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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		BRO	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	9 (4)	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (3)	May 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	16 (2)	May 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	20 (3)	May 12	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	24 (3)	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	26 (1)	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	27	May 20	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	32 (4)	May 26	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	35 (2)	May 29	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	38 (2)	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	41 (2)	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (3)	Jun 9	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	48 (2)	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	52 (3)	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	54 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	57 (2)	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	59 (1)	Jun 30	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	63 (3)	Jul 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
21	66 (2)	Jul 9	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	68 (1)	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	72 (3)	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	14.0	2	7	0	9	0
24	76 (3)	Jul 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	79 (2)	Jul 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
26	82 (2)	Jul 28	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
27	85 (2)	Jul 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	88 (2)	Aug 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	89	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	93 (3)	Aug 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	96 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	100 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	103 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	GS	0	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
34	106 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
35	109 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	110	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	114 (3)	Aug 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	118 (3)	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	122 (3)	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
40	125 (2)	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	T,4-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	128 (2)	Sep 12	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	6	0	6	0
42	133 (4)	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-8	GS	0	5.0	1	3	1	5	0
43	135 (1)	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	136	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	138 (1)	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							45gm		366.0	18	93	3	114	0