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	26-14 / in Starts: 21-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	78 (40-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (34-25-13)

Most Driven In
L McLean	1
S Piez	1
M Stock	1
J Meyers	1
F Merkle	0
B Dyer	0
R Murray	0

Most Driven In By
L Doyle	4
A Fletcher	3
B Bescher	1

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 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	567	3 (2)	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-8	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	9	1.89	0.180	4.35	0.25%	1.45	P
2	568	7 (3)	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1		.750	.857	1.000	1.857	9	1.61	-0.016	3.49	-0.02%	0.11	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
3	569	11 (3)	May 4	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.667	.800	.833	1.633	9	.61	0.030	1.39	0.04%	0.23	P
4	570	13 (1)	May 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.667	.800	.833	1.633	9						P
5	571	14	May 9	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.444	.615	.556	1.171	9	.92	-0.069	2.06	-0.09%	-0.88	P
6	572	17 (2)	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.471	.385	.855	9	.83	-0.083	3.03	-0.18%	-1.14	P
7	573	21 (3)	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.429	.313	.741	9	.62	-0.013	2.19	-0.03%	-0.07	P
8	574	25 (3)	May 23	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.417	.316	.732	9	.85	-0.043	3.17	-0.10%	-0.22	P
9	575	28 (2)	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.263	.417	.316	.732	9						P
10	576	29	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.407	.318	.726	9	1.20	-0.070	4.43	-0.15%	-0.57	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	577	33 (3)	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.355	.269	.624	9	.61	-0.064	3.04	-0.19%	-1.18	P
12	578	38 (4)	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		1		.207	.343	.241	.584	9	1.52	0.265	7.55	0.79%	0.87	P
13	579	42 (3)	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.351	.233	.585	9	1.21	-0.018	6.19	-0.06%	-0.05	P
14	580	47 (4)	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.317	.206	.523	9	.40	-0.041	2.14	-0.13%	-0.82	P
15	581	51 (3)	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.162	.295	.189	.485	9	1.64	-0.163	11.02	-0.66%	-1.15	P
16	582	55 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.171	.292	.195	.487	9	.58	-0.020	3.14	-0.07%	-0.48	P
17	583	59 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,8-6	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.294	.205	.499	9	.68	-0.025	4.15	-0.09%	-0.51	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
18	584	64 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.174	.296	.196	.492	9	.75	-0.013	4.50	-0.05%	-0.16	P
19	585	68 (3)	Jul 8	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.167	.286	.188	.473	9	.98	0.043	6.06	0.16%	0.24	P
20	586	71 (2)	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,13-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.173	.283	.192	.476	9	.95	-0.050	6.50	-0.21%	-0.58	P
21	587	74 (2)	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-8	4-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.286	.200	.486	9	.48	0.100	3.74	0.47%	0.25	P
22	588	78 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.183	.279	.200	.479	9	1.42	-0.117	8.80	-0.43%	-1.30	P
23	589	80 (1)	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	9-GF(13)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.286	.210	.495	9	3.81	0.277	22.18	0.97%	0.67	P
24	590	83 (2)	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.185	.274	.200	.474	9	.30	-0.023	1.60	-0.07%	-0.41	P
25	591	86 (2)	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.194	.280	.209	.489	9	1.59	-0.009	8.43	-0.03%	-0.17	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
26	592	89 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.291	.254	.545	9	.27	0.075	1.61	0.27%	0.67	P
27	593	93 (3)	Aug 6	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.222	.309	.264	.573	9	.91	0.029	6.79	0.13%	0.30	P
28	594	97 (3)	Aug 11	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.325	.284	.609	9	1.20	0.104	8.32	0.43%	0.73	P
29	595	101 (3)	Aug 15	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.237	.326	.276	.602	9	1.43	-0.006	12.51	-0.03%	-0.22	P
30	596	105 (3)	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.318	.269	.587	9	.91	-0.048	6.29	-0.20%	-0.39	P
31	597	109 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.308	.259	.567	9	.94	-0.092	8.41	-0.49%	-0.74	P
32	598	112 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.212	.302	.247	.549	9	.43	-0.020	3.73	-0.10%	-0.60	P
Sept		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
33	599	116 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.202	.290	.236	.526	9	.74	-0.067	5.33	-0.29%	-0.90	P
34	600	121 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.291	.250	.541	9	1.60	-0.086	22.51	-0.73%	-0.46	P
35	601	127 (5)	Sep 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.221	.302	.263	.565	9	.41	-0.017	2.90	-0.07%	0.11	P
36	602	131 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.299	.260	.559	9	.45	-0.011	3.69	-0.06%	-0.09	P
37	603	134 (2)	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.306	.280	.586	9	.32	0.008	2.20	0.03%	1.18	P
38	604	138 (3)	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.225	.301	.275	.575	9	.63	-0.029	3.89	-0.11%	-0.52	P
39	605	141 (2)	Sep 24	NYG		STL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.225	.301	.275	.575	9						P
40	606	144 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.293	.267	.560	9	.94	-0.059	1.21	-0.05%	-0.45	P
41	607	149 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.219	.293	.267	.560	9						P
							26-14		120	105	8	23	3	1	0	4	11	0	12	0	4		2		4		.219	.293	.267	.560		.96	-0.161	5.43	-1.13%	-7.27

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