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Christy Mathewson

Christopher Mathewson (Big Six or Matty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA
High School: Keystone Academy (Factoryville, PA)
School: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1900
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds 1900-1916

Final Game: September 4, 1916
Died: October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY
Buried: Lewisburg City Cemetery, Lewisburg, PA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (205/226 ballots).
   View Christy Mathewson Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Henry Mathewson and Cousin of Jack Billingham
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 6 12 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .182 .250 .364 .614 72 4 0 0 /1
1901 20 NYG NL 42 136 130 10 28 0 1 0 7 1 2 25 .215 .227 .231 .458 35 30 0 4 1
1902 21 NYG NL 43 140 130 10 26 3 0 2 12 2 6 16 .200 .246 .269 .516 60 35 2 2 1/O3
1903 22 NYG NL 45 149 124 13 28 3 0 1 20 1 8 14 .226 .278 .274 .552 55 34 1 16 1
1904 23 NYG NL 48 152 133 15 30 5 3 0 17 3 9 26 .226 .280 .308 .588 78 41 1 9 1
1905 24 NYG NL 44 141 127 13 30 5 0 2 16 2 10 12 .236 .307 .323 .630 86 41 3 1 1
1906 25 NYG NL 38 103 91 6 24 4 1 0 14 0 9 16 .264 .330 .330 .660 104 30 0 3 1
1907 26 NYG NL 41 119 107 8 20 3 1 0 7 1 5 12 .187 .250 .234 .484 50 25 4 3 1
1908 27 NYG NL 56 147 129 11 20 2 2 0 11 0 9 12 .155 .221 .202 .423 32 26 2 7 1
1909 28 NYG NL 37 100 95 9 25 4 1 1 12 0 4 9 .263 .293 .358 .651 101 34 0 1 1
1910 29 NYG NL 38 124 107 9 25 5 1 1 10 1 12 13 .234 .317 .327 .644 88 35 1 4 1
1911 30 NYG NL 45 121 112 12 22 2 0 0 12 2 5 13 .196 .237 .214 .452 26 24 1 3 1 MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 43 120 110 14 29 4 1 0 10 2 6 8 .264 .308 .318 .626 69 35 1 3 1 MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 40 115 103 7 19 0 0 0 9 1 0 8 13 .184 .243 .184 .428 23 19 0 4 1 MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 41 120 105 8 23 3 1 0 4 4 11 12 .219 .293 .267 .560 70 28 0 4 1 MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 27 62 51 3 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 7 11 .157 .271 .235 .506 57 12 1 3 1
1916 35 TOT NL 13 28 22 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .136 .269 .182 .451 43 4 0 2 1
1916 35 NYG NL 12 23 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .000 .190 .000 .190 -38 0 0 2 1
1916 35 CIN NL 1 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 333 4 0 0 /1
17 Yrs 647 1889 1687 151 362 50 12 7 165 20 1 116 218 .215 .272 .271 .543 61 457 17 69
162 Game Avg. 162 473 422 38 91 13 3 2 41 5 29 55 .215 .272 .271 .543 61 114 4 17
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 646 1884 1682 150 359 49 12 7 164 20 1 116 218 .213 .271 .269 .540 60 453 17 69
CIN (1 yr) 1 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 333 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 6 12 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1901 20 NYG NL 42 136 -11 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 3 $1,500 1
1902 21 NYG NL 43 140 -6 -0 0 -1 10 3 0.3 4 7 0.3 .508 .502 0.4 -0.2 8 $3,500 1/O3
1903 22 NYG NL 45 149 -8 0 0 0 12 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 0.0 8 $5,000 1
1904 23 NYG NL 48 152 -4 -0 0 0 10 5 0.6 5 10 0.6 .512 .504 0.6 0.0 10 $ 1
1905 24 NYG NL 44 141 -2 -0 0 0 11 9 0.9 4 13 0.9 .522 .506 1.0 0.0 13 $ 1
1906 25 NYG NL 38 103 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.8 3 10 0.8 .523 .505 0.9 -0.0 10 $ 1
1907 26 NYG NL 41 119 -6 -0 0 0 8 2 0.2 4 6 0.2 .506 .502 0.3 -0.0 6 $ 1
1908 27 NYG NL 56 147 -9 0 0 0 10 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $ 1
1909 28 NYG NL 37 100 -0 0 0 0 8 8 0.9 3 11 0.9 .525 .506 0.9 0.0 11 $10,000 1
1910 29 NYG NL 38 124 -2 -0 0 0 9 7 0.8 3 10 0.8 .520 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $10,000 1
1911 30 NYG NL 45 121 -11 -0 0 0 11 -0 -0.1 3 3 -0.1 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $9,000 1 MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 43 120 -5 -0 0 0 10 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $9,000 1 MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 40 115 -10 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 3 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $9,000 1 MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 41 120 -4 -0 0 0 10 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .519 .505 0.8 -0.0 10 $ 1 MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 27 62 -2 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .509 .502 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1
1916 35 NYG NL 12 23 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1916 35 CIN NL 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .660 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
