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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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Hall of Fame

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 0 3 .000 5.08 6 1 4 1 0 0 33.2 37 32 19 1 20 15 4 0 1 157 71 1.693 9.9 0.3 5.3 4.0 0.75
1901 20 NYG NL 20 17 .541 2.41 40 38 2 36 5 0 336.0 288 131 90 3 97 221 13 1 23 1361 138 1.146 7.7 0.1 2.6 5.9 2.28
1902 21 NYG NL 14 17 .452 2.12 35 33 2 30 8 0 284.2 246 118 67 3 77 164 10 2 17 1142 131 1.135 7.8 0.1 2.4 5.2 2.13
1903 22 NYG NL 30 13 .698 2.26 45 42 3 37 3 2 366.1 321 136 92 4 100 267 10 0 18 1502 149 1.149 7.9 0.1 2.5 6.6 2.67
1904 23 NYG NL 33 12 .733 2.03 48 46 2 33 4 1 367.2 306 120 83 7 78 212 4 2 10 1437 133 1.044 7.5 0.2 1.9 5.2 2.72
1905 24 NYG NL 31 9 .775 1.28 43 37 6 32 8 3 338.2 252 85 48 4 64 206 1 3 6 1294 230 0.933 6.7 0.1 1.7 5.5 3.22
1906 25 NYG NL 22 12 .647 2.97 38 35 3 22 6 1 266.2 262 100 88 3 77 128 3 0 4 1092 88 1.271 8.8 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.66
1907 26 NYG NL 24 12 .667 2.00 41 36 4 31 8 2 315.0 250 88 70 5 53 178 2 0 5 1235 123 0.962 7.1 0.1 1.5 5.1 3.36
1908 27 NYG NL 37 11 .771 1.43 56 44 9 34 11 5 390.2 281 85 62 5 42 259 3 0 2 1469 168 0.827 6.5 0.1 1.0 6.0 6.17
1909 28 NYG NL 25 6 .806 1.14 37 33 4 26 8 2 275.1 192 57 35 2 36 149 0 0 4 998 222 0.828 6.3 0.1 1.2 4.9 4.14
1910 29 NYG NL 27 9 .750 1.89 38 35 3 27 2 0 318.1 292 100 67 5 60 184 3 0 8 1242 157 1.106 8.3 0.1 1.7 5.2 3.07
1911 30 NYG NL 26 13 .667 1.99 45 37 6 29 5 3 307.0 303 102 68 5 38 141 1 0 2 1208 167 1.111 8.9 0.1 1.1 4.1 3.71 MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 23 12 .657 2.12 43 34 9 27 0 5 310.0 311 107 73 5 34 134 2 0 3 1263 161 1.113 9.0 0.1 1.0 3.9 3.94 MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 25 11 .694 2.06 40 35 5 25 4 2 306.0 291 94 70 8 21 93 0 0 3 1195 152 1.020 8.6 0.2 0.6 2.7 4.43 MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 24 13 .649 3.00 41 35 6 29 5 2 312.0 314 133 104 16 23 80 2 0 7 1251 88 1.080 9.1 0.5 0.7 2.3 3.48 MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 8 14 .364 3.58 27 24 1 11 1 0 186.0 199 97 74 9 20 57 1 0 1 768 72 1.177 9.6 0.4 1.0 2.8 2.85
1916 35 TOT NL 4 4 .500 3.01 13 7 4 5 1 2 74.2 74 35 25 4 8 19 0 0 1 299 83 1.098 8.9 0.5 1.0 2.3 2.38
1916 35 NYG NL 3 4 .429 2.33 12 6 4 4 1 2 65.2 59 27 17 3 7 16 0 0 0 256 105 1.005 8.1 0.4 1.0 2.2 2.29
1916 35 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 8 8 1 1 3 0 0 1 43 34 1.778 15.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
17 Yrs 373 188 .665 2.13 636 552 73 435 79 30 4788.2 4219 1620 1135 89 848 2507 59 8 115 18913 135 1.058 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96
162 Game Avg. 21 11 .665 2.13 36 32 4 25 5 2 274 241 93 65 5 49 143 3 0 7 1083 135 1.058 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 372 188 .664 2.12 635 551 73 434 79 30 4779.2 4204 1612 1127 88 847 2504 59 8 114 18870 136 1.057 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 8 8 1 1 3 0 0 1 43 34 1.778 15.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 3.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 33.2 6 1 32 8.55 5.23 -0.26 0.00 97.0 5.33 -11 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -9 .350 .494 $
