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.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (5)	May 1	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
5	16 (2)	May 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	22 (5)	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	1
7	24 (1)	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
8	27 (2)	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	34 (6)	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	GS	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	41 (6)	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	T,4-4	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	46 (4)	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	L,5-7	GF	0	4.0	1	2	1	4	1
12	48 (1)	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	55 (6)	Jun 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
14	58 (2)	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	0	11.2	13	1	1	15	1
15	59	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	60	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	5	1	2	8	0
17	61	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	64 (2)	Jul 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
19	66 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	70 (3)	Jul 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	73 (2)	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	GF	0		1	1	0	2	1
22	74	Jul 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-10	GS	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	76 (1)	Jul 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	79 (2)	Jul 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	82 (2)	Jul 28	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	87 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	90 (2)	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	94 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
29	99 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	101 (1)	Aug 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	104 (2)	Aug 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	110 (3)	Aug 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	113 (2)	Aug 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	115 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
36	120 (4)	Sep 6	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
37	124 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	127 (2)	Sep 15	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	132 (4)	Sep 23	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	135 (2)	Sep 29	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	139 (3)	Oct 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	140	Oct 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							42gm		306.0	49	82	11	142	8