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Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews

Full name: Robert T. Mathews Born: November 21, 1851, Baltimore, Maryland Died April 17, 1898, Baltimore, Maryland Buried at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland First Game: May 4, 1871; Final Game: October 10, 1887 Umpired Final Game: June 16, 1891 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 5.5" Weight: 140 Bobby Mathews Collectibles! Bobby Mathews Memorabilia! Bobby Mathews Cards! Bobby Mathews Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1871 KEK n                19    89   15   24   3   1   0   10    2    0        2  .270  .286  .326   0.0 1871 KEK n
1872 BAL n                50   222   36   50   2   0   0   21    3    2           .225  .236  .234  -0.3 1872 BAL n
1873 MUT n                52   223   40   43   3   3   0   13   10    3           .193  .227  .233  -0.2 1873 MUT n
1874 MUT n                65   298   46   72   6   1   0   30    3    4           .242  .249  .268  -0.1 1874 MUT n
1875 MUT n                70   264   23   48   6   2   0   15    2    5        0  .182  .188  .220  -0.2 1875 MUT n
1876 NY  N                56   218   19   40   4   1   0    9    3    2           .183  .195  .211  -0.1 1876 NY  N
1877 CIN N                15    59    5   10   0   0   0    0    1    2           .169  .183  .169  -0.2 1877 CIN N
1879 PRO N                43   173   25   35   2   0   1   10    7   12           .202  .233  .231  -0.8 1879 PRO N
1881 PRO N                16    57    6   11   1   0   0    4    5    6           .193  .258  .211  -0.2 1881 PRO N
1881 BOS N                19    71    2   12   2   0   0    4    0    5           .169  .169  .197  -0.8 1881 BOS N
1881 TOT N                35   128    8   23   3   0   0    8    5   11           .180  .211  .203  -1.0 1881 TOT N
1882 BOS N                45   169   17   38   6   0   0   13    8   18           .225  .260  .260  -0.7 1882 BOS N
1883 PHI a                45   167   15   31   2   0   0   11    5                .186  .209  .198  -0.1 1883 PHI a
1884 PHI a                49   184   26   34   5   1   0    0    7        0       .185  .215  .223  -0.1 1884 PHI a
1885 PHI a                48   179   22   30   3   0   0   12   10        0       .168  .212  .184   0.0 1885 PHI a
1886 PHI a                24    88   16   21   3   0   0   10    3        0    1  .239  .264  .273   0.0 1886 PHI a
1887 PHI a                 7    25    5    5   0   0   0    0    4        0    0  .200  .310  .200   0.0 1887 PHI a
Total NA                 256  1096  160  237  20   7   0   89   20   14        2i .216  .230  .247  -0.8 Total NA        
Total NL                 194   747   74  146  15   1   1   40   24   45           .195  .220  .222  -2.8 Total NL        
Total AA                 173   643   84  121  13   1   0   33   29        0i   1i .188  .223  .212  -0.2 Total AA        
Total                    623  2486  318  504  48   9   1  162   73   59i  0i   3i .203  .225  .230  -3.8 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1871 KEK n                19  19  19   1       0  169    261         5  243   97   21   17               6  11   5.17  -0.7 1871 KEK n
1872 BAL n                49  47  39   0       0  405.1  477         3  356  142   52   55              25  18   3.15   1.0 1872 BAL n
1873 MUT n                52  52  47   2       0  443    489         5  348  126   62   75              29  23   2.56   2.5 1873 MUT n
1874 MUT n                65  65  62   4       0  578    647         3  371  148   39   10              42  22   2.30   1.5 1874 MUT n
1875 MUT n                70  70  69   2       0  626.2  709         3  421  168   23   10              29  38   2.41  -2.0 1875 MUT n
1876 NY  N                56  56  55   2   0   0  516    693  2327   8  395  164   24   37   3          21  34   2.86  -4.5 1876 NY  N
1877 CIN N                15  15  13   0   0   0  129.1  208   631   0  132   58   17    9  10           3  12   4.04  -2.4 1877 CIN N
1879 PRO N                27  25  15   1   2   1  189    194   779   4   85   48   26   90  17          12   6   2.29   0.2 1879 PRO N
1881 PRO N                14  14  10   1   0   0  102.1  121   473   2   81   36   21   28   9       0   4   8   3.17  -0.8 1881 PRO N
1881 BOS N                 5   1   1   0   4   2   23     22   103   0   11    6   11    5   2       0   1   0   2.35   0.0 1881 BOS N
1881 TOT N                19  15  11   1   4   2  125.1  143   576   2   92   42   32   33  11       0   5   8   3.02  -0.8 1881 TOT N
1882 BOS N                34  32  31   0   2   0  285    278  1220   5  151   91   22  153  13       0  19  15   2.87  -0.1 1882 BOS N
1883 PHI a                44  44  41   1   0   0  381    396  1649  11  224  104   31  203   0          30  13   2.46   2.8 1883 PHI a
1884 PHI a                49  49  48   3   0   0  430.2  401  1788  10  238  159   49  286   0  12      30  18   3.32  -0.3 1884 PHI a
1885 PHI a                48  48  46   2   0   0  422.1  394  1766   3  229  114   57  286  20  20   0  30  17   2.43   3.3 1885 PHI a
1886 PHI a                24  24  22   0   0   0  197.2  226   913   3  148   87   53   93  20  13      13   9   3.96  -0.8 1886 PHI a
1887 PHI a                 7   7   7   0   0   0   58     75   280   4   64   43   25    9   0   3       3   4   6.67  -1.3 1887 PHI a
Total NA                 255 253 236   9       0 2222   2583        19 1739  681  197  167             131 112   2.76   2.3 Total NA        
Total NL                 151 143 125   4   8   3 1244.2 1516  5533  19  855  403  121  322  54       0i 60  75   2.91  -7.6 Total NL        
Total AA                 172 172 164   6   0   0 1489.2 1492  6396  31  903  507  215  877  40  48i  0i106  61   3.06   3.7 Total AA        
Total                    578 568 525  19   8i  3 4956.1 5591 11929i 69 3497 1591  533 1366  94i 48i  0i297 248   2.89  -1.6 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