1901 20 NYG NL 336.0 40 38 131 3.51 4.74 -0.25 0.00 100.0 4.99 59 6.6 1.0 -0.5 8.7 85 .664 .540 $1,500
1902 21 NYG NL 284.2 35 33 118 3.73 4.14 -0.01 0.00 100.0 4.15 16 1.9 1.0 -0.3 3.8 35 .554 .512 $3,500
1903 22 NYG NL 366.1 45 42 136 3.34 4.72 -0.03 0.00 103.0 4.89 65 7.1 1.0 -0.3 9.6 97 .657 .544 $5,000
1904 23 NYG NL 367.2 48 46 120 2.94 3.79 0.37 0.00 99.0 3.39 21 2.5 1.0 -0.4 5.1 49 .552 .515 $
1905 24 NYG NL 338.2 43 37 85 2.26 3.97 0.28 0.00 98.0 3.62 52 6.4 1.0 -0.3 8.8 81 .648 .539 $
1906 25 NYG NL 266.2 38 35 100 3.38 3.49 0.11 0.00 99.0 3.35 2 0.3 1.0 -0.2 2.2 20 .508 .502 $
1907 26 NYG NL 315.0 41 36 88 2.51 3.36 -0.11 0.00 100.0 3.46 37 5.1 1.0 -0.3 7.3 56 .624 .531 $
1908 27 NYG NL 390.2 56 44 85 1.96 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 56 8.0 1.0 -0.3 10.7 82 .642 .549 $
1909 28 NYG NL 275.1 37 33 57 1.86 3.62 -0.08 0.00 98.0 3.62 52 7.1 1.0 -0.3 8.9 75 .692 .544 $10,000
1910 29 NYG NL 318.1 38 35 100 2.83 3.95 -0.13 0.00 98.0 4.00 41 5.0 1.0 -0.3 7.1 67 .632 .531 $10,000
1911 30 NYG NL 307.0 45 37 102 2.99 4.35 0.06 0.00 98.0 4.20 44 5.0 1.0 -0.3 7.0 69 .612 .531 $9,000 MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 310.0 43 34 107 3.11 4.51 0.14 0.00 100.0 4.38 45 5.0 1.0 -0.3 7.0 73 .616 .531 $9,000 MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 306.0 40 35 94 2.76 4.11 0.11 0.00 98.0 3.92 39 4.6 1.0 -0.2 6.6 65 .616 .529 $9,000 MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 312.0 41 35 133 3.84 3.77 0.27 0.00 95.0 3.33 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.2 0.4 6 .458 .489 $ MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 186.0 27 24 97 4.69 3.60 -0.12 0.00 94.0 3.50 -23 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -11 .404 .484 $
1916 35 NYG NL 65.2 12 6 27 3.70 3.39 0.09 0.00 93.0 3.07 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .452 .496 $
1916 35 CIN NL 9.0 1 1 8 8.00 3.48 -0.09 0.00 99.0 3.53 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .158 .498 $
17 Seasons 4788.2 636 552 1620 3.04 3.97 0.05 0.00 98.9 3.88 471 58.3 1.0 -4.2 90.8 836 .592 .520 $57,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 4779.2 635 551 1612 3.04 3.97 0.05 0.00 98.9 3.88 476 58.7 1.0 -4.2 91.1 840 .592 .521 $57,000
CIN (1 yr) 9.0 1 1 8 8.00 3.48 -0.09 0.00 99.0 3.53 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .158 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1905 24 NYG NL WS W PHA 3 0 1.000 0.00 3 3 0 3 3 0 27.0 13 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 0 1 94 0.519 4.3 0.0 0.3 6.0 18.00
1911 30 NYG NL WS L PHA 1 2 .333 2.00 3 3 0 2 0 0 27.0 25 8 6 1 2 1 13 0 0 0 107 1.000 8.3 0.3 0.7 4.3 6.50
1912 31 NYG NL WS L BOS 0 2 .000 0.94 3 3 0 3 0 0 28.2 23 11 3 0 5 1 10 0 0 0 115 0.977 7.2 0.0 1.6 3.1 2.00
1913 32 NYG NL WS L PHA 1 1 .500 0.95 2 2 0 2 1 0 19.0 14 3 2 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 75 0.842 6.6 0.0 0.9 3.3 3.50
4 Yrs (4 Series) 5 5 .500 0.97 11 11 0 10 4 0 101.2 75 22 11 1 10 3 48 1 0 1 391 0.836 6.6 0.1 0.9 4.2 4.80
