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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Team Record in Appearances: 29-13 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 2

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	473	4	Apr 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	3	2	1	3	1	0	2.25	4.10	34	56	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.09%
2	474	7	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	12	2	1	1	4	0	0	1.59	3.15	39	60	0	1	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.48	0.33%
3	475	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.38	2.70	33	74	0	1	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.65	1.09%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	476	14	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,6-8	10-GF(10)	L(2-2)	7	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.00	2.63	6		0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	-0.95%
5	477	15	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(3-2)	0	9.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	2	2.25	3.21	34	66	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	1.08%
6	478	18	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,11-8	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	3.21	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.80	0.25%
7	479	19	May 9	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	W(4-2)	0	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.36	2.98	35	63	0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.92	0.50%
8	480	25	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(4-3)	8	8.0	7	4	2	2	2	0	0	2.35	3.00	33	56	1	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	9.39	-0.63%
9	481	29	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.15	2.91	29	79	1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	1.24%
10	482	33	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	10	4	4	1	6	0	0	2.45	2.78	31	46	1	0	0	28	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.98	-0.33%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	483	37	Jun 1	NYG		STL	W,13-4	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	13	4	4	3	7	0	0	2.63	2.72	39	49	0	1	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.71	0.01%
12	484	41	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	11	6	2	0	2	0	0	2.57	2.69	39	51	0	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	1	3	7.16	-0.16%
13	485	44	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.51	2.63	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	0.37%
14	486	46	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(8-3)	1	9.0	6	2	1	1	8	0	0	2.37	2.52	34	76	0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	5.36	1.13%
15	487	50	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	L(8-4)	4	8.0	7	5	1	1	3	0	0	2.28	2.51	37	58	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	6	3.46	-0.03%
16	488	54	Jun 22(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-5	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	12	5	3	2	7	1	0	2.33	2.58	44	52	1	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	3	2.04	0.22%
17	489	60	Jun 28(1)	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	W(10-4)	5	9.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.38	2.57	37	60	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.17%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	490	66	Jul 3(2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-9	9-GF	S(3)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	2.56	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.09%
19	491	67	Jul 4(1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	GS-3	L(10-5)	0	3.0	6	5	2	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.55	16	34	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	0	1	1	.63	-0.12%
20	492	69	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(11-5)	0	9.0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.29	2.59	34	74	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.71	0.18%
21	493	72	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.27	2.55	39	61	0	1	1	38	3	0	0	1	1	4	2.54	0.31%
22	494	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.25	2.57	38	53	1	1	1	38	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.19	0.14%
23	495	80	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.24	2.60	38	64	2	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.39	0.51%
24	496	83	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	2.59	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.02	0.28%
25	497	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(15-5)	1	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.16	2.56	36	71	0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.80	0.44%
26	498	88	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	L(15-6)	3	9.0	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	2.06	2.55	34	67	2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.54	-0.16%
27	499	91	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	W(16-6)	3	9.0	9	4	2	1	4	0	0	2.06	2.54	34	60	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	1	1	3.11	0.50%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	500	96	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(17-6)	3	9.0	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	1.96	2.51	35	67	0	2	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.34	0.41%
29	501	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	L(17-7)	3	8.0	15	6	5	0	3	0	0	2.10	2.50	36	33	2	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	2	1.76	-0.37%
30	502	103	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,6-8	3-GF	L(17-8)	4	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.12	2.49	31		0	3	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	4	3.03	0.07%
31	503	106	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG(11)	L(17-9)	4	10.1	12	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.18	2.52	44	49	1	2	0	40	5	0	0	0	0	2	14.94	-2.07%
32	504	111	Aug 22(1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(17-10)	4	7.0	8	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.19	2.51	29	53	1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	5.15	-0.09%
33	505	115	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-GF	S(5)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	2.51	11		0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.83	1.21%
34	506	117	Aug 27	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(17-11)	2	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.18	2.54	29	54	1	1	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	1	2.04	0.08%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
35	507	120	Sep 2(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	9-GF(12)	W(18-11)	5	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.14	2.53	13		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	0.90%
36	508	121	Sep 2(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG(7)	W(19-11)	-1	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.12	2.49	29	65	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.65	0.36%
37	509	125	Sep 5(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(20-11)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.08	2.48	34	71	1	1	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.29%
38	510	128	Sep 6(2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	8-GF	W(21-11)	0	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.13	2.49	7		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.14%
39	511	131	Sep 9(2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-2	CG	W(22-11)	2	9.0	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	2.09	2.47	36	73	1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	3	.13	0.05%
40	512	133	Sep 12(1)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	GS-8		2	8.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.10	2.52	27	66	1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.13	0.02%
41	513	137	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	L(22-12)	3	9.0	10	4	3	1	5	1	0	2.13	2.55	36	57	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	1	.02	0.00%
42	514	140	Sep 19(2)	NYG		CIN	T,2-2	CG		2	9.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.12	2.54	38	62	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	1	1	.12	0.00%
43	515	144	Sep 26(1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	W(23-12)	6	9.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.15	2.55	38	56	0	0	0	35	3	1	0	3	0	1	.00	0.00%
							29-13		W-L:23-12,Sv:5	2.9	310.0	312	107	74	34	133	5	2	2.15	2.55	1261	60	19	20	3	1194	56	10	0	20	9	50	3.17	7.53%

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