daubert	1
Heinie Peitz	1
Bobby Byrne	1
Jimmy Archer	1
Fred Tenney	1
Ed Gremminger	1
Emil Batch	1
Walter Schmidt	1
Joe Connolly	1
Arnold Hauser	1
Willie Sudhoff	1
Miller Huggins	1

13 Parks
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	32
Polo Grounds (NYC)	21
Baker Bowl (PHI)	7
WestSide Grd (CHI)	7
Robison Fld (STL)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
South End (BOS)	3
PalaceOFans (CIN)	3
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
WashingtonPk (NYC)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Expo Pk (PIT)	1

Where Hit
9	14
7	9
8	1
89	1

30 Inside the Park

5 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	9
12-	3
--3	2
-2-	2
-23	2
1-3	1

137 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	20
1 on	13
2 on	6
Any on	19

Inning
1	12
2	8
3	7
4	14
5	11
6	9
7	10
8	9
9	8
Extra	1

1-3	27
4-6	34
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	14
-1	6
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	10
Unk	46

Ahead	7
Tied	14
Behind	22
Unk	46

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	15
LF	14
RF	12
CF	10
C	10
3B	9
2B	7
SS	6
PH	4
P	2

OrderPos
Unk	18
3rd	15
6th	13
4th	9
8th	8
7th	7
1st	7
2nd	6
5th	3
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1900-07-25	Fred Clarke	PIT	@	NYG		t 3			3		7			IPHR
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1901-06-24	Willie Sudhoff	STL	@	NYG		t 5			2		1			Bounced
3	3	2	1	1901-06-26	Dick Harley	CIN	@	NYG		t 5			2		7			IPHR
4	4	3	1	1901-10-05 (2)	Joe Kelley	BRO		NYG		b 1			2	4	3
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1902-07-15	John Dobbs	CIN		NYG		b 1	0		1	1	7			Lead-Off,IPHR
6	6	2	2	1902-07-15	Billy Hoy	CIN		NYG		b 2			2	2	8			IPHR
7	7	3	1	1902-09-29	Jimmy Sheckard	BRO	@	NYG		t 5			1	1	7			Bounced
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1903-04-27	Frank Bonner	BSN	@	NYG	behind 1-5	t 4	1		4	6	4
9	9	2	2	1903-04-27	Fred Tenney	BSN	@	NYG		t 8			2		3
10	10	3	1	1903-07-28	Ed Gremminger	BSN	@	NYG		t 6			1	7	5			IPHR
11	11	4	1	1903-08-17 (1)	Cy Seymour	CIN	@	NYG		t 3			2	2	8
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1904-06-02	Cy Seymour	CIN	@	NYG		t 4			1		8
13	13	2	1	1904-06-13	Frank Chance	CHC	@	NYG		t 3			1	3	3
14	14	3	1	1904-07-21	Frank Chance	CHC		NYG		b 7			1	3	3			IPHR
15	15	4	1	1904-08-17	Harry McCormick	PIT	@	NYG		t 9			1	3	9
16	16	5	1	1904-09-16 (1)	Emil Batch	BRO	@	NYG		t 7			1		5
17	17	6	1	1904-09-21 (1)	Heinie Peitz	CIN	@	NYG		t 4			3	7	2
18	18	7	1	1904-09-24	Ginger Beaumont	PIT	@	NYG		t 6			1		8
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1905-06-17	Dave Brain	STL		NYG		b 6			1	6	5			Bounced
20	20	2	1	1905-07-18	George Gibson	PIT	@	NYG		t 5			1		2			IPHR
21	21	3	1	1905-08-21	Dave Brain	PIT	@	NYG		t 6			1	6	5
22	22	4	1	1905-09-12 (1)	Harry Lumley	BRO	@	NYG		t 8			2		9
1906	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1906-07-17	Joe Tinker	CHC		NYG		b 6			2	6	6			IPHR
24	24	2	1	1906-09-17	Sherry Magee	PHI	@	NYG		t 4			1		7			IPHR
25	25	3	1	1906-10-04	John Titus	PHI	@	NYG		t 3			2		8			IPHR
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1907-05-23	Jimmy Sheckard	CHC	@	NYG		t 5			3		7			IPHR
27	27	2	1	1907-06-19	Miller Huggins	CIN		NYG		b 1	0		1	1	4			Lead-Off,IPHR
28	28	3	1	1907-07-17	Ed Abbaticchio	PIT	@	NYG		t 9			1		4			IPHR
29	29	4	1	1907-08-12	Tommy Leach	PIT		NYG		b 3			1	2	8			Bounced
30	30	5	1	1907-08-17	Johnny Kling	CHC	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 12			1	8	2
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1908-05-25	Frank Schulte	CHC		NYG		b 1			1	3	9			IPHR
32	32	2	1	1908-06-11	Honus Wagner	PIT	@	NYG		t 4			1		6			IPHR
33	33	3	1	1908-07-17	Joe Tinker	CHC		NYG		b 5			1		6			IPHR
34	34	4	1	1908-09-23	Joe Tinker	CHC	@	NYG		t 5			1		6			IPHR
35	35	5	1	1908-09-26 (1)	Dick Bayless	CIN	@	NYG		t 8			1	1	9			IPHR
1909	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1909-05-31 (2)	John Titus	PHI	@	NYG		t 4			2		9			IPHR
37	37	2	1	1909-06-23 (2)	Beals Becker	BSN	@	NYG		t 1	0		1	1	9			Lead-Off
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1910-06-15	Ham Hyatt	PIT	@	NYG		t 7			1	7	3
39	39	2	1	1910-08-02	Frank Schulte	CHC	@	NYG		t 2	2		1	6	9
40	40	3	1	1910-08-11 (1)	Tom Downey	CIN	@	NYG		t 2	0		1	7	5
41	41	4	1	1910-09-20 (2)	Arnold Hauser	STL	@	NYG		t 5			1	8	6			Bounced
42	42	5	1	1910-09-24	Johnny Kling	CHC	@	NYG		t 9			2	8	2			IPHR
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1911-06-09	Fred Clarke	PIT		NYG		b 7	2		2		7			IPHR
44	44	2	1	1911-07-03	Jimmy Walsh	PHI		NYG	ahead 3-1	b 4	0		1	6	9
45	45	3	1	1911-07-15	Dick Hoblitzell	CIN	@	NYG		t 6			1	3	3
46	46	4	1	1911-08-19 (2)	Mike Mitchell	CIN	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 4	0		1	4	7			Cycle
47	47	5	1	1911-09-01 (1)	Sherry Magee	PHI		NYG		b 4	2		1	4	7
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1912-04-15	Johnny Kling	BSN		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	2	1	1912-05-04	Tom Downey	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 8	2	12-	3	3	5	13%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Knabe Scores; J. Titus Scores
50	50	3	1	1912-06-22 (1)	Johnny Kling	BSN		NYG	behind 2-15	b 8	1	1--	2	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Houser Scores
