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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,1-12	GS	0	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	9 (2)	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	W,9-2	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	W,10-1	GS	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (3)	May 5	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	19 (2)	May 10	NYG	@	STL	L,1-14	GS	0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	21 (1)	May 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
9	24 (2)	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
10	27 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
11	30 (2)	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	33 (2)	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	36 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,15-4	GS	0	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	39 (2)	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
15	42 (2)	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	W,15-2	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	45 (2)	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	47 (1)	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	50 (2)	Jun 16	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	54 (3)	Jun 20	NYG		BRO	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	57 (2)	Jun 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
21	63 (5)	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	67 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-3	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	69 (1)	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	70	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	74 (3)	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	77 (2)	Jul 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	80 (2)	Jul 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
28	82 (1)	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	0	3.2	2	1	0	3	0
29	84 (1)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	87 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	90 (2)	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
32	93 (2)	Aug 6	NYG		STL	W,8-1	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	94	Aug 8	NYG		STL	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	96 (1)	Aug 11	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	101 (4)	Aug 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	103 (1)	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
37	106 (2)	Aug 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	109 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
39	114 (4)	Aug 27	NYG	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	118 (3)	Aug 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	122 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
42	127 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	132 (4)	Sep 12	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	136 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	140 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	145 (4)	Sep 24	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	150 (4)	Sep 29	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
48	155 (4)	Oct 3	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
							48gm		368.0	32	116	6	154	0