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Christy Mathewson

Christopher Mathewson (Big Six and Matty)

Hall of Famer

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,in Lewisburg, PA
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 1 157 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 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 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 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 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 1208 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 5 310.0 311 107 73 5 34 134 2 0 3 1263 160 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 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 2.13 636 552 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 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 43 140 130 10 26 3 0 2 12 2 6 .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 .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 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 74 .215 .272 .271 .543 61 457 17 69
162 Game Avg. 162 473 422 38 91 13 3 2 41 5 29 .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 74 .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

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 35 103 17 79 7 5 .932 2.74 .933 2.40
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 10.40
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 636 1837 281 1503 53 41 .971 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 10.40
17 Seasons TOT 643 1876 313 1506 57 44 .970 2.83 .912 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

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 (271st)

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 (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  .827 (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  1.058 (7th)

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 (99th)

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  1.594 (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  5.189 (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)
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 (137th)

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  4788.7 (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  2507 (29th)

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 (195th)

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  4219 (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 (38th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  .080 (5th)
1911 NL  .147 (8th)
1912 NL  .145 (8th)
Career  .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  1135 (151st)

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 (71st)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1901 NL  1361 (5th)
1902 NL  1142 (10th)
1903 NL  1502 (3rd)
1904 NL  1437 (5th)
1905 NL  1294 (7th)
1907 NL  1235 (4th)
1908 NL  1469 (1st)
1910 NL  1242 (3rd)
1911 NL  1208 (6th)
1912 NL  1263 (4th)
1913 NL  1195 (5th)
1914 NL  1251 (8th)
Career  18913 (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  156 (2nd)
1911 NL  168 (1st)
1912 NL  160 (2nd)
1913 NL  152 (1st)
Career  135 (21st)

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

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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

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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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