17 Seasons 647 1889 -80 -0 0 -1 141 59 6.5 55 114 6.3 .510 .502 6.9 -0.2 115 $57,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 646 1884 -81 -0 0 -1 141 58 6.3 55 113 6.1 .510 .502 6.7 -0.2 114 $57,000
CIN (1 yr) 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .660 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1900 19 NYG NL 12 9 1 2.9 94 .222 .182 .280 .250 .341 .364 .370 .614 .711 72 .330 -0.4 -0.0 .556 .273 .182
1901 20 NYG NL 136 106 7 1.8 85 .267 .215 .271 .227 .325 .231 .353 .458 .679 35 .185 -11.0 -1.2 .324 .038 .015 .0
1902 21 NYG NL 140 106 8 2.0 76 .214 .200 .264 .246 .319 .269 .325 .516 .644 60 .272 -6.3 -0.7 .433 .131 .069 2.0
1903 22 NYG NL 149 112 9 2.1 95 .248 .226 .282 .278 .346 .274 .368 .552 .714 55 .242 -7.6 -0.8 .458 .121 .048 1.0
1904 23 NYG NL 152 112 11 2.6 80 .280 .226 .262 .280 .321 .308 .339 .588 .660 78 .392 -3.7 -0.4 .524 .173 .083 .0
1905 24 NYG NL 141 98 12 3.3 85 .248 .236 .267 .307 .329 .323 .348 .630 .678 86 .465 -2.0 -0.2 .577 .181 .087 2.0
1906 25 NYG NL 103 70 10 3.8 77 .320 .264 .255 .330 .322 .330 .325 .660 .647 104 .583 0.5 0.1 .582 .165 .066
1907 26 NYG NL 119 90 6 1.8 77 .211 .187 .255 .250 .322 .234 .325 .484 .647 50 .267 -6.3 -0.8 .402 .103 .047 .0
1908 27 NYG NL 147 116 5 1.2 75 .171 .155 .252 .221 .314 .202 .325 .423 .639 32 .150 -10.1 -1.3 .339 .116 .047
1909 28 NYG NL 100 71 10 3.8 77 .282 .263 .253 .293 .321 .358 .326 .651 .648 101 .572 -0.4 -0.1 .543 .137 .095 .0
1910 29 NYG NL 124 86 11 3.4 88 .258 .234 .263 .317 .337 .327 .348 .644 .686 88 .470 -1.6 -0.2 .598 .215 .093 1.0
1911 30 NYG NL 121 93 6 1.7 97 .222 .196 .270 .237 .348 .214 .373 .452 .721 26 .179 -11.6 -1.2 .356 .080 .018 .0
1912 31 NYG NL 120 84 11 3.5 103 .284 .264 .285 .308 .356 .318 .388 .626 .744 69 .411 -5.1 -0.5 .543 .127 .055 .0
1913 32 NYG NL 115 88 5 1.5 92 .211 .184 .271 .243 .336 .184 .369 .428 .704 23 .162 -10.5 -1.2 .333 .087 .000 .0
1914 33 NYG NL 120 86 8 2.5 81 .247 .219 .254 .293 .322 .267 .340 .560 .662 70 .348 -3.7 -0.4 .524 .190 .048 .0
1915 34 NYG NL 62 47 3 1.7 77 .200 .157 .250 .271 .312 .235 .335 .506 .647 57 .233 -2.1 -0.2 .432 .196 .078
1916 35 TOT NL 28 21 2 2.6 74 .167 .136 .248 .269 .306 .182 .331 .451 .637 43 .376 -1.2 -0.2 .421 .227 .045
1916 35 NYG NL 23 19 0 0.0 74 .000 .000 .247 .190 .305 .000 .330 .190 .635 -38 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .235 .235 .000
1916 35 CIN NL 5 2 2 27.1 76 .600 .600 .251 .600 .309 .800 .335 1.400 .643 333 .978 1.3 0.1 2.000 .200 .200
17 Yrs 1889 1395 125 2.4 85 .243 .215 .264 .272 .329 .271 .346 .543 .675 61 .326 -83.2 -9.4 .459 .136 .056 10.4
162 Game Avg. 473 349 31 2.4 85 .243 .215 .264 .272 .329 .271 .346 .543 .675 61 .326 -83.2 -9.4 .459 .136 .056 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (17 yrs) 1884 1393 123 2.4 85 .242 .213 .264 .271 .329 .269 .346 .540 .675 60 .320 -84.5 -9.5 .457 .136 .056 10.4
CIN (1 yr) 5 2 2 27.1 76 .600 .600 .251 .600 .309 .800 .335 1.400 .643 333 .978 1.3 0.1 2.000 .200 .200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1905 24 NYG NL WS PHA W 3 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 2 0 0
1911 30 NYG NL WS PHA L 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 2 0 0 0 0 0
1912 31 NYG NL WS BOS L 3 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1913 32 NYG NL WS PHA L 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 11 37 32 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .281 .343 .281 .624 9 0 0 2 0 0
4 WS 11 37 32 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .281 .343 .281 .624 9 0 0 2 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1900 19 6 12 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .182 .250 .364 .614 72 4 0 0
1901 20 48 148 141 11 30 2 1 0 8 1 3 27 .213 .229 .241 .470 38 34 0 4
1902 21 91 288 271 21 56 5 1 2 20 3 9 43 .207 .238 .255 .492 48 69 2 6
1903 22 136 437 395 34 84 8 1 3 40 4 17 57 .213 .251 .261 .511 51 103 3 22
1904 23 184 589 528 49 114 13 4 3 57 7 26 83 .216 .258 .273 .531 57 144 4 31
1905 24 228 730 655 62 144 18 4 5 73 9 36 95 .220 .268 .282 .550 63 185 7 32
1906 25 266 833 746 68 168 22 5 5 87 9 45 111 .225 .276 .288 .564 68 215 7 35
1907 26 307 952 853 76 188 25 6 5 94 10 50 123 .220 .272 .281 .554 66 240 11 38
1908 27 363 1099 982 87 208 27 8 5 105 10 59 135 .212 .266 .271 .537 62 266 13 45
1909 28 400 1199 1077 96 233 31 9 6 117 10 63 144 .216 .268 .279 .547 65 300 13 46
1910 29 438 1323 1184 105 258 36 10 7 127 11 75 157 .218 .273 .283 .556 67 335 14 50
1911 30 483 1444 1296 117 280 38 10 7 139 13 80 170 .216 .270 .277 .547 63 359 15 53
1912 31 526 1564 1406 131 309 42 11 7 149 15 86 178 .220 .273 .280 .553 64 394 16 56
1913 32 566 1679 1509 138 328 42 11 7 158 16 0 94 191 .217 .271 .274 .544 61 413 16 60
1914 33 607 1799 1614 146 351 45 12 7 162 20 0 105 203 .217 .272 .273 .545 61 441 16 64
1915 34 634 1861 1665 149 359 49 12 7 163 20 1 112 214 .216 .272 .272 .544 61 453 17 67
1916 35 647 1889 1687 151 362 50 12 7 165 20 1 116 218 .215 .272 .271 .543 61 457 17 69

