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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-5 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1905	WS g1	Oct 9	NYG	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.19	31					17	4	0	1	4	85			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.502	57.72	16.09%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	1905	WS g3	Oct 12	NYG	@	PHA	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-0)	2	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	1	0.00	1.30	32					12	7	1	0	3	86			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.221	30.02	9.17%	3.80	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
3	1905	WS g5	Oct 14	NYG		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	1.41	31					20	4	2	1	3	81			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.17	0.636	53.90	15.70%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
1911 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1911	WS g1	Oct 14	NYG		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	9	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.00	1.99	33	93	70	1	6	12	11	2	2	4	75			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.609	65.52	17.74%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	1911	WS g3	Oct 17	NYG		PHA	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(1-1)	2	11.0	9	3	1	0	3	1	0	0.90	2.77	42	112	87	15	4	19	13	3	5	7	74			2	1	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.80	0.125	112.81	1.82%	2.64	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
6	1911	WS g4	Oct 24	NYG	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	6	7.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.00	2.51	32	81	59	0	5	15	3	1	0	8	45			0	1	0	28	6	0	1	0	1	1	.90	-0.190	56.21	-6.74%	-0.45	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
1912 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1912	WS g2	Oct 9	NYG	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG(11)		12	11.0	10	6	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.12	45	118	79	8	7	25	7	1	2	9	69			2	1	0	44	3	2	0	0	0	3	1.49	-0.317	76.35	-11.27%	-0.24	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
8	1912	WS g5	Oct 12	NYG	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	2	8.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0.95	2.22	29	77	58	10	10	16	8	5	1	3	66			0	0	0	29	0	2	0	0	0	1	.75	0.108	45.49	3.65%	2.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	1912	WS g8	Oct 16	NYG	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(0-2)	3	9.2	8	3	1	5	4	0	0	0.94	2.68	41	122	83	16	10	10	17	2	3	5	64			0	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	1	1	2.18	-0.280	362.82	-27.88%	1.79	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
1913 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	1913	WS g2	Oct 8	NYG	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO(10)	W(1-0)	5	10.0	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.86	40	103	80	15	7	24	5	0	1	5	80			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.670	78.21	19.47%	4.32	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
11	1913	WS g5	Oct 11	NYG		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(1-1)	2	9.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	0.95	2.14	35	88	61	8	5	19	10	1	2	3	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	2	1	.73	-0.017	28.13	-0.42%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
											101.2	75	22	11	10	48	1	1	0.97		391																			2

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