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	34-10 / in Starts: 29-8
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

RBI Opportunities

1905 Batting Game Log

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1905 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	185	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYG		BSN	W,15-0	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.333	1.333	1.667	9			P
2	186	6 (3)	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	0	0				0		.286	.286	.714	1.000	9			P
May		Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
3	187	12 (5)	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.400	.400	.900	1.300	9			P
4	188	17 (4)	May 6	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.385	.385	.769	1.154	9			P
5	189	21 (3)	May 11	NYG		STL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.375	.375	.688	1.063	9			P
6	190	27 (5)	May 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.368	.368	.632	1.000	9			P
7	191	31 (3)	May 23	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1		0	0	0				1		.409	.435	.773	1.208	9			P
8	192	35 (3)	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.400	.423	.760	1.183	9			P
Jun		Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
9	193	40 (4)	Jun 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.379	.400	.724	1.124	9			P
10	194	45 (4)	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.406	.441	.719	1.160	9			P
11	195	47 (1)	Jun 9	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-12	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.371	.405	.657	1.063	9			P
12	196	51 (3)	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.342	.375	.605	.980	9			P
13	197	55 (3)	Jun 17	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	GS-0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.364	.571	.935	9			P
14	198	59 (3)	Jun 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.333	.522	.855	9			P
15	199	61 (1)	Jun 24	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.320	.500	.820	9			P
16	200	65 (3)	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-1	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.294	.321	.490	.811	9			P
Jul		Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
17	201	69 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.283	.321	.472	.793	9			P
18	202	75 (5)	Jul 12	NYG		CHC	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.268	.305	.446	.752	9			P
19	203	78 (2)	Jul 15	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.268	.305	.446	.752	9			P
20	204	80 (1)	Jul 18	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.259	.295	.431	.726	9			P
21	205	84 (3)	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,14-2	GS-0	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				1		.279	.313	.459	.772	9			P
22	206	87 (2)	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.286	.338	.460	.799	9			P
23	207	90 (2)	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.288	.347	.455	.802	9			P
Aug		Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
24	208	94 (3)	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.329	.429	.758	9			P
25	209	97 (2)	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	0				0		.260	.325	.411	.736	9			P
26	210	99 (1)	Aug 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.329	.413	.743	1			P
27	211	101 (1)	Aug 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.256	.318	.397	.715	9			P
28	212	106 (4)	Aug 17	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.272	.330	.407	.737	9			P
29	213	109 (2)	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.259	.315	.388	.703	9			P
30	214	112 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.270	.323	.393	.716	9			P
31	215	115 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.270	.323	.393	.716	9			P
32	216	116	Aug 28	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.310	.376	.686	9			P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
33	217	119 (2)	Sep 1	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.301	.365	.666	9			P
34	218	121 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-6	CG(8)	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.263	.318	.374	.691	9			P
35	219	123 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.257	.318	.366	.685	9			P
36	220	127 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.260	.325	.365	.690	9			P
37	221	132 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.262	.325	.364	.689	9			P
38	222	134 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.255	.322	.355	.677	9			P
39	223	138 (3)	Sep 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.248	.315	.345	.660	9			P
40	224	140 (1)	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.248	.313	.342	.654	9			P
41	225	141	Sep 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.246	.310	.339	.649	9			P
42	226	144 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.246	.313	.336	.649	9			P
43	227	149 (4)	Oct 3 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.311	.333	.644	9			PH
44	228	151 (1)	Oct 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.236	.302	.323	.625	9			P
							34-10		140	127	15	30	5	0	2	16	9		12	3	1		0		2		.236	.302	.323	.625

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