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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-5 / in Starts: 5-5
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1905	WS g1	Oct 9	NYG	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.90	-0.045	47.22	-1.56%	-0.66	P
2	1905	WS g3	Oct 12	NYG	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.27	-0.024	16.94	-1.00%	-0.17	P
3	1905	WS g5	Oct 14	NYG		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.84	-0.026	38.55	-0.64%	-0.17	P
1911 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	1911	WS g1	Oct 14	NYG		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.25	-0.047	65.45	-1.46%	-0.26	P
5	1911	WS g3	Oct 17	NYG		PHA	L,2-3	GS-11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.40	-0.003	87.90	-0.09%	0.26	P
6	1911	WS g4	Oct 24	NYG	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	9	.61	0.000	37.90	-0.13%	-0.11	P
1912 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1912	WS g2	Oct 9	NYG	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.29	-0.175	66.11	-5.11%	-1.32	P
8	1912	WS g5	Oct 12	NYG	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.28	-0.055	78.10	-1.86%	-0.28	P
9	1912	WS g8	Oct 16	NYG	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.58	-0.110	263.34	-10.31%	-0.77	P
1913 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1913	WS g2	Oct 8	NYG	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG(10)	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	9	1.76	0.390	91.76	13.17%	1.76	P
11	1913	WS g5	Oct 11	NYG		PHA	L,1-3	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.600	.667	.600	1.267	9	.87	0.050	33.23	1.24%	0.28	P
									37	32	2	9	0	0	0	1	3	0	8	0	2				0		.281	.343	.281	.624

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