4 WS 5 5 .500 0.97 11 11 0 10 4 0 101.2 75 22 11 1 10 3 48 1 0 1 391 0.836 6.6 0.1 0.9 4.2 4.80

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1900 19 0 3 .000 5.08 6 1 4 1 0 0 33.2 37 32 19 1 20 15 4 0 1 157 71 1.693 9.9 0.3 5.3 4.0 0.75 71
1901 20 20 20 .500 2.65 46 39 6 37 5 0 369.2 325 163 109 4 117 236 17 1 24 1518 126 1.196 7.9 0.1 2.8 5.7 2.02 126
1902 21 34 37 .479 2.42 81 72 8 67 13 0 654.1 571 281 176 7 194 400 27 3 41 2660 128 1.169 7.9 0.1 2.7 5.5 2.06 128
1903 22 64 50 .561 2.36 126 114 11 104 16 2 1020.2 892 417 268 11 294 667 37 3 59 4162 135 1.162 7.9 0.1 2.6 5.9 2.27 135
1904 23 97 62 .610 2.28 174 160 13 137 20 3 1388.1 1198 537 351 18 372 879 41 5 69 5599 135 1.131 7.8 0.1 2.4 5.7 2.36 135
1905 24 128 71 .643 2.08 217 197 19 169 28 6 1727.0 1450 622 399 22 436 1085 42 8 75 6893 146 1.092 7.6 0.1 2.3 5.7 2.49 146
1906 25 150 83 .644 2.20 255 232 22 191 34 7 1993.2 1712 722 487 25 513 1213 45 8 79 7985 136 1.116 7.7 0.1 2.3 5.5 2.36 136
1907 26 174 95 .647 2.17 296 268 26 222 42 9 2308.2 1962 810 557 30 566 1391 47 8 84 9220 134 1.095 7.6 0.1 2.2 5.4 2.46 134
1908 27 211 106 .666 2.06 352 312 35 256 53 14 2699.1 2243 895 619 35 608 1650 50 8 86 10689 138 1.056 7.5 0.1 2.0 5.5 2.71 138
1909 28 236 112 .678 1.98 389 345 39 282 61 16 2974.2 2435 952 654 37 644 1799 50 8 90 11687 142 1.035 7.4 0.1 1.9 5.4 2.79 142
1910 29 263 121 .685 1.97 427 380 42 309 63 16 3293.0 2727 1052 721 42 704 1983 53 8 98 12929 143 1.042 7.5 0.1 1.9 5.4 2.82 143
1911 30 289 134 .683 1.97 472 417 48 338 68 19 3600.0 3030 1154 789 47 742 2124 54 8 100 14137 145 1.048 7.6 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.86 145
1912 31 312 146 .681 1.98 515 451 57 365 68 24 3910.0 3341 1261 862 52 776 2258 56 8 103 15400 147 1.053 7.7 0.1 1.8 5.2 2.91 147
1913 32 337 157 .682 1.99 555 486 62 390 72 26 4216.0 3632 1355 932 60 797 2351 56 8 106 16595 147 1.051 7.8 0.1 1.7 5.0 2.95 147
1914 33 361 170 .680 2.06 596 521 68 419 77 28 4528.0 3946 1488 1036 76 820 2431 58 8 113 17846 141 1.053 7.8 0.2 1.6 4.8 2.96 141
1915 34 369 184 .667 2.12 623 545 69 430 78 28 4714.0 4145 1585 1110 85 840 2488 59 8 114 18614 137 1.057 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.8 2.96 137
1916 35 373 188 .665 2.13 636 552 73 435 79 30 4788.2 4219 1620 1135 89 848 2507 59 8 115 18913 135 1.058 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96 135

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1900 19 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 40 21 19 1 22 17 4 1.632 9.5 5.2 4.0 0.77 0.2 6
1901 20 30 11 .732 2.38 375.0 326 110 99 3 110 246 15 1.163 7.8 2.6 5.9 2.24 0.1 40
1902 21 24 9 .727 2.52 303.0 297 94 85 4 93 175 12 1.287 8.8 2.8 5.2 1.88 0.1 35
1903 22 36 10 .783 2.03 422.0 351 106 95 4 109 308 11 1.090 7.5 2.3 6.6 2.83 0.1 45
1904 23 28 11 .718 2.49 354.0 339 109 98 8 86 204 4 1.201 8.6 2.2 5.2 2.37 0.2 48
1905 24 33 4 .892 1.48 335.0 276 61 55 4 70 204 1 1.033 7.4 1.9 5.5 2.91 0.1 43
1906 25 13 14 .481 4.21 248.0 309 129 116 4 91 119 4 1.613 11.2 3.3 4.3 1.31 0.1 38
1907 26 23 11 .676 2.78 311.0 300 107 96 6 64 176 2 1.170 8.7 1.9 5.1 2.75 0.2 41
1908 27 34 8 .810 1.99 379.0 334 93 84 6 50 251 4 1.013 7.9 1.2 6.0 5.02 0.1 56
