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	29-13 / in Starts: 22-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	95 (42-35-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (35-26-15)

Most Driven In
J Meyers	4
B Herzog	4
A Fletcher	2
T Shafer	1
A Wilson	1
H Groh	0

Most Driven In By
L Doyle	5
F Snodgrass	2
R Murray	2
J Devore	2
B Becker	1
F Merkle	0

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	484	4 (3)	Apr 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.76	-0.184	6.14	-0.25%	-1.61	P
2	485	7 (2)	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.35	-0.009	.84	-0.01%	-0.38	P
3	486	10 (2)	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.81	-0.022	2.66	-0.04%	-0.20	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	487	14 (3)	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,6-8	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	9						P
5	488	15	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.69	-0.056	2.59	-0.13%	-0.77	P
6	489	18 (2)	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,11-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.182	.100	.282	9						P
7	490	19	May 9	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.333	.385	.718	9	.75	0.205	3.16	0.52%	3.13	P
8	491	25 (5)	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.368	.375	.743	9	1.44	-0.040	9.74	-0.16%	-0.51	P
9	492	29 (3)	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.333	.697	9	.63	0.006	4.35	0.03%	-0.33	P
10	493	33 (3)	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.238	.360	.333	.693	9	2.15	-0.105	9.62	-0.28%	-0.66	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	494	37 (3)	Jun 1	NYG		STL	W,13-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.240	.345	.320	.665	9	.55	0.035	2.49	0.10%	0.50	P
12	495	41 (3)	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.259	.375	.333	.708	9	1.57	0.130	7.60	0.38%	0.95	P
13	496	44 (2)	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.394	.357	.751	9	.46	0.034	2.16	0.10%	0.86	P
14	497	46 (1)	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.389	.387	.776	9	1.12	0.077	4.21	0.17%	0.27	P
15	498	50 (3)	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.273	.368	.364	.732	9	2.46	-0.125	10.09	-0.31%	-1.11	P
16	499	54 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-5	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.263	.349	.368	.717	9	.31	-0.036	.82	-0.06%	1.09	P
17	500	60 (5)	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		1		.244	.340	.341	.682	9	.66	0.081	1.16	0.09%	0.30	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	501	66 (5)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.244	.340	.341	.682	7						P
19	502	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.244	.340	.341	.682	9						P
20	503	69 (1)	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.244	.333	.333	.667	9	.29	0.011	.36	0.01%	-0.44	P
21	504	72 (2)	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.245	.327	.327	.654	9	.72	-0.040	1.36	-0.05%	-0.70	P
22	505	75 (2)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.305	.302	.607	9	1.19	-0.186	1.64	-0.15%	-1.91	P
23	506	80 (4)	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.317	.316	.633	9	.61	0.061	2.01	0.12%	0.76	P
24	507	83 (2)	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.246	.317	.316	.633	9						P
25	508	85 (1)	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.299	.295	.594	9	1.08	-0.102	1.45	-0.08%	-1.53	P
26	509	88 (2)	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.219	.286	.281	.567	9	1.14	-0.110	1.85	-0.11%	-1.27	P
27	510	91 (2)	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.221	.284	.279	.563	9	.62	0.037	2.42	0.09%	0.49	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	511	96 (4)	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.214	.276	.271	.548	9	.76	-0.045	1.04	-0.04%	-0.59	P
29	512	99 (2)	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.291	.301	.593	9	1.05	0.083	2.68	0.13%	0.87	P
30	513	103 (3)	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,6-8	3-GF	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.237	.293	.316	.608	9	.77	0.074	2.31	0.13%	0.65	P
31	514	106 (2)	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.299	.321	.620	9	1.50	-0.124	11.55	-0.57%	-0.05	P
32	515	111 (4)	Aug 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.244	.303	.317	.620	9	.94	-0.042	4.21	-0.11%	-0.41	P
33	516	115 (3)	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.300	.313	.613	9	.70	-0.018	3.06	-0.05%	-0.17	P
34	517	117 (1)	Aug 27	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.293	.306	.599	9	1.48	-0.071	3.80	-0.11%	-0.60	P
Sept		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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	518	120 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	9-GF(12)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.290	.302	.593	9	4.38	-0.244	14.14	-0.47%	-0.72	P
36	519	121	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG(7)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.302	.315	.617	9	.51	0.052	1.63	0.10%	0.89	P
37	520	125 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.310	.323	.633	9	1.36	0.179	2.53	0.20%	-0.80	P
38	521	128 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.307	.319	.626	9	.83	-0.052	.64	-0.02%	-1.63	P
39	522	131 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.265	.314	.327	.641	9	.11	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.02	P
40	523	133 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.260	.308	.320	.628	9	.82	-0.042	.12	0.00%	-0.37	P
41	524	137 (3)	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.300	.311	.611	9	1.27	-0.105	.02	0.00%	-0.89	P
42	525	140 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		CIN	T,2-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.292	.302	.594	9	1.54	-0.178	.11	-0.01%	-0.88	P
43	526	144 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.308	.318	.626	9	.11	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
							29-13		120	110	14	29	4	1	0	12	6	0	7	1	2		3		2		.264	.308	.318	.626		.96	-0.859	3.11	-0.87%	-7.62

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