Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson
Full name: Christopher Mathewson
Born: August 12, 1878, Factoryville, Pennsylvania
Died October 7, 1925, Saranac Lake, New York
Buried at Lewisburg City Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
First Game: July 17, 1900; Final Game: September 4, 1916
Managed First Game: July 21, 1916; Managed Final Game: August 25, 1918
Umpired First Game: September 5, 1901; Umpired Final Game: August 30, 1907
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 195
Brother of Henry Mathewson
Cousin of Jack Billingham
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1936
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Christy Mathewson
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1900 NY N 6 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .364 0.0 1900 NY N
1901 NY N 42 130 10 28 0 1 0 7 2 0 4 1 .215 .227 .231 0.0 1901 NY N
1902 NY N 42 127 10 26 3 0 2 12 6 0 2 2 2 .205 .252 .276 0.0 1902 NY N
1903 NY N 45 124 13 28 3 0 1 20 8 1 16 1 .226 .278 .274 0.0 1903 NY N
1904 NY N 48 133 15 30 5 3 0 17 9 1 9 3 .226 .280 .308 0.0 1904 NY N
1905 NY N 44 127 13 30 5 0 2 16 10 3 1 2 .236 .307 .323 0.0 1905 NY N
1906 NY N 38 91 6 24 4 1 0 14 9 0 3 0 .264 .330 .330 0.0 1906 NY N
1907 NY N 41 107 8 20 3 1 0 7 5 4 3 1 .187 .250 .234 0.0 1907 NY N
1908 NY N 56 129 11 20 2 2 0 11 9 2 7 0 .155 .221 .202 0.0 1908 NY N
1909 NY N 37 95 9 25 4 1 1 12 4 0 1 1 .263 .293 .358 0.0 1909 NY N
1910 NY N 38 107 9 25 5 1 1 10 12 13 1 4 1 .234 .317 .327 0.0 1910 NY N
1911 NY N Daily Splits 45 112 12 22 2 0 0 12 5 0 13 1 3 0 0i 1i 0 2 0 .196 .237 .214 0.0 1911 NY N
1912 NY N 43 110 14 29 4 1 0 10 6 8 1 3 2 .264 .308 .318 0.0 1912 NY N
1913 NY N 40 103 7 19 0 0 0 9 8 13 0 4 1 .184 .243 .184 0.0 1913 NY N
1914 NY N 41 105 8 23 3 1 0 4 11 12 0 4 4 .219 .293 .267 0.0 1914 NY N
1915 NY N 27 51 3 8 4 0 0 1 7 11 1 3 0 1 .157 .271 .235 0.0 1915 NY N
1916 NY N 12 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 .000 .190 .000 0.0 1916 NY N
1916 CIN N 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 0.0 1916 CIN N
1916 TOT N 13 22 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 .136 .269 .182 0.0 1916 TOT N
Total Splits 646 1684 151 362 50 12 7 165 116 0i 74i 17 69 0i 0i 1i 0i 21 1i .215 .272 .271 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1905 NY N Daily Splits 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 1905 NY N
1911 NY N Daily Splits 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 1911 NY N
1912 NY N Daily Splits 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 1912 NY N
1913 NY N Daily Splits 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .667 .600 1913 NY N
Total Splits 11 32 2 9 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .343 .281 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1900 NY N 6 1 1 0 4 0 33.2 37 158 1 32 19 20 15 1 1 4 0 0 3 5.08 -0.4 1900 NY N
1901 NY N 40 38 36 5 2 0 336 288 1383 3 131 90 97 221 16 23 13 1 20 17 2.41 3.6 1901 NY N
1902 NY N 34 32 29 8 2 0 276.2 241 1137 3 114 65 73 159 17 16 10 1 14 17 2.11 2.1 1902 NY N
1903 NY N 45 42 37 3 3 2 366.1 321 1521 4 136 92 100 267 26 18 10 0 30 13 2.26 4.6 1903 NY N
1904 NY N 48 46 33 4 2 1 367.2 306 1456 7 120 83 78 212 29 10 4 1 33 12 2.03 4.2 1904 NY N
1905 NY N 43 37 32 8 6 2 338.2 252 1319 4 85 48 64 206 26 6 1 3 31 9 1.28 8.5 1905 NY N
1906 NY N 38 35 22 6 3 1 266.2 262 1117 3 100 88 77 128 27 4 3 0 22 12 2.97 0.6 1906 NY N
1907 NY N 41 36 31 8 4 2 315 250 1240 6 88 70 53 178 27 5 2 0 24 12 2.00 2.7 1907 NY N
1908 NY N 56 44 34 11 10 5 390.2 285 1499 5 85 62 42 259 30 2 3 0 37 11 1.43 6.5 1908 NY N
1909 NY N 37 33 26 8 4 2 275.1 192 1021 2 57 35 36 149 23 4 0 0 25 6 1.14 6.6 1909 NY N
1910 NY N 38 35 27 2 3 0 318.1 292 1271 5 100 67 60 184 29 8 3 0 27 9 1.89 5.3 1910 NY N
1911 NY N Daily Splits 45 37 29 5 6 3 307 303 1238 5 102 68 38 0 141 30 5 2 1 0 47 i 11i 12i 38 i 26 13 1.99 5.7 1911 NY N
1912 NY N 43 34 27 0 9 4 310 311 1263 6 107 73 34 134 30 3 2 0 23 12 2.12 5.3 1912 NY N
1913 NY N 40 35 25 4 5 2 306 291 1195 8 94 70 21 93 20 3 0 0 25 11 2.06 4.6 1913 NY N
1914 NY N 41 35 29 5 6 2 312 314 1251 16 133 104 23 80 30 7 2 0 24 13 3.00 -0.8 1914 NY N
1915 NY N 27 24 11 1 1 0 186 199 768 9 97 74 20 57 29 1 1 0 8 14 3.58 -2.3 1915 NY N
1916 NY N 12 6 4 1 4 2 65.2 59 256 3 27 17 7 16 6 0 0 0 3 4 2.33 -0.2 1916 NY N
1916 CIN N 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 15 43 1 8 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 8.00 -0.3 1916 CIN N
1916 TOT N 13 7 5 1 4 2 74.2 74 299 4 35 25 8 19 7 1 0 0 4 4 3.01 -0.5 1916 TOT N
Total Splits 635 551 434 79 74 28 4780.2 4218 19136 91 1616 1133 844 0i2502 397 5i114 59 6 47i 11i 12i 38i373 188 2.13 56.3 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1905 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 3 3 0 0 27 13 94 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 4 3 0 0.00 1905 NY N
1911 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 2 0 0 0 27 25 107 1 8 6 2 1 13 4 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 1 2 2.00 1911 NY N
1912 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 3 0 0 0 28.2 23 115 0 11 3 5 1 10 1 1 0 0 0 6 4 0 4 0 2 0.94 1912 NY N
1913 NY N Daily Splits 2 2 2 1 0 0 19 14 75 0 3 2 2 1 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.95 1913 NY N
Total Splits 11