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Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson (Big Six, Matty or The Christian Gentleman)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA
Schools: 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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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 1 158 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 1383 138 1.146 7.7 0.1 2.6 5.9 2.28
1902 21 NYG NL 14 17 .452 2.11 34 32 2 29 8 0 276.2 241 114 65 3 73 159 10 1 16 1137 133 1.135 7.8 0.1 2.4 5.2 2.18
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 1521 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 1 10 1456 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 2 338.2 252 85 48 4 64 206 1 3 6 1319 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 1117 87 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 6 53 178 2 0 5 1240 123 0.962 7.1 0.2 1.5 5.1 3.36
1908 27 NYG NL 37 11 .771 1.43 56 44 10 34 11 5 390.2 285 85 62 5 42 259 3 0 2 1499 168 0.837 6.6 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 1021 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 1271 156 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 1238 168 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 4 310.0 311 107 73 6 34 134 2 0 3 1263 160 1.113 9.0 0.2 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 71 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 81 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 0 256 104 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 32 1.778 15.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
17 Seasons 373 188 .665 2.13 635 551 74 434 79 28 4780.2 4218 1616 1133 91 844 2502 59 6 114 19136 135 1.059 7.9 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.96
162 Game Avg. 21 11 .665 2.13 36 32 4 25 5 2 274 242 93 65 5 48 143 3 0 7 1097 135 1.059 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 2.12 634 550 74 433 79 28 4771.2 4203 1608 1125 90 843 2499 59 6 113 19093 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 32 1.778 15.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 3.00

Postseason Pitching

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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 .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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1900 NYG NL 19 P 6 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.67 .910 2.17
1901 NYG NL 20 P 40 130 21 108 1 1 .992 3.23 .930 2.39
1902 NYG NL 21 P 34 102 17 79 6 5 .941 2.82 .932 2.41
1902 NYG NL 21 OF 4 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .950 1.92 1-0-3
1902 NYG NL 21 1B 3 33 27 2 4 2 .879 9.67 .982 10.43
1903 NYG NL 22 P 45 114 18 93 3 0 .974 2.47 .920 2.43
1904 NYG NL 23 P 48 154 32 116 6 0 .961 3.08 .939 2.62
1905 NYG NL 24 P 43 135 15 116 4 4 .970 3.05 .941 2.42
1906 NYG NL 25 P 38 106 15 90 1 1 .991 2.76 .945 2.40
1907 NYG NL 26 P 41 109 16 87 6 0 .945 2.51 .950 2.27
1908 NYG NL 27 P 56 170 27 141 2 1 .988 3.00 .951 2.13
1909 NYG NL 28 P 37 119 19 96 4 3 .966 3.11 .939 1.95
1910 NYG NL 29 P 38 130 12 114 4 6 .969 3.32 .944 1.77
1911 NYG NL 30 P 45 140 31 107 2 2 .986 3.07 .941 1.72 MVP-2
1912 NYG NL 31 P 43 93 15 74 4 4 .957 2.07 .947 1.55 MVP-12
1913 NYG NL 32 P 40 116 13 100 3 3 .974 2.83 .954 1.57 MVP-4
1914 NYG NL 33 P 41 111 15 91 5 7 .955 2.59 .942 1.65 MVP-16
1915 NYG NL 34 P 27 63 8 54 1 3 .984 2.30 .951 1.68
1916 TOT NL 35 P 13 34 6 28 0 1 1.000 2.62 .956 1.63
1916 NYG NL 35 P 12 30 5 25 0 1 1.000 2.50 .957 1.63
1916 CIN NL 35 P 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 1.60
17 Seasons P 635 1836 281 1503 52 41 .972 2.81 .942 2.07
1 Season OF 4 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .950 1.92 1-0-3
1 Season 1B 3 33 27 2 4 2 .879 9.67 .982 10.43
17 Seasons TOT 642 1875 313 1506 56 44 .970 2.83 .913 2.11 1-0-3
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL--2.411--6th
1902 NL--2.114--8th
1903 NL--2.260--2nd
1904 NL--2.032--6th
1905 NL--1.276--1st
1907 NL--2.000--8th
1908 NL--1.428--1st
1909 NL--1.144--1st
1910 NL--1.894--3rd
1911 NL--1.993--1st
1912 NL--2.119--2nd
1913 NL--2.059--1st
Career--2.133--8th

