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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 (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
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:13PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Lefty Grove… #8. CHRISTY MATHEWSON… #9. Bob Gibson… #10. Roger Clemens… #11. Nolan Ryan… 

Standard Pitching

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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 72 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 133 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 147 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 134 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 169 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 Seasons 373 188 .665 2.13 636 552 73 435 79 30 4788.2 4219 1620 1135 89 848 2507 59 8 115 18913 136 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 136 1.058 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96
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
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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 33.2 1 32 22 -1 1.0 -10 -0.9 $
1901 20 NYG NL 336.0 38 131 198 -8 1.0 67 7.5 $
1902 21 NYG NL 284.2 32 114 139 0 1.0 25 2.9 $
1903 22 NYG NL 366.1 42 136 224 -1 1.0 88 8.9 $
1904 23 NYG NL 367.2 46 120 185 11 1.0 65 6.1 $
1905 24 NYG NL 338.2 37 85 177 8 1.0 92 9.1 $
1906 25 NYG NL 266.2 35 100 122 2 1.0 22 2.3 $
1907 26 NYG NL 315.0 36 88 138 -3 1.0 50 6.6 $
1908 27 NYG NL 390.2 44 85 163 2 1.0 78 10.1 $
1909 28 NYG NL 275.1 33 57 127 -2 1.0 70 8.5 $
1910 29 NYG NL 318.1 35 100 163 -3 1.0 63 7.2 $
1911 30 NYG NL 307.0 37 102 174 1 1.0 72 7.3 $ MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 310.0 34 107 182 3 1.0 75 7.2 $ MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 306.0 35 94 161 3 1.0 67 6.8 $ MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 312.0 35 133 152 6 1.0 19 0.7 $ MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 186.0 24 97 86 -2 1.0 -11 -2.0 $
1916 35 NYG NL 65.2 6 27 29 0 1.0 2 -0.1 $
1916 35 CIN NL 9.0 1 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
17 Seasons 4788.2 551 1616 2446 16 1.0 830 87.7 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 4779.2 550 1608 2442 16 1.0 834 88.2 $
CIN (1 yr) 9.0 1 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $

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 Seasons (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

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 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 59 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 .651 100 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 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 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 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 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 1.400 331 4 0 0 /1
17 Seasons 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 1.400 331 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1900 19 NYG NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1901 20 NYG NL 136 -10 0 0 0 0 4 4 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $1,500 1
1902 21 NYG NL 140 -6 -1 0 0 -1 4 4 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $3,500 1/O3
1903 22 NYG NL 149 -7 -1 0 0 0 6 4 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $5,000 1
1904 23 NYG NL 152 -3 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1905 24 NYG NL 141 -2 -1 0 0 0 6 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1
1906 25 NYG NL 103 1 -1 0 0 0 4 3 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ 1
1907 26 NYG NL 119 -6 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1908 27 NYG NL 147 -10 0 0 0 0 5 4 -1 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ 1
1909 28 NYG NL 100 -1 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 0.6 6 0.7 -0.1 $10,000 1
1910 29 NYG NL 124 -2 -1 0 0 0 5 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $10,000 1
1911 30 NYG NL 121 -12 0 0 0 0 7 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $9,000 1 MVP-2
1912 31 NYG NL 120 -4 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $9,000 1 MVP-12
1913 32 NYG NL 115 -10 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $9,000 1 MVP-4
1914 33 NYG NL 120 -4 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 MVP-16
1915 34 NYG NL 62 -2 -1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1916 35 NYG NL 23 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1916 35 CIN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
17 Seasons 1889 -80 -7 0 0 -1 75 52 39 3.0 40 4.2 -1.2 $57,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (17 yrs) 1884 -81 -7 0 0 -1 75 52 38 2.9 39 4.1 -1.2 $57,000
CIN (1 yr) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1900 NYG NL 19 P 6 33.2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.67 1.67 .921 2.67 2.58
1901 NYG NL 20 P 40 336.0 130 21 108 1 1 .992 3.46 3.23 .934 2.75 2.72
1902 NYG NL 21 P 35 284.2 103 17 79 7 5 .932 3.04 2.74 .933 2.72 2.68
1902 NYG NL 21 OF 4 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .945 1.98 1-0-3
1902 NYG NL 21 1B 3 33 27 2 4 2 .879 9.67 .981 10.57
1903 NYG NL 22 P 45 366.1 114 18 93 3 0 .974 2.73 2.47 .924 2.87 2.81
1904 NYG NL 23 P 48 367.2 154 32 116 6 0 .961 3.62 3.08 .940 3.03 2.95
1905 NYG NL 24 P 43 338.2 135 15 116 4 4 .970 3.48 3.05 .943 2.97 2.93
1906 NYG NL 25 P 38 266.2 106 15 90 1 1 .991 3.54 2.76 .948 3.05 2.99
1907 NYG NL 26 P 41 315.0 109 16 87 6 0 .945 2.94 2.51 .950 2.97 2.89
1908 NYG NL 27 P 56 390.2 170 27 141 2 1 .988 3.87 3.00 .953 2.99 2.98
1909 NYG NL 28 P 37 275.1 119 19 96 4 3 .966 3.76 3.11 .940 2.83 2.84
1910 NYG NL 29 P 38 318.1 130 12 114 4 6 .969 3.56 3.32 .945 2.82 2.80
1911 NYG NL 30 P 45 307.0 140 31 107 2 2 .986 4.05 3.07 .943 2.77 2.74 MVP-2
1912 NYG NL 31 P 43 310.0 93 15 74 4 4 .957 2.58 2.07 .948 2.54 2.52 MVP-12
1913 NYG NL 32 P 40 306.0 116 13 100 3 3 .974 3.32 2.83 .955 2.61 2.60 MVP-4
1914 NYG NL 33 P 41 312.0 111 15 91 5 7 .955 3.06 2.59 .943 2.68 2.66 MVP-16
1915 NYG NL 34 P 27 186.0 63 8 54 1 3 .984 3.00 2.30 .952 2.72 2.71
1916 TOT NL 35 P 13 74.2 34 6 28 0 1 1.000 4.10 2.62 .959 2.68 2.67
1916 NYG NL 35 P 12 65.2 30 5 25 0 1 1.000 4.11 2.50 .959 2.67 2.67
1916 CIN NL 35 P 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 4.00 .960 2.70 2.70
17 Seasons P 636 4788.2 1837 281 1503 53 41 .971 3.35 2.81 .943 2.83 2.79
1 Season OF 4 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .945 1.98 1-0-3
1 Season 1B 3 33 27 2 4 2 .879 9.67 .981 10.57
17 Seasons TOT 643 4788.2 1876 313 1506 57 44 .970 3.35 2.83 .944 2.83 2.82 1-0-3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  7.3 (4th)
1903 NL  9.1 (2nd)
1904 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1905 NL  9.8 (2nd)
1907 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1908 NL  9.7 (2nd)
1909 NL  9.1 (2nd)
1910 NL  7.7 (1st)
1911 NL  7.1 (4th)
1912 NL  7.7 (2nd)
1913 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  90.7 (35th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 NL  7.5 (1st)
1903 NL  8.9 (2nd)
1904 NL  6.1 (3rd)
1905 NL  9.1 (1st)
1907 NL  6.6 (1st)
1908 NL  10.1 (1st)
1909 NL  8.5 (2nd)
1910 NL  7.2 (1st)
1911 NL  7.3 (3rd)
1912 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1913 NL  6.8 (2nd)
Career  87.7 (14th)

