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.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	9 (5)	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
3	13 (3)	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	45	13.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (3)	May 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
5	20 (2)	May 7	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	GF	28	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
6	24 (3)	May 12	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	28 (3)	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	31 (2)	May 20	NYG		STL	L,0-8	GS	29	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	34 (2)	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
10	39 (4)	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (2)	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	30	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	43	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	W,9-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	45 (1)	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	50 (4)	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	54 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
16	58 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
17	62 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	63	Jun 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
19	66 (2)	Jun 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68 (1)	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	72 (3)	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	76 (3)	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	80 (3)	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	85 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	89 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	93 (3)	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	98 (4)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
28	102 (3)	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	105 (2)	Aug 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	107 (1)	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	111 (3)	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	GS	19	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	116 (4)	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
33	120 (3)	Aug 26	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	124 (3)	Aug 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	128 (3)	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
36	132 (3)	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	136 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	140 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.1	0	5	0	5	0
39	144 (3)	Sep 24	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	151 (6)	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		306.0	13	100	3	116	3