51	51	4	1	1912-09-12 (1)	Rube Ellis	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	5	1	1912-09-16	Jimmy Archer	CHC	@	NYG	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	19%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1913-05-03	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		NYG	behind 0-2	b 8	1	1--	2	8	PH	39%	56%		Home Run; M. Doolin Scores
54	54	2	1	1913-05-16	Ham Hyatt	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-7	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	3	1	1913-06-14	Jim Viox	PIT		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	4	11%	62%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
56	56	4	2	1913-06-14	Owen Wilson	PIT		NYG	behind 4-6	b 9	2	---	1	6	9	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	5	1	1913-07-15	Josh Devore	CIN	@	NYG		t 6	0		1	1	8
58	58	6	1	1913-08-16	Honus Wagner	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2	4	6	16%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Viox Scores
59	59	7	1	1913-08-21	Johnny Evers	CHC	@	NYG	behind 1-6	t 5	2	---	1	2	4	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	8	1	1913-08-30	Bobby Byrne	PHI		NYG	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2	1	5	42%	78%		Home Run; G. Chalmers Scores
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1914-04-18	Zack Wheat	BRO		NYG	ahead 6-4	b 7	2	-23	3	4	7	8%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; J. Dalton Scores/unER; G. Cutshaw Scores/unER; Z. Wheat Scores/unER
62	62	2	1	1914-05-04	Jake Daubert	BRO	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2	3	3	21%	76%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF); G. Cutshaw Scores
63	63	3	1	1914-05-23	Ivey Wingo	STL		NYG	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-	2	7	PH	23%	64%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); O. Wilson Scores
64	64	4	1	1914-06-01	Fred Luderus	PHI		NYG	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	3	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	5	1	1914-06-06	Owen Wilson	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	2	5	9	18%	50%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; D. Miller Scores/unER
66	66	6	2	1914-06-06	Ivey Wingo	STL	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	7	1	1914-06-11	Vic Saier	CHC	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	12%	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
68	68	8	1	1914-06-26 (1)	Joe Connolly	BSN		NYG	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	9	1	1914-07-11	Owen Wilson	STL		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	10	2	1914-07-11	Cozy Dolan	STL		NYG	behind 6-10	b 7	1	--3	2	3	7	8%	15%		Home Run; L. Magee Scores
71	71	11	3	1914-07-11	Walton Cruise	STL		NYG	behind 8-13	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	12	1	1914-07-14	Vic Saier	CHC		NYG	behind 5-11	b 8	1	-23	3	3	3	3%	5%		Home Run; J. Lavender Scores; T. Leach Scores
73	73	13	1	1914-07-25	Ed Konetchy	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 7	2	---	1	6	3	5%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	14	1	1914-08-06	Vic Saier	CHC	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	27%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	15	1	1914-08-29 (2)	Vic Saier	CHC		NYG	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	1	3	3	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	16	1	1914-09-26 (2)	Honus Wagner	PIT	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	2	4	5	23%	47%		Home Run; D. Costello Scores
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1915-04-17	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Byrne Scores
78	78	2	1	1915-05-01	Beals Becker	PHI		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	19%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bancroft Scores
79	79	3	1	1915-05-12	Heinie Groh	CIN	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 3	2	12-	3	2	5	35%	60%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; G. Dale Scores; T. Leach Scores
80	80	4	1	1915-06-11	Owen Wilson	STL		NYG		b 9			1	4	8
81	81	5	1	1915-06-28 (1)	Sherry Magee	BSN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 4	2	--3	2	6	8	25%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smith Scores
82	82	6	1	1915-07-07 (1)	Bert Niehoff	PHI		NYG	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	4	21%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
83	83	7	1	1915-07-23 (1)	Doc Johnston	PIT	@	NYG	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	2	3	3	25%	72%		Home Run; Z. Collins Scores
84	84	8	1	1915-07-31 (1)	Cy Williams	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 4	2	12-	3	6	8	32%	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; H. Zimmerman Scores; P. Knisely Scores
85	85	9	1	1915-09-14	Ivey Wingo	CIN		NYG	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1916-05-04	Lefty Tyler	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	---	1	9	1	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	2	1	1916-05-09	Walter Schmidt	PIT		NYG	behind 4-13	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	0%	0%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
88	88	3	1	1916-06-26 (1)	George Cutshaw	BRO		NYG	behind 5-6	b 5	2	1-3	3	6	4	44%	82%		Home Run; Z. Wheat Scores; M. Mowrey Scores
89	89	4	1	1916-09-04 (2)	Vic Saier	CHC		CIN		b 9			3	4	3

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