1909 28 24 4 .857 1.56 260.0 222 50 45 2 42 141 0 1.015 7.7 1.5 4.9 3.36 0.1 37
1910 29 25 8 .758 2.32 302.0 322 87 78 6 66 175 3 1.285 9.6 2.0 5.2 2.65 0.2 38
1911 30 25 8 .758 2.17 298.0 318 80 72 5 40 137 1 1.201 9.6 1.2 4.1 3.43 0.2 45
1912 31 29 7 .806 2.04 326.0 322 82 74 5 35 141 2 1.095 8.9 1.0 3.9 4.03 0.1 43
1913 32 24 9 .727 2.38 303.0 318 89 80 9 23 92 0 1.125 9.4 0.7 2.7 4.00 0.3 40
1914 33 17 16 .515 3.88 304.0 360 146 131 18 26 78 2 1.270 10.7 0.8 2.3 3.00 0.5 41
1915 34 7 12 .368 5.03 179.0 236 111 100 11 24 55 1 1.453 11.9 1.2 2.8 2.29 0.6 27
1916 35 3 4 .429 4.63 70.0 90 40 36 5 10 18 0 1.429 11.6 1.3 2.3 1.80 0.6 13
17 Yrs 377 148 .718 2.55 4807.0 4760 1515 1363 101 961 2537 66 1.190 8.9 4.7 2.64 0.2 636
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 NL  8.7 (1st)
1902 NL  3.8 (7th)
1903 NL  9.6 (2nd)
1904 NL  5.1 (5th)
1905 NL  8.8 (1st)
1907 NL  7.3 (1st)
1908 NL  10.7 (1st)
1909 NL  8.9 (1st)
1910 NL  7.1 (1st)
1911 NL  7.0 (3rd)
1912 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1913 NL  6.6 (2nd)
Career  90.8 (11th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL  2.41 (6th)
1902 NL  2.12 (8th)
1903 NL  2.26 (2nd)
1904 NL  2.03 (6th)
1905 NL  1.28 (1st)
1907 NL  2.00 (8th)
1908 NL  1.43 (1st)
1909 NL  1.14 (1st)
1910 NL  1.89 (3rd)
1911 NL  1.99 (1st)
1912 NL  2.12 (2nd)
1913 NL  2.06 (1st)
Career  2.13 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  20 (6th)
1903 NL  30 (2nd)
1904 NL  33 (2nd)
1905 NL  31 (1st)
1906 NL  22 (4th)
1907 NL  24 (1st)
1908 NL  37 (1st)
1909 NL  25 (2nd)
1910 NL  27 (1st)
1911 NL  26 (2nd)
1912 NL  23 (4th)
1913 NL  25 (2nd)
1914 NL  24 (5th)
Career  373 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1903 NL  .698 (4th)
1904 NL  .733 (3rd)
1905 NL  .775 (2nd)
1906 NL  .647 (9th)
1907 NL  .667 (6th)
1908 NL  .771 (2nd)
1909 NL  .806 (1st)
1910 NL  .750 (4th)
1911 NL  .667 (5th)
1912 NL  .657 (7th)
1913 NL  .694 (6th)
1914 NL  .649 (6th)
Career  .665 (17th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.146 (6th)
1902 NL  1.135 (10th)
1903 NL  1.149 (4th)
1904 NL  1.044 (6th)
1905 NL  0.933 (1st)
1907 NL  0.962 (2nd)
1908 NL  0.827 (1st)
1909 NL  0.828 (1st)
1910 NL  1.106 (2nd)
1911 NL  1.111 (3rd)
1912 NL  1.113 (2nd)
1913 NL  1.020 (1st)
1914 NL  1.080 (3rd)
Career  1.058 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  7.714 (2nd)
1902 NL  7.778 (7th)
1903 NL  7.886 (2nd)
1904 NL  7.491 (6th)
1905 NL  6.697 (2nd)
1907 NL  7.143 (10th)
1908 NL  6.474 (2nd)
1909 NL  6.276 (1st)
Career  7.929 (102nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 NL  1.909 (7th)
1905 NL  1.701 (4th)
1907 NL  1.514 (2nd)
1908 NL  0.968 (1st)
1909 NL  1.177 (1st)
1910 NL  1.696 (2nd)
1911 NL  1.114 (1st)
1912 NL  0.987 (1st)
1913 NL  0.618 (1st)
1914 NL  0.664 (1st)
1915 NL  0.968 (1st)
Career  1.594 (29th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  5.920 (3rd)
1902 NL  5.185 (2nd)
1903 NL  6.560 (1st)
1904 NL  5.190 (2nd)
1905 NL  5.474 (3rd)
1907 NL  5.086 (3rd)
1908 NL  5.967 (2nd)
1909 NL  4.871 (6th)
1910 NL  5.202 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1901 NL  40 (5th)
1902 NL  35 (9th)
1903 NL  45 (2nd)
