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Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson (Big Six, Matty or The Christian Gentleman)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA
High School: Keystone Academy (Factoryville, PA)
School: Bucknell University (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1900
Final Game: September 4, 1916
Died: October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (205/226 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Henry Mathewson and Cousin of Jack Billingham
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One of the greatest pitchers ever. He won 373 games (tied for third on the all time list) and had a career ERA of 2.13. In 1936, he became one of the famous "First Five" players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Standard Batting

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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		.182	.250	.364	.614	72	4		0	0			/1
1901	20	NYG	NL	42	136	130	10	28	0	1	0	7	1		2		.215	.227	.231	.458	35	30		0	4			1
1902	21	NYG	NL	42	137	127	10	26	3	0	2	12	2		6		.205	.252	.276	.527	63	35		2	2			1/O3
1903	22	NYG	NL	45	149	124	13	28	3	0	1	20	1		8		.226	.278	.274	.552	55	34		1	16			1
1904	23	NYG	NL	48	152	133	15	30	5	3	0	17	3		9		.226	.280	.308	.588	78	41		1	9			1
1905	24	NYG	NL	44	141	127	13	30	5	0	2	16	2		10		.236	.307	.323	.630	86	41		3	1			1
1906	25	NYG	NL	38	103	91	6	24	4	1	0	14	0		9		.264	.330	.330	.660	104	30		0	3			1
1907	26	NYG	NL	41	119	107	8	20	3	1	0	7	1		5		.187	.250	.234	.484	50	25		4	3			1
1908	27	NYG	NL	56	147	129	11	20	2	2	0	11	0		9		.155	.221	.202	.423	32	26		2	7			1
1909	28	NYG	NL	37	100	95	9	25	4	1	1	12	0		4		.263	.293	.358	.651	100	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	25	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		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	69	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	58	12		1	3			1
1916	35	TOT	NL	13	28	22	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		4	4	.136	.269	.182	.451	42	4		0	2			1
1916	35	NYG	NL	12	23	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	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	.600	.600	.800	1.400	331	4		0	0			/1
17 Seasons				646	1886	1684	151	362	50	12	7	165	20	1	116	74	.215	.272	.271	.544	61	457		17	69
162 Game Avg.				162	473	422	38	91	13	3	2	41	5		29		.215	.272	.271	.544	61	115		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)				645	1881	1679	150	359	49	12	7	164	20	1	116	74	.214	.272	.270	.541	60	453		17	69
CIN (1 yr)				1	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	331	4		0	0

Advanced Batting

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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	.182	.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	.215	.215	.271	.227	.325	.231	.353	.458	.679	35	.185	-11.0	-1.2	.324	.038	.015	.0
1902	21	NYG	NL	137	103	8	2.1	77	.192	.205	.265	.252	.320	.276	.327	.527	.647	63	.281	-5.8	-0.7	.446	.134	.071	2.0
1903	22	NYG	NL	149	112	9	2.1	95	.220	.226	.282	.278	.346	.274	.368	.552	.714	55	.242	-7.7	-0.8	.458	.121	.048	1.0
1904	23	NYG	NL	152	112	11	2.6	80	.226	.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	.224	.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	.264	.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	.187	.187	.255	.250	.322	.234	.325	.484	.647	50	.267	-6.4	-0.8	.402	.103	.047	.0
1908	27	NYG	NL	147	116	5	1.2	75	.155	.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	78	.255	.263	.254	.293	.322	.358	.328	.651	.650	100	.572	-0.5	-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	98	.222	.196	.272	.237	.350	.214	.374	.452	.724	25	.177	-11.7	-1.3	.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	.154	-10.5	-1.2	.333	.087	.000	.0
1914	33	NYG	NL	120	86	8	2.5	82	.247	.219	.255	.293	.323	.267	.342	.560	.664	69	.348	-3.8	-0.4	.524	.190	.048	.0
1915	34	NYG	NL	62	47	3	1.7	76	.200	.157	.249	.271	.311	.235	.333	.506	.644	58	.233	-2.1	-0.2	.432	.196	.078
1916	35	TOT	NL	28	21	2	2.6	75	.167	.136	.249	.269	.307	.182	.333	.451	.640	42	.388	-1.2	-0.2	.421	.227	.045
1916	35	NYG	NL	23	19	0	0.0	74	.000	.000	.248	.190	.306	.000	.332	.190	.638	-38	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.235	.235	.000
1916	35	CIN	NL	5	2	2	27.1	77	.600	.600	.252	.600	.310	.800	.336	1.400	.646	331	.979	1.3	0.1	2.000	.200	.200
17 Seasons				1886	1392	125	2.4	85	.221	.215	.265	.272	.329	.271	.347	.544	.676	61	.325	-82.9	-9.3	.460	.137	.056	10.4
162 Game Avg.				473	349	31	2.4	85	.221	.215	.265	.272	.329	.271	.347	.544	.676	61	.325	-82.9	-9.3	.460	.137	.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)				1881	1390	123	2.4	85	.220	.214	.265	.272	.329	.270	.347	.541	.676	60	.320	-84.2	-9.5	.458	.136	.056	10.4
CIN (1 yr)				5	2	2	27.1	77	.600	.600	.252	.600	.310	.800	.336	1.400	.646	331	.979	1.3	0.1	2.000	.200	.200