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Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1871 KEK n         P   19    19   23    8    2  .840
1872 BAL n         P   49    20   51   20    2  .780
1872 BAL n        OF    8     1    0    0    0 1.000     0    0    8 
1872 BAL n        3B    3     1    3    6    0  .400
1873 MUT n         P   52    27   58   27    1  .759
1873 MUT n        OF    5     2    0    1    0  .667     0    0    5 
1874 MUT n         P   65    29  101   38    2  .774
1874 MUT n        3B    1     1    1    0    1 1.000
1874 MUT n        OF    1     0    0    0    0     -     1    0    0 
1875 MUT n         P   70    44  106   29    4  .838
1875 MUT n        OF    1     0    0    0    0     -     1    0    0 
1876 NY  N         P   56    41   78   28    0  .810
1876 NY  N        OF    1     0    0    0    0     -     0    0    1 
1877 CIN N         P   15     7   18    4    0  .862
1877 CIN N        SS    1     1    1    3    0  .400
1877 CIN N        OF    1     0    0    0    0     -     1    0    0 
1879 PRO N         P   27     4   39    2    0  .956
1879 PRO N        OF   21    17    5    7    1  .759     0    0   21 
1879 PRO N        3B    5     3    2    4    0  .556
1881 PRO N         P   14     1   16    4    2  .810
1881 PRO N        OF    5     3    0    1    0  .750     0    0    5 
1881 BOS N        OF   18    24    3    6    0  .818     1    9    9 
1881 BOS N         P    5     2    2    0    0 1.000
1881 TOT N         P   19     3   18    4    2  .840
1881 TOT N        RF                               -
1881 TOT N        OF   23    27    3    7    0  .811     1    9   14 
1882 BOS N         P   34     5   34    6    1  .867
1882 BOS N        OF   13     6    0    5    0  .545     0    0   13 
1882 BOS N        SS    1     0    0    1    0  .000
1883 PHI a         P   44    15   68   12    2  .874
1883 PHI a        OF    3     0    0    0    0     -     1    1    1 
1884 PHI a         P   49     8   78   25    1  .775
1884 PHI a        OF    1     0    0    0    0     -     0    0    1 
1885 PHI a         P   48     7   67   10    1  .881
1885 PHI a        OF    1     1    0    0    0 1.000     0    0    1 
1886 PHI a         P   24     5   38    8    3  .843
1886 PHI a        OF    1     0    0    1    0  .000     0    0    1 
1887 PHI a         P    7     2   14    2    1  .889
Total              P  578   236  791  223   22  .822
Total             OF   80    54    8   21    1  .747     5   10   66 
Total             3B    9     5    6   10    1  .524
Total             SS    2     1    1    4    0  .333
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG
1871 NA 
1873 NA 
1874 NA 
1875 NA 
1876 NL 
1880 NL 
1882 NL 
1888 AA 
1890 PL 
1891 AA 

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