Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson
Born: August 12, 1880
Factoryville, PA USA
Deceased: 1925
Saranac Lake, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: Bucknell University
Career: 1900-1916
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Minor League Statistics
Christy Mathewson compiled a career record of 373 wins and 188 losses in his 647-game career with the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1900 season and last took the field during the 1916 campaign. Mathewson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1900 | NL | New York Giants | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.08 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 37 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 157 |
1901 | NL | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | .541 | 2.41 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 336.0 | 288 | 131 | 90 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 221 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 1361 |
1902 | NL | New York Giants | 14 | 17 | .452 | 2.12 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 284.7 | 246 | 118 | 67 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 164 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1142 |
1903 | NL | New York Giants | 30 | 13 | .698 | 2.26 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 366.3 | 321 | 136 | 92 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 267 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1502 |
1904 | NL | New York Giants | 33 | 12 | .733 | 2.03 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 367.7 | 306 | 120 | 83 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 212 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1437 |
1905 | NL | New York Giants | 31 | 9 | .775 | 1.28 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 338.7 | 252 | 85 | 48 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 206 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1294 |
1906 | NL | New York Giants | 22 | 12 | .647 | 2.97 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 266.7 | 262 | 100 | 88 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1092 |
1907 | NL | New York Giants | 24 | 12 | .667 | 2.00 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 315.0 | 250 | 88 | 70 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 178 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1235 |
1908 | NL | New York Giants | 37 | 11 | .771 | 1.43 | 56 | 44 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 390.7 | 281 | 85 | 62 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 259 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1469 |
1909 | NL | New York Giants | 25 | 6 | .806 | 1.14 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 275.3 | 192 | 57 | 35 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 998 |
1910 | NL | New York Giants | 27 | 9 | .750 | 1.89 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 318.3 | 292 | 100 | 67 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 184 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1242 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | 26 | 13 | .667 | 1.99 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 307.0 | 303 | 102 | 68 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1238 |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | 23 | 12 | .657 | 2.12 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 310.0 | 311 | 107 | 73 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1263 |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | 25 | 11 | .694 | 2.06 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 306.0 | 291 | 94 | 70 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1195 |
1914 | NL | New York Giants | 24 | 13 | .649 | 3.00 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 312.0 | 314 | 133 | 104 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1251 |
1915 | NL | New York Giants | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.58 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 186.0 | 199 | 97 | 74 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 768 |
1916 | NL | New York Giants | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 65.7 | 59 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 |
1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
Totals | 373 | 188 | .665 | 2.13 | 636 | 552 | 73 | 435 | 79 | 29 | 4788.7 | 4219 | 1620 | 1135 | 90 | 848 | 0 | 2507 | 59 | 8 | 115 | 18943 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1900 | NL | New York Giants | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1901 | NL | New York Giants | 42 | 136 | 130 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .215 | .227 | .231 | .458 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1902 | NL | New York Giants | 43 | 140 | 130 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .246 | .269 | .516 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1903 | NL | New York Giants | 45 | 149 | 124 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .226 | .278 | .274 | .552 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
1904 | NL | New York Giants | 48 | 152 | 133 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .226 | .280 | .308 | .588 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1905 | NL | New York Giants | 44 | 141 | 127 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .236 | .307 | .323 | .630 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1906 | NL | New York Giants | 38 | 103 | 91 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .264 | .330 | .330 | .660 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1907 | NL | New York Giants | 41 | 119 | 107 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .187 | .250 | .234 | .484 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | NL | New York Giants | 56 | 147 | 129 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .155 | .221 | .202 | .423 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | NL | New York Giants | 37 | 100 | 95 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .263 | .293 | .358 | .651 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1910 | NL | New York Giants | 38 | 124 | 107 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .234 | .317 | .327 | .644 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | 45 | 121 | 112 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .196 | .237 | .214 | .452 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | 43 | 120 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .264 | .308 | .318 | .626 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | 40 | 115 | 103 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .184 | .243 | .184 | .428 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1914 | NL | New York Giants | 41 | 120 | 105 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .219 | .293 | .267 | .560 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | NL | New York Giants | 27 | 62 | 51 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .157 | .271 | .235 | .506 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | NL | New York Giants | 12 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .190 | .000 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 647 | 1889 | 1687 | 151 | 362 | 50 | 12 | 7 | 165 | 20 | 1 | 116 | 218 | .215 | .272 | .271 | .543 | 457 | 0 | 17 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1900 | NL | New York Giants | P | 6 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.647 | 1.667 |
1901 | NL | New York Giants | P | 40 | 0 | 336.0 | 21 | 108 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 3.455 | 3.225 |
1902 | NL | New York Giants | P | 35 | 0 | 277.0 | 17 | 79 | 7 | 5 | .932 | 3.119 | 2.743 |
1902 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 4 | 0 | 33.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 1.500 |
1902 | NL | New York Giants | 1B | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 1.440 | 9.667 |
1903 | NL | New York Giants | P | 45 | 0 | 366.0 | 18 | 93 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 2.730 | 2.467 |
1904 | NL | New York Giants | P | 48 | 46 | 368.0 | 32 | 116 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 3.620 | 3.083 |
1905 | NL | New York Giants | P | 43 | 37 | 339.0 | 15 | 116 | 4 | 4 | .970 | 3.478 | 3.047 |
1906 | NL | New York Giants | P | 38 | 35 | 267.0 | 15 | 90 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 3.539 | 2.763 |
1907 | NL | New York Giants | P | 41 | 36 | 315.0 | 16 | 87 | 6 | 0 | .945 | 2.943 | 2.512 |
1908 | NL | New York Giants | P | 56 | 44 | 391.0 | 27 | 141 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 3.867 | 3.000 |
1909 | NL | New York Giants | P | 37 | 33 | 275.0 | 19 | 96 | 4 | 3 | .966 | 3.764 | 3.108 |
1910 | NL | New York Giants | P | 38 | 35 | 318.0 | 12 | 114 | 4 | 6 | .969 | 3.566 | 3.316 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 107 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 3.067 | |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 4 | .957 | 2.070 | |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 100 | 3 | 3 | .974 | 2.825 | |
1914 | NL | New York Giants | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 91 | 5 | 7 | .955 | 2.585 | |
1915 | NL | New York Giants | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.296 | |
1916 | NL | New York Giants | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | |
1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
Totals | 643 | 266 | 3344.0 | 313 | 1506 | 57 | 44 | .970 | 4.896 | 2.829 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1905 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.94 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.95 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
Totals | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0.97 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 101.7 | 75 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 391 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1905 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .667 | .600 | 1.267 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .281 | .343 | .281 | .624 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1905 | NL | New York Giants | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
1911 | NL | New York Giants | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
1912 | NL | New York Giants | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 28.7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.081 | 4.333 |
1913 | NL | New York Giants | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.368 | 2.500 |
Totals | 11 | 11 | 101.7 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 3.452 | 3.545 |
Awards
1905 - NL Pitching Triple Crown
1908 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1908 - NL Pitching Triple Crown
1909 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1910 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1911 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1912 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1913 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1914 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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