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 (100th)

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 (145th)

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 (30th)

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 (45th)

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  136 (24th)

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  390 (13th)

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  43.7 (11th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1901 NL  40 (5th)
1903 NL  45 (2nd)
1904 NL  48 (2nd)
1905 NL  43 (3rd)
1907 NL  41 (3rd)
1908 NL  56 (1st)
1911 NL  45 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1901 NL  21 (5th)
1903 NL  18 (4th)
1904 NL  32 (3rd)
1908 NL  27 (2nd)
1909 NL  19 (2nd)
1910 NL  12 (3rd)
1911 NL  31 (1st)
1912 NL  15 (2nd)
1913 NL  13 (4th)
1914 NL  15 (3rd)
Career  281 (23rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1901 NL  108 (1st)
1903 NL  93 (4th)
1904 NL  116 (2nd)
1905 NL  116 (1st)
1908 NL  141 (1st)
1909 NL  96 (3rd)
1910 NL  114 (1st)
1911 NL  107 (1st)
1913 NL  100 (2nd)
Career  1,503 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1902 NL  7 (5th)
Career  53 (93rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1901 NL  3.46 (5th)
1904 NL  3.62 (5th)
1908 NL  3.87 (4th)
1909 NL  3.76 (3rd)
1910 NL  3.56 (5th)
1911 NL  4.05 (2nd)
1913 NL  3.32 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1901 NL  3.23 (2nd)
1905 NL  3.05 (4th)
1908 NL  3.00 (3rd)
1909 NL  3.11 (2nd)
1910 NL  3.32 (1st)
1911 NL  3.07 (1st)
1913 NL  2.83 (3rd)
1914 NL  2.59 (4th)
1915 NL  2.30 (4th)
Career  2.81 (16th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1901 NL  .992 (1st)
1903 NL  .974 (2nd)
1905 NL  .970 (4th)
1906 NL  .991 (2nd)
1908 NL  .988 (3rd)
1911 NL  .986 (2nd)
Career  .971 (61st)

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

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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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) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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
Similar Batters 
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  1. Pete Alexander (979) *
  2. Early Wynn (971) *
  3. Ted Lyons (962) *
  4. Eddie Plank (960) *
  5. Steve Carlton (959) *
  6. Ted Breitenstein (955)
  7. Chief Bender (954) *
  8. Red Ehret (953)
  9. Bill Hutchinson (951)
  10. Doc White (947)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kid Nichols (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chief Bender (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chief Bender (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Stein (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sadie McMahon (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chief Bender (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Ehret (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cy Young (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cy Young (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cy Young (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cy Young (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chief Bender (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Chief Bender (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190120New York Giants$1,500Ray Robinson, Matty, p. 32
190221New York Giants$3,500Ray Robinson, Matty, p. 33
190322New York Giants$5,00010/18/02 Sporting Life
190928New York Giants$10,000Ray Robinson, Matty, p. 114
191029New York Giants$10,000II Voigt 65
191130New York Giants$9,000C. Alexander, John McGrawII Seymour at 172, 1/6/12 SL: $8,000
191231New York Giants$9,000C. Alexander, John McGrawII Seymour at 172: $8,000
191332New York Giants$9,000C. Alexander, John McGrawII Seymour at 172: $8,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$57,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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