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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		.182	.250	.364	.614	72	4		0	0
1901	20	48	148	141	11	30	2	1	0	8	1		3		.213	.229	.241	.470	38	34		0	4
1902	21	90	285	268	21	56	5	1	2	20	3		9		.209	.240	.257	.498	50	69		2	6
1903	22	135	434	392	34	84	8	1	3	40	4		17		.214	.252	.263	.515	51	103		3	22
1904	23	183	586	525	49	114	13	4	3	57	7		26		.217	.259	.274	.534	58	144		4	31
1905	24	227	727	652	62	144	18	4	5	73	9		36		.221	.269	.284	.553	64	185		7	32
1906	25	265	830	743	68	168	22	5	5	87	9		45		.226	.277	.289	.566	68	215		7	35
1907	26	306	949	850	76	188	25	6	5	94	10		50		.221	.273	.282	.556	66	240		11	38
1908	27	362	1096	979	87	208	27	8	5	105	10		59		.212	.266	.272	.538	62	266		13	45
1909	28	399	1196	1074	96	233	31	9	6	117	10		63		.217	.269	.279	.548	65	300		13	46
1910	29	437	1320	1181	105	258	36	10	7	127	11		75	13	.218	.273	.284	.557	67	335		14	50
1911	30	482	1441	1293	117	280	38	10	7	139	13		80	26	.217	.270	.278	.548	63	359		15	53
1912	31	525	1561	1403	131	309	42	11	7	149	15		86	34	.220	.273	.281	.554	64	394		16	56
1913	32	565	1676	1506	138	328	42	11	7	158	16		94	47	.218	.271	.274	.545	61	413		16	60
1914	33	606	1796	1611	146	351	45	12	7	162	20		105	59	.218	.273	.274	.546	61	441		16	64
1915	34	633	1858	1662	149	359	49	12	7	163	20	1	112	70	.216	.272	.273	.545	61	453		17	67
1916	35	646	1886	1684	151	362	50	12	7	165	20	1	116	74	.215	.272	.271	.544	61	457		17	69

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

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	0	.167	.231	.333	.564	1	6
1901	20	49	153	151	12	33	0	1	0	8	1	2	0	.219	.229	.232	.461	8	42
1902	21	48	156	147	12	31	4	0	2	15	2	7	0	.211	.256	.279	.535	10	42
1903	22	52	151	141	13	30	3	0	1	20	1	9	0	.213	.265	.255	.520	9	45
1904	23	50	150	139	17	32	5	3	0	19	3	10	0	.230	.287	.309	.596	12	48
1905	24	46	148	134	15	33	6	0	2	18	2	11	0	.246	.318	.336	.653	14	44
1906	25	40	108	98	8	28	5	1	0	18	0	10	0	.286	.352	.357	.709	13	38
1907	26	43	127	116	11	24	4	1	0	9	1	6	0	.207	.276	.259	.534	7	41
1908	27	58	150	137	15	24	2	2	0	15	0	11	0	.175	.247	.219	.466	7	56
1909	28	39	107	102	11	29	5	1	1	15	0	5	0	.284	.318	.382	.700	13	37
1910	29	40	128	114	10	28	6	1	1	12	1	13	14	.246	.328	.342	.670	13	38
1911	30	47	121	115	11	22	2	0	0	11	2	5	14	.191	.231	.209	.440	5	45
1912	31	46	123	116	14	30	4	1	0	10	2	6	8	.259	.301	.310	.611	11	43
1913	32	42	118	109	8	21	0	0	0	10	1	9	14	.193	.254	.193	.447	5	40
1914	33	43	125	112	10	27	4	1	0	5	5	13	12	.241	.320	.295	.615	10	41
1915	34	28	65	55	4	10	5	0	0	1	0	9	11	.182	.308	.273	.580	4	27
1916	35	14	34	26	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	8	4	.231	.412	.308	.719	3	13
17 Seasons		692	1977	1824	175	410	59	12	7	190	21	135	77	.225	.285	.282	.567	145	646
162 Game Avg.		162	463	427	41	96	14	3	2	44	5	32		.225	.285	.282	.567	34	646
		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

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 (268th)

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

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters   View Player Links in Pop-up  Compare Stats to Similars Pete Alexander (978) * Early Wynn (970) * Ted Lyons (962) * Steve Carlton (960) * Eddie Plank (959) * Ted Breitenstein (955) Chief Bender (954) * Red Ehret (954) Bill Hutchison (951) Doc White (947) * - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages   View Player Links in Pop-up  Hold mouse over #'s to see names Kid Nichols (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Chief Bender (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Chief Bender (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Ed Stein (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Sadie McMahon (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Chief Bender (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Red Ehret (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Cy Young (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Cy Young (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Cy Young (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Cy Young (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Chief Bender (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Chief Bender (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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