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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 | |
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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).
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