Christy Mathewson

Full Name: Christopher Mathewson Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/195 First Game: July 17, 1900 Birthdate: August 12, 1880 Final Game: September 4, 1916 Birthplace: Factoryville, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 17 years Died: October 7, 1925 Deathplace: Saranac Lake, New York Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936

Biography

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).