Christy Mathewson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA us

Died: October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY

Buried: Lewisburg City Cemetery, Lewisburg, PA

High School: Keystone Academy (Factoryville, PA)

School: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)

Debut: July 17, 1900 (Age 19-339d, 2,212th in major league history)

Last Game: September 4, 1916 (Age 36-023d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 15 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 8 ER, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1936. (Voted by BBWAA on 205/226 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Christy Mathewson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: Christopher Mathewson

Nicknames: Big Six or Matty

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Relatives: Brother of Henry Mathewson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.7

373

188

ERA

2.13

636

552

4788.2

2507

WHIP

1.058

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	NYG		PHI	L,1-6	GS	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	9 (6)	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
3	13 (3)	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (2)	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	20 (3)	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	24 (3)	May 13	NYG		STL	W,19-5	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	28 (3)	May 18	NYG		PIT	L,1-6	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
8	32 (3)	May 23	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	35 (2)	May 26	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	GF	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
10	36	May 27	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (6)	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	47 (3)	Jun 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
13	51 (3)	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
14	54 (2)	Jun 17	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	57 (2)	Jun 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	60 (2)	Jun 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	63 (2)	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	67 (3)	Jul 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	70 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
20	75 (4)	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
21	79 (3)	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	82 (2)	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,5-8	GS	0	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
23	84 (1)	Jul 22	NYG		STL	W,10-2	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	87 (2)	Jul 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
25	89 (1)	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	93 (3)	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	96 (2)	Aug 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
28	99 (2)	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	103 (3)	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
30	106 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	107	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-7	GS	0	5.0	1	3	1	5	0
32	111 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	114 (2)	Aug 26	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	117 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	122 (4)	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	124 (1)	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	T,4-4	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	126 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-2	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
38	128 (1)	Sep 14	NYG	@	BSN	W,13-9		0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
39	129	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-2	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	130	Sep 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	133 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
42	134	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	137 (2)	Sep 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	141 (3)	Sep 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
45	146 (4)	Oct 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							45gm		307.0	31	107	2	140	2