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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-11 / in Starts: 24-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	69 (33-18-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (32-23-13)

Most Driven In
F Snodgrass	4
B Herzog	1
J Meyers	1
T Shafer	1
F Merkle	1
J Devore	0
R Murray	0

Most Driven In By
A Fletcher	2
G Burns	1
B Herzog	1
T Shafer	1
L Doyle	1

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	527	3 (2)	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.19	-0.117	2.60	-0.15%	-1.26	P
2	528	9 (5)	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.36	0.013	4.44	0.03%	0.19	P
3	529	13 (3)	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG(13)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.09	0.023	3.89	0.05%	1.47	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	530	17 (3)	May 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.200	.143	.343	9	1.50	-0.181	4.67	-0.34%	-1.43	P
5	531	20 (2)	May 7	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	2-GF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.45	-0.008	1.11	-0.01%	-0.48	P
6	532	24 (3)	May 12	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.150	.190	.150	.340	9	.65	-0.061	1.49	-0.08%	-0.97	P
7	533	28 (3)	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.160	.125	.285	9	.57	-0.057	1.43	-0.09%	-1.38	P
8	534	31 (2)	May 20	NYG		STL	L,0-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.120	.154	.120	.274	9	.71	-0.017	2.07	-0.03%	-0.15	P
9	535	34 (2)	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.172	.111	.284	9	1.57	-0.051	3.58	-0.07%	-0.52	P
10	536	39 (4)	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.156	.100	.256	9	.60	-0.037	2.22	-0.08%	-0.65	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	537	42 (2)	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.125	.176	.125	.301	9	1.14	-0.025	4.05	-0.05%	-0.33	P
12	538	43	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	W,9-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.176	.125	.301	9						P
13	539	45 (1)	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.114	.184	.114	.298	9	.32	-0.069	1.08	-0.14%	-0.70	P
14	540	50 (4)	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.214	.154	.368	9	1.28	0.093	4.35	0.19%	0.73	P
15	541	54 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.163	.217	.163	.380	9	.58	0.035	2.72	0.10%	0.24	P
16	542	58 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.204	.152	.356	9	.90	-0.065	4.11	-0.18%	-0.80	P
17	543	62 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.152	.204	.152	.356	9						P
18	544	63	Jun 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	GS-0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.188	.235	.188	.423	9						P
19	545	66 (2)	Jun 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.231	.184	.414	9	3.45	-0.080	26.82	-0.38%	-0.35	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	546	68 (1)	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.263	.208	.471	9	.39	0.044	3.32	0.22%	0.46	P
21	547	72 (3)	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.79	0.027	4.51	0.09%	0.01	P
22	548	76 (3)	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.207	.258	.207	.465	9	1.21	-0.061	5.14	-0.16%	-0.44	P
23	549	80 (3)	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.210	.258	.210	.467	9						P
24	550	85 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.257	.200	.457	9	.36	-0.034	1.08	-0.06%	-0.51	P
25	551	89 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.194	.250	.194	.444	9	1.02	-0.050	2.52	-0.08%	-0.38	P
26	552	93 (3)	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.237	.183	.420	9	.42	-0.055	.72	-0.06%	-0.92	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	553	98 (4)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.176	.228	.176	.404	9	1.32	-0.110	2.35	-0.12%	-1.42	P
28	554	102 (3)	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.173	.225	.173	.398	9	.70	-0.017	1.60	-0.02%	-0.14	P
29	555	105 (2)	Aug 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-2	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.192	.250	.192	.442	9	.25	-0.004	.71	-0.01%	1.38	P
30	556	107 (1)	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.192	.250	.192	.442	9						P
31	557	111 (3)	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.192	.250	.192	.442	9						P
32	558	116 (4)	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.198	.261	.198	.459	9	.81	-0.048	.89	-0.03%	0.24	P
33	559	120 (3)	Aug 26	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.190	.253	.190	.443	9	.85	-0.065	.24	-0.01%	-0.59	P
34	560	124 (3)	Aug 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.184	.245	.184	.429	9	.39	-0.029	.37	-0.02%	-0.53	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	561	128 (3)	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.240	.180	.419	9	.82	-0.040	.98	-0.03%	-0.30	P
36	562	132 (3)	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.178	.245	.178	.423	9	1.04	-0.004	1.29	0.00%	0.03	P
37	563	136 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.255	.191	.446	9	.81	0.084	.60	0.04%	0.53	P
38	564	140 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.245	.184	.429	9	1.42	-0.128	1.02	-0.06%	-0.69	P
39	565	144 (3)	Sep 24	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.248	.188	.436	9	1.74	-0.104	.44	-0.02%	-0.98	P
40	566	151 (6)	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.186	.245	.186	.432	9	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
							29-11		114	102	7	19	0	0	0	8	8	0	14	0	2		0		2		.186	.245	.186	.432		.88	-1.205	2.43	-1.53%	-10.73

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