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1900 19 7 13 12 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .167 .231 .333 .564 1 6
1901 20 49 158 151 12 33 0 1 0 8 1 2 29 .219 .229 .232 .461 8 42
1902 21 49 161 150 13 31 4 0 2 15 2 7 18 .207 .252 .273 .525 10 43
1903 22 52 170 141 13 30 3 0 1 20 1 9 16 .213 .265 .255 .520 9 45
1904 23 50 159 139 17 32 5 3 0 19 3 10 27 .230 .287 .309 .596 12 48
1905 24 46 149 134 15 33 6 0 2 18 2 11 13 .246 .318 .336 .653 14 44
1906 25 40 111 98 8 28 5 1 0 18 0 10 17 .286 .352 .357 .709 13 38
1907 26 43 130 116 11 24 4 1 0 9 1 6 13 .207 .276 .259 .534 7 41
1908 27 58 157 137 15 24 2 2 0 15 0 11 12 .175 .247 .219 .466 7 56
1909 28 39 108 102 11 29 5 1 1 15 0 5 9 .284 .318 .382 .700 13 37
1910 29 40 132 114 10 28 6 1 1 12 1 13 14 .246 .328 .342 .670 13 38
1911 30 47 124 115 11 22 2 0 0 11 2 5 14 .191 .231 .209 .440 5 45
1912 31 46 126 116 14 30 4 1 0 10 2 6 8 .259 .301 .310 .611 11 43
1913 32 42 122 109 8 21 0 0 0 10 1 9 14 .193 .254 .193 .447 5 40
1914 33 43 129 112 10 27 4 1 0 5 5 13 12 .241 .320 .295 .615 10 41
1915 34 28 68 55 4 10 5 0 0 1 0 9 11 .182 .308 .273 .580 4 27
1916 35 14 36 26 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 8 4 .231 .412 .308 .719 3 13
17 Yrs 693 2053 1827 176 410 59 12 7 190 21 135 233 .224 .284 .281 .566 145 647
162 Game Avg. 162 480 427 41 96 14 3 2 44 5 32 54 .224 .284 .281 .566 34 647
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (90.7%)
Selected to HOF in 1936 by BBWAA

Awards (yr lg award)
1905 NL Triple Crown
1908 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (2, 39%)
1912 NL (12, 12%)
1913 NL (4, 33%)
1914 NL (16, 6%)
0.90 Career Shares (278th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1901 NL  8.6 (1st)
1903 NL  10.0 (2nd)
1904 NL  5.7 (6th)
1905 NL  9.7 (2nd)
1907 NL  7.5 (2nd)
1908 NL  10.8 (2nd)
1909 NL  9.8 (1st)
1910 NL  7.9 (1st)
1911 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1912 NL  7.5 (3rd)
1913 NL  6.6 (2nd)
Career  97.1 (28th)

Oldest s c a p y
1915 NL  born 1880-08-12 (10th)
1916 NL  born 1880-08-12 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1900 NL  born 1880-08-12 (1st)
1901 NL  born 1880-08-12 (4th)
1902 NL  born 1880-08-12 (10th)

                           

Similarity Scores

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