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--16th

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--.933--1st
1907 NL--.962--2nd
1908 NL--.837--1st
1909 NL--.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--1.059--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL--7.714--2nd
1902 NL--7.840--7th
1903 NL--7.886--2nd
1904 NL--7.491--6th
1905 NL--6.697--2nd
1907 NL--7.143--10th
1908 NL--6.566--3rd
1909 NL--6.276--1st
Career--7.941--101st

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--.968--1st
1909 NL--1.177--1st
1910 NL--1.696--2nd
1911 NL--1.114--1st
1912 NL--.987--1st
1913 NL--.618--1st
1914 NL--.664--1st
1915 NL--.968--1st
Career--1.589--29th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL--5.920--3rd
1902 NL--5.172--2nd
1903 NL--6.560--1st
1904 NL--5.189--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
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--635--137th

Saves s c a p y
1900 NL--0--9th
1903 NL--2--3rd
1904 NL--1--7th
1905 NL--2--4th
1907 NL--2--4th
1908 NL--5--1st
1909 NL--2--9th
1911 NL--3--8th
1912 NL--4--2nd
1914 NL--2--10th
1916 NL--2--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1901 NL--336.0--5th
1902 NL--276.7--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--4780.7--19th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 NL--221--4th
1902 NL--159--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--2502--29th

Games Started s c a p y
1901 NL--38--3rd
1902 NL--32--10th
1903 NL--42--2nd
1904 NL--46--1st
1905 NL--37--6th
1906 NL--35--7th
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--551--29th

Complete Games s c a p y
1901 NL--36--3rd
1902 NL--29--9th
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--434--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--6--2nd
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--73--9th
1903 NL--100--6th
Career--844--198th

Hits s c a p y
1903 NL--321--3rd
1904 NL--306--5th
1906 NL--262--9th
1907 NL--250--10th
1908 NL--285--1st
1910 NL--292--2nd
1911 NL--303--1st
1912 NL--311--3rd
1913 NL--291--1st
1914 NL--314--2nd
Career--4218--30th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1901 NL--2.278--10th
1902 NL--2.178--10th
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--2.965--37th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL--.080--5th
1911 NL--.147--8th
Career--.171--119th

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--1133--151st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1901 NL--23--1st
1902 NL--16--1st
1903 NL--18--1st
1904 NL--10--4th
1910 NL--8--6th
1914 NL--7--9th
Career--114--53rd

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1900 NL--158--6th
1901 NL--1383--5th
1902 NL--1137--8th
1903 NL--1521--2nd
1904 NL--1456--4th
1905 NL--1319--6th
1907 NL--1240--4th
1908 NL--1499--1st
1910 NL--1271--2nd
1911 NL--1238--6th
1912 NL--1263--4th
1913 NL--1195--5th
1914 NL--1251--8th
Career--19136--20th

Games Finished s c a p y
1905 NL--6--10th
1908 NL--10--8th

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--156--2nd
1911 NL--168--1st
1912 NL--160--2nd
1913 NL--152--1st
Career--135--22nd

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--2nd
1901 NL--born 1880-08-12--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 92 (9), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 355 (4), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 303 (5), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 84 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July, 1900: Purchased by the New York Giants from Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina).

December, 1900: Assigned to Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) by the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December, 1900: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) in the 1900 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 15, 1900: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Amos Rusie.

July 20, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants with Bill McKechnie and Edd Roush to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer.

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