Al Mattern

Alonzo Albert Mattern

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 16, 1883 in West Rush, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1908
Teams (by GP): Doves/Rustlers/Braves 1908-1912

Final Game: April 19, 1912
Died: November 6, 1958 in West Rush, NY
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Rush, NY
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1902	19	ROC	A	1	2	.333		3																								ROC · EL
1906	23	MTL	A	2	9	.182		12						96.0	99	47			41							1.458	9.3		3.8			MTL · EL
1907	24	HLY	B	16	7	.696		24																								HLY · CTST
1908	25	TRE	B	20	21	.488		49																								TRE · TRIS
1908	25	BSN	NL	1	2	.333	2.08	5	3	1	1	1	0	30.1	30	10	7	0	6	8	0	1	0	119	118	1.187	8.9	0.0	1.8	2.4	1.33
1909	26	BSN	NL	15	21	.417	2.85	47	32	14	24	2	3	316.1	*322*	142	*100*	4	*108*	98	3	4	13	1314	98	1.359	9.2	0.1	3.1	2.8	0.91
1910	27	BSN	NL	16	19	.457	2.98	51	37	12	17	6	1	305.0	288	145	101	5	121	94	6	1	3	1249	110	1.341	8.5	0.1	3.6	2.8	0.78
1911	28	BSN	NL	4	15	.211	4.97	33	21	10	11	0	0	186.1	228	129	103	13	63	51	1	0	1	776	76	1.562	11.0	0.6	3.0	2.5	0.81
1912	29	MTL	AA	17	10	.630		35						248.2	281	128			71							1.416	10.2		2.6			MTL · IL
1912	29	BSN	NL	0	1	.000	7.11	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	10	9	5	0	1	3	0	0	0	35	53	1.737	14.2	0.0	1.4	4.3	3.00
1913	30	MTL	AA	12	14	.462		35						221.0	243	101			62							1.380	9.9		2.5			MTL · IL
1914	31	MTL,NWK	AA	11	11	.500		32						206.1	217	106			54							1.313	9.5		2.4			MTL,NWK · IL
5 Yrs				36	58	.383	3.37	138	94	38	53	9	4	844.1	878	435	316	22	299	254	10	6	17	3493	94	1.394	9.4	0.2	3.2	2.7	0.85
162 Game Avg.				11	17	.383	3.37	40	28	11	16	3	1	247	257	127	93	6	88	74	3	2	5	1024	94	1.394	9.4	0.2	3.2	2.7	0.85

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1908	25	BSN	NL	30.1	5	3	10	2.97	3.31	0.07	102.0	3.30	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.532	.501	$
1909	26	BSN	NL	316.1	47	32	142	4.04	3.78	-0.22	108.0	4.31	8	0.9	1.0	-0.3	3.1	34	.520	.506	$
1910	27	BSN	NL	305.0	51	37	145	4.28	4.16	0.09	108.0	4.40	3	0.4	1.0	-0.3	2.4	29	.508	.502	$
1911	28	BSN	NL	186.1	33	21	129	6.23	4.41	-0.49	111.0	5.44	-14	-1.5	1.0	-0.2	-0.2	0	.456	.491	$
1912	29	BSN	NL	6.1	2	1	9	12.79	4.64	-0.41	104.0	5.25	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.287	.497	$
5 Seasons				844.1	138	94	435	4.64	4.04	-0.16	108.4	4.56	-7	-0.4	1.0	-0.8	5.3	62	.497	.500	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1908	25	1	2	.333	2.08	5	3	1	1	1	0	30.1	30	10	7	0	6	8	0	1	0	119	118	1.187	8.9	0.0	1.8	2.4	1.33	118
1909	26	16	23	.410	2.78	52	35	15	25	3	3	346.2	352	152	107	4	114	106	3	5	13	1433	100	1.344	9.1	0.1	3.0	2.8	0.93	100
1910	27	32	42	.432	2.87	103	72	27	42	9	4	651.2	640	297	208	9	235	200	9	6	16	2682	105	1.343	8.8	0.1	3.2	2.8	0.85	105
1911	28	36	57	.387	3.34	136	93	37	53	9	4	838.0	868	426	311	22	298	251	10	6	17	3458	95	1.391	9.3	0.2	3.2	2.7	0.84	95
1912	29	36	58	.383	3.37	138	94	38	53	9	4	844.1	878	435	316	22	299	254	10	6	17	3493	94	1.394	9.4	0.2	3.2	2.7	0.85	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1908	25	2	1	.667	3.33	27.0	36	11	10	0	7	7	0	1.593	12.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.0	5
1909	26	18	15	.545	3.53	298.0	356	130	117	4	119	92	3	1.594	10.8	3.6	2.8	0.77	0.1	47
1910	27	19	13	.594	3.32	290.0	303	119	107	5	127	89	6	1.483	9.4	3.9	2.8	0.70	0.2	51
1911	28	7	12	.368	4.99	173.0	225	107	96	13	62	47	1	1.659	11.7	3.2	2.4	0.76	0.7	33
1912	29	0	0		5.63	8.0	11	6	5	0	1	4	0	1.500	12.4	1.1	4.5	4.00	0.0	2
5 Yrs		46	41	.529	3.79	796.0	931	373	335	22	316	239	10	1.567	10.5		2.7	0.76	0.2	138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1910 NL 16 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1909 NL 47 (2nd) 1910 NL 51 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1909 NL 3 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1909 NL 316.3 (2nd) 1910 NL 305.0 (4th)
Games Started s c a p y 1909 NL 32 (8th) 1910 NL 37 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1909 NL 24 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1910 NL 6 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1911 NL 13 (1st)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1909 NL 108 (1st) 1910 NL 121 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1909 NL 322 (1st) 1910 NL 288 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1909 NL 21 (2nd) 1910 NL 19 (4th) 1911 NL 15 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1909 NL 100 (1st) 1910 NL 101 (2nd) 1911 NL 103 (5th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1909 NL 13 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1909 NL 1,314 (1st) 1910 NL 1,249 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1909 NL 14 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Nick Cullop (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cy Falkenberg (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Jacobs (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Jacobs (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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