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.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	7 (2)	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
3	10 (2)	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (3)	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	18 (2)	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,11-8	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
7	19	May 9	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	25 (5)	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
9	29 (3)	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	33 (3)	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	37 (3)	Jun 1	NYG		STL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	41 (3)	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
13	44 (2)	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (1)	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	50 (3)	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	54 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
17	60 (5)	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	66 (5)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	69 (1)	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	72 (2)	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	75 (2)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	80 (4)	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	83 (2)	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	85 (1)	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	88 (2)	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	91 (2)	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	96 (4)	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
29	99 (2)	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	103 (3)	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,6-8	GF	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	106 (2)	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	1	5	0	6	0
32	111 (4)	Aug 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	115 (3)	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	117 (1)	Aug 27	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	120 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	121	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	125 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	128 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	131 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	133 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	137 (3)	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	140 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		CIN	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	144 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		310.0	15	74	4	93	4