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

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-18 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

1901 Pitching Game Log

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1901 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	7	2	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	3	2	2	8	0	1	2.00	2.15	35	75				31	1	0
2	8	5	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	3	2	1	3	4	0	0	1.50	2.59	34	76				30	1	0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	9	7	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	2	9.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.33	2.48	30	80				30	0	0
4	10	9	May 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.00	2.37	31	82				29	0	0
5	11	12	May 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.80	2.37	31	86				30	0	0
6	12	15	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-0)	3	9.0	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.67	2.50	36	69				34	0	0
7	13	18	May 21	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(7-0)	5	9.0	6	1	0	2	4	0	0	0.57	2.53	34	75				32	0	0
8	14	21	May 24	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-0)	2	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.50	2.51	32	84				30	0	0
9	15	22	May 28	NYG		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(8-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	1	0.56	2.48	37	72				34	1	0
10	16	24	May 30(2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6		L(8-2)	1	4.0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.53	2.51						16
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	17	25	Jun 1	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(9-2)	1	9.0	5	1	1	3	10	0	0	0.57	2.44	34	80				29	2	0
12	18	28	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	L(9-3)	3	8.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	0.88	2.46	32	56				29	1	0
13	19	30	Jun 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	L(9-4)	2	8.0	9	6	5	1	2	0	1	1.23	2.51	36	43				34	1	1
14	20	33	Jun 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	L(9-5)	2	4.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	1.50	2.60	19	34				15	0	1
15	21	37	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	L(9-6)	3	8.0	13	9	4	4	8	0	0	1.70	2.59	41	34				37	4	1
16	22	40	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	T,5-5	CG		3	9.0	9	5	1	3	11	0	1	1.65	2.54	42	65				38	0	0
17	23	44	Jun 24	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	1.67	2.58	34	73				33	0	0
18	24	46	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(11-6)	1	9.0	9	2	2	1	6	1	0	1.69	2.62	40	66				39	0	0
19	25	50	Jun 29	NYG		CHC	W,14-1	CG	W(12-6)	2	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.65	2.60	33	79				32	0	0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	26	53	Jul 4(1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(13-6)	4	12.0	11	3	3	6	10	0	0	1.69	2.61	52	72				46	4	0
21	27	58	Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	2	1.76	2.67	38	64				32	3	0
22	28	61	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	L(14-7)	3	10.0	6	3	1	1	10	0	1	1.71	2.61	41	81				38	1	0
23	29	64	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-7)	2	9.0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.64	2.64	31	87				27	0	0
24	30	67	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	L(15-8)	3	8.0	12	5	4	0	3	0	0	1.75	2.63	35	43				34	4	1
25	31	70	Jul 23	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	GS-	L(15-9)	3	2.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	1.95	2.65		23				12
26	32	72	Jul 25	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	L(15-10)	1	9.0	10	5	0	2	8	0	0	1.87	2.61	40	63				38	1	0
27	33	75	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	L(15-11)	3	10.0	11	5	3	3	7	0	0	1.90	2.60	44	58				41	2	0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	34	78	Aug 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	W(16-11)	2	9.0	12	8	7	4	5	0	0	2.10	2.63	40	34				35	0	1
29	35	81	Aug 5(1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	L(16-12)	3	11.0	9	6	3	4	9	0	1	2.11	2.63	46	66				40	0	0
30	36	84	Aug 8(2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(17-12)	2	9.0	9	1	0	1	9	0	0	2.04	2.58	36	75				35	2	0
31	37	87	Aug 13	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	L(17-13)	4	10.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	1	2.06	2.56	41	71				36	2	0
32	38	91	Aug 15(2)	NYG		BSN	T,5-5	CG		1	11.0	13	5	2	2	9	0	0	2.05	2.53	46	64				43	1	0
33	39	95	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	L(17-14)	3	8.0	13	11	9	3	1	0	0	2.27	2.56	40	14				36	1	0
34	40	100	Aug 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(18-14)	6	9.0	3	1	1	5	7	0	1	2.23	2.59	33	79				27	0	0
35	41	104	Aug 29	NYG		PHI	L,6-7			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	2.58						4
36	42	105	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,0-8	CG	L(18-15)	0	9.0	15	8	4	6	5	0	0	2.28	2.62	47	32				38	3	0
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
37	43	117	Sep 9(1)	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(19-15)	9	9.0	5	1	1	4	8	0	0	2.24	2.62	33	77				29	0	0
38	44	128	Sep 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(20-15)	11	9.0	3	1	0	5	7	0	0	2.18	2.63	33	81				28	0	0
39	45	133	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	L(20-16)	3	8.0	14	10	9	4	3	0	1	2.37	2.66	40	15				34	3	2
40	46	141	Oct 5(2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-	L(20-17)	9	6.0	8	4	3	2	4	1	0	2.41	2.70		44				26
							20-18		W-L:20-17	2.9	336.0	288	131	90	97	221	3	12	2.41	2.70	1327	62				1261	38	7

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