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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	7 (1)	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	9 (1)	May 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (2)	May 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	15 (2)	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
7	18 (2)	May 21	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	21 (2)	May 24	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
9	22	May 28	NYG		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
10	24 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	25	Jun 1	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
12	28 (2)	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
13	30 (1)	Jun 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	33 (2)	Jun 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	37 (3)	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	40 (2)	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	44 (3)	Jun 24	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	46 (1)	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	50 (3)	Jun 29	NYG		CHC	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	53 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
21	58 (4)	Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	61 (2)	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	64 (2)	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	67 (2)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	70 (2)	Jul 23	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	72 (1)	Jul 25	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	75 (2)	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	78 (2)	Aug 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	81 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	1	6	0	7	0
30	84 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	87 (2)	Aug 13	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	91 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,5-5	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	95 (3)	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
34	100 (4)	Aug 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	104 (3)	Aug 29	NYG		PHI	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	105	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	117 (11)	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	128 (10)	Sep 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	133 (4)	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
40	141 (7)	Oct 5 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		336.0	21	108	1	130	1