1904 NL  48 (2nd)
1905 NL  43 (3rd)
1906 NL  38 (10th)
1907 NL  41 (3rd)
1908 NL  56 (1st)
1911 NL  45 (5th)
1912 NL  43 (6th)
Career  636 (146th)

Saves s c a p y
1903 NL  2 (3rd)
1904 NL  1 (7th)
1905 NL  3 (2nd)
1907 NL  2 (4th)
1908 NL  5 (1st)
1909 NL  2 (9th)
1911 NL  3 (8th)
1912 NL  5 (2nd)
1916 NL  2 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1901 NL  336.0 (5th)
1902 NL  284.7 (9th)
1903 NL  366.3 (2nd)
1904 NL  367.7 (3rd)
1905 NL  338.7 (3rd)
1907 NL  315.0 (3rd)
1908 NL  390.7 (1st)
1909 NL  275.3 (10th)
1910 NL  318.3 (2nd)
1911 NL  307.0 (6th)
1912 NL  310.0 (2nd)
1913 NL  306.0 (4th)
1914 NL  312.0 (7th)
Career  4,788.7 (18th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 NL  221 (4th)
1902 NL  164 (5th)
1903 NL  267 (1st)
1904 NL  212 (1st)
1905 NL  206 (1st)
1906 NL  128 (10th)
1907 NL  178 (1st)
1908 NL  259 (1st)
1909 NL  149 (6th)
1910 NL  184 (2nd)
1911 NL  141 (6th)
1912 NL  134 (9th)
Career  2,507 (30th)

Games Started s c a p y
1901 NL  38 (3rd)
1902 NL  33 (7th)
1903 NL  42 (2nd)
1904 NL  46 (1st)
1905 NL  37 (5th)
1906 NL  35 (8th)
1907 NL  36 (4th)
1908 NL  44 (1st)
1909 NL  33 (6th)
1910 NL  35 (5th)
1911 NL  37 (2nd)
1912 NL  34 (7th)
1913 NL  35 (5th)
1914 NL  35 (8th)
Career  552 (29th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1901 NL  36 (3rd)
1902 NL  30 (7th)
1903 NL  37 (2nd)
1904 NL  33 (7th)
1905 NL  32 (5th)
1907 NL  31 (3rd)
1908 NL  34 (1st)
1909 NL  26 (4th)
1910 NL  27 (1st)
1911 NL  29 (2nd)
1912 NL  27 (2nd)
1913 NL  25 (2nd)
1914 NL  29 (4th)
Career  435 (14th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1901 NL  5 (4th)
1902 NL  8 (1st)
1903 NL  3 (6th)
1904 NL  4 (7th)
1905 NL  8 (1st)
1906 NL  6 (3rd)
1907 NL  8 (1st)
1908 NL  11 (1st)
1909 NL  8 (2nd)
1911 NL  5 (3rd)
1913 NL  4 (3rd)
1914 NL  5 (6th)
Career  79 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1902 NL  3 (7th)
1903 NL  4 (10th)
1904 NL  7 (5th)
1907 NL  5 (6th)
1908 NL  5 (7th)
1913 NL  8 (9th)
1914 NL  16 (1st)
1915 NL  9 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  97 (6th)
1902 NL  77 (8th)
1903 NL  100 (6th)
Career  848 (200th)

Hits s c a p y
1903 NL  321 (3rd)
1904 NL  306 (5th)
1906 NL  262 (9th)
1907 NL  250 (10th)
1908 NL  281 (1st)
1910 NL  292 (2nd)
1911 NL  303 (1st)
1912 NL  311 (3rd)
1913 NL  291 (1st)
1914 NL  314 (2nd)
Career  4,219 (31st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  2.278 (10th)
1902 NL  2.130 (9th)
1903 NL  2.670 (3rd)
1904 NL  2.718 (3rd)
1905 NL  3.219 (1st)
1906 NL  1.662 (10th)
1907 NL  3.359 (1st)
1908 NL  6.167 (1st)
1909 NL  4.139 (1st)
1910 NL  3.067 (1st)
1911 NL  3.711 (1st)
1912 NL  3.941 (1st)
1913 NL  4.429 (1st)
1914 NL  3.478 (1st)
1915 NL  2.850 (3rd)
Career  2.956 (44th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  0.080 (5th)
1911 NL  0.147 (8th)
1912 NL  0.145 (8th)
Career  0.167 (115th)

Losses s c a p y
1901 NL  17 (9th)
1902 NL  17 (6th)
Career  188 (57th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 NL  92 (10th)
1906 NL  88 (6th)
1914 NL  104 (1st)
Career  1,135 (152nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1901 NL  23 (1st)
1902 NL  17 (1st)
1903 NL  18 (1st)
