Born on August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, Christy Mathewson (Christopher Mathewson) played for the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 17 year career. Mathewson broke into the bigs on July 17, 1900 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.41 ERA in 336 innings pitched in 1901, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Christy Mathewson's best season was 1908, when he posted a 1.43 ERA, won 37 games and struck out 259 batters.
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1900
NY
N
6
1
0
3
5.08
15
32
19
1
0
0
33.2
37
1
20
0
1
4
1901
NY
N
40
38
20
17
2.41
221
131
90
36
5
0
336
288
3
97
0
23
13
1902
NY
N
34
32
14
17
2.11
159
114
65
29
8
0
276.2
241
3
73
0
16
10
1903
NY
N
45
42
30
13
2.26
267
136
92
37
3
2
366.1
321
4
100
0
18
10
1904
NY
N
48
46
33
12
2.03
212
120
83
33
4
1
367.2
306
7
78
0
10
4
1905
NY
N
43
37
31
9
1.28
206
85
48
32
8
2
338.2
252
4
64
0
6
1
1906
NY
N
38
35
22
12
2.97
128
100
88
22
6
1
266.2
262
3
77
0
4
3
1907
NY
N
41
36
24
12
2.00
178
88
70
31
8
2
315
250
6
53
0
5
2
1908
NY
N
56
44
37
11
1.43
259
85
62
34
11
5
390.2
285
5
42
0
2
3
1909
NY
N
37
33
25
6
1.14
149
57
35
26
8
2
275.1
192
2
36
0
4
0
1910
NY
N
38
35
27
9
1.89
184
100
67
27
2
0
318.1
292
5
60
0
8
3
1911
NY
N
45
37
26
13
1.99
141
102
68
29
5
3
307
303
5
38
0
2
1
1912
NY
N
43
34
23
12
2.12
134
107
73
27
0
4
310
311
6
34
0
3
2
1913
NY
N
40
35
25
11
2.06
93
94
70
25
4
2
306
291
8
21
0
3
0
1914
NY
N
41
35
24
13
3.00
80
133
104
29
5
2
312
314
16
23
0
7
2
1915
NY
N
27
24
8
14
3.58
57
97
74
11
1
0
186
199
9
20
0
1
1
1916
NY
N
12
6
3
4
2.33
16
27
17
4
1
2
65.2
59
3
7
0
0
0
1916
CIN
N
1
1
1
0
8.00
3
8
8
1
0
0
9
15
1
1
0
1
0
1916
TOT
N
13
7
4
4
3.01
19
35
25
5
1
2
74.2
74
4
8
0
1
0
Total
635
551
373
188
2.13
2502
1616
1133
434
79
28
4780.2
4218
91
844
0
114
59
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1900
NY
N
P
6
0
0
1
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1901
NY
N
P
40
0
0
21
108
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1902
NY
N
P
34
0
0
17
79
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.941
1902
NY
N
OF
4
0
0
5
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1902
NY
N
1B
3
0
0
27
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.879
1903
NY
N
P
45
0
0
18
93
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1904
NY
N
P
48
0
0
32
116
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1905
NY
N
P
43
0
0
15
116
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1906
NY
N
P
38
0
0
15
90
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.991
1907
NY
N
P
41
0
0
16
87
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1908
NY
N
P
56
0
0
27
141
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1909
NY
N
P
37
0
0
19
96
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.966
1910
NY
N
P
38
0
0
12
114
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1911
NY
N
P
45
37
308.1
31
107
2
2
0
1
24
22
4
.986
1912
NY
N
P
43
0
0
15
74
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1913
NY
N
P
40
0
0
13
100
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1914
NY
N
P
41
0
0
15
91
5
7
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1915
NY
N
P
27
0
0
8
54
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1916
NY
N
P
12
0
0
5
25
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1916
CIN
N
P
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1916
TOT
N
P
13
0
0
6
28
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
P
635
37
308.1
281
1503
52
41
0
1
24
22
4
.972
Total
1B
3
0
0
27
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.879
Total
OF
4
0
0
5
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1900
NY
N
6
11
1
2
0
1
.182
.250
.364
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1901
NY
N
42
130
10
28
0
7
.215
.227
.231
0
1
2
0
0
4
1
0
0
1902
NY
N
42
127
10
26
2
12
.205
.252
.276
3
0
6
0
2
2
2
0
0
1903
NY
N
45
124
13
28
1
20
.226
.278
.274
3
0
8
0
1
16
1
0
0
1904
NY
N
48
133
15
30
0
17
.226
.280
.308
5
3
9
0
1
9
3
0
0
1905
NY
N
44
127
13
30
2
16
.236
.307
.323
5
0
10
0
3
1
2
0
0
1906
NY
N
38
91
6
24
0
14
.264
.330
.330
4
1
9
0
0
3
0
0
0
1907
NY
N
41
107
8
20
0
7
.187
.250
.234
3
1
5
0
4
3
1
0
0
1908
NY
N
56
129
11
20
0
11
.155
.221
.202
2
2
9
0
2
7
0
0
0
1909
NY
N
37
95
9
25
1
12
.263
.293
.358
4
1
4
0
0
1
1
0
0
1910
NY
N
38
107
9
25
1
10
.234
.317
.327
5
1
12
13
1
4
1
0
0
1911
NY
N
45
112
12
22
0
12
.196
.237
.214
2
0
5
13
1
3
2
0
5
1912
NY
N
43
110
14
29
0
10
.264
.308
.318
4
1
6
8
1
3
2
0
0
1913
NY
N
40
103
7
19
0
9
.184
.243
.184
0
0
8
13
0
4
1
0
0
1914
NY
N
41
105
8
23
0
4
.219
.293
.267
3
1
11
12
0
4
4
0
0
1915
NY
N
27
51
3
8
0
1
.157
.271
.235
4
0
7
11
1
3
0
0
0
1916
NY
N
12
17
1
0
0
1
.000
.190
.000
0
0
4
4
0
2
0
0
0
1916
CIN
N
1
5
1
3
0
1
.600
.600
.800
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1916
TOT
N
13
22
2
3
0
2
.136
.269
.182
1
0
4
4
0
2
0
0
0
Total
646
1684
151
362
7
165
.215
.272
.271
50
12
116
74
17
69
21
0
5
Transactions
Sold by Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) to New York Giants (July, 1900).
Assigned to Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) by New York Giants (@December, 1900).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) in the Rule 5 major league draft (@December, 1900).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants in exchange for Amos Rusie (December 15, 1900).
Traded by New York Giants with Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer (July 20, 1916).
