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.

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 22	NYG	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
2	12 (3)	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	17 (4)	May 3	NYG		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	20 (2)	May 8	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
5	21	May 11	NYG		PIT	W,9-6	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	25 (3)	May 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	29 (3)	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	31 (1)	May 23	NYG		CHC	L,2-5		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	33 (1)	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,9-1	GS	0	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (2)	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
12	45 (4)	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	GF	0	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
13	46	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	11.2	0	4	0	4	0
14	50 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
15	53 (2)	Jun 22	NYG		BSN	W,11-10	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	56 (2)	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	0	5.2	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	67 (10)	Jul 9 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	72 (4)	Jul 13	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	75 (2)	Jul 17	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	78 (2)	Jul 20	NYG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	81 (2)	Jul 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	85 (3)	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	1	2	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	90 (4)	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	95 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
25	99 (3)	Aug 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
26	102 (2)	Aug 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	104 (1)	Aug 17	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	108 (3)	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	L,5-20	GS	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	110 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	111	Aug 24	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	114 (2)	Aug 27	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	117 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	121 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	126 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	130 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	133 (2)	Sep 13	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	138 (4)	Sep 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	141 (2)	Sep 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	145 (3)	Sep 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	151 (5)	Oct 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	2	4	1	7	0
41	155 (3)	Oct 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	6.0	0	3	1	4	0
							41gm		315.0	16	87	6	109	0