1904 NL  10 (4th)
1910 NL  8 (6th)
1914 NL  7 (9th)
Career  115 (73rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  13 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1901 NL  1,361 (5th)
1902 NL  1,142 (10th)
1903 NL  1,502 (3rd)
1904 NL  1,437 (5th)
1905 NL  1,294 (7th)
1907 NL  1,235 (4th)
1908 NL  1,469 (1st)
1910 NL  1,242 (3rd)
1911 NL  1,208 (6th)
1912 NL  1,263 (4th)
1913 NL  1,195 (5th)
1914 NL  1,251 (8th)
Career  18,913 (27th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1905 NL  6 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 NL  138 (5th)
1902 NL  133 (8th)
1903 NL  147 (2nd)
1904 NL  134 (6th)
1905 NL  230 (1st)
1907 NL  123 (8th)
1908 NL  168 (1st)
1909 NL  222 (1st)
1910 NL  157 (2nd)
1911 NL  169 (1st)
1912 NL  161 (2nd)
1913 NL  152 (1st)
Career  135 (21st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  33 (3rd)
1902 NL  15 (8th)
1903 NL  43 (2nd)
1904 NL  29 (2nd)
1905 NL  57 (1st)
1907 NL  20 (5th)
1908 NL  42 (1st)
1909 NL  41 (2nd)
1910 NL  35 (1st)
1911 NL  42 (1st)
1912 NL  42 (1st)
1913 NL  36 (1st)
Career  389 (12th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  3.4 (3rd)
1902 NL  1.6 (8th)
1903 NL  4.4 (2nd)
1904 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1905 NL  6.5 (1st)
1907 NL  2.4 (5th)
1908 NL  5.2 (1st)
1909 NL  4.9 (2nd)
1910 NL  3.9 (1st)
1911 NL  4.5 (1st)
1912 NL  4.3 (1st)
1913 NL  4.0 (1st)
Career  43.5 (11th)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 92 (9), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 350 (4), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 303 (5), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 84 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Pete Alexander (905) *
  2. Eddie Plank (860) *
  3. Kid Nichols (821) *
  4. John Clarkson (817) *
  5. Tim Keefe (816) *
  6. Old Hoss Radbourn (814) *
  7. Greg Maddux (770)
  8. Warren Spahn (764) *
  9. Mickey Welch (756) *
  10. Lefty Grove (742) *
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Don Drysdale (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Stump Wiedman (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chief Bender (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Smoky Joe Wood (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Morris (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Walter Johnson (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Corcoran (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Walter Johnson (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Walter Johnson (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Walter Johnson (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Walter Johnson (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Walter Johnson (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Walter Johnson (861) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Walter Johnson (846) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Walter Johnson (844) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Cy Young (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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