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.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	11 (3)	May 4	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
4	13 (1)	May 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	14	May 9	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	17 (2)	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	21 (3)	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
8	25 (3)	May 23	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
9	28 (2)	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	29	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	33 (3)	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
12	38 (4)	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	42 (3)	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	47 (4)	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	51 (3)	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	55 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	59 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,8-6	GF	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	64 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
19	68 (3)	Jul 8	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	71 (2)	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,13-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
21	74 (2)	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-8	GF	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	78 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
23	80 (1)	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	83 (2)	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	86 (2)	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	89 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	93 (3)	Aug 6	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	97 (3)	Aug 11	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	101 (3)	Aug 15	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	37	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	105 (3)	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	109 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	112 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	116 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	121 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
35	127 (5)	Sep 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	131 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS	19	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
37	134 (2)	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
38	138 (3)	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	141 (2)	Sep 24	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	144 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
41	149 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		312.0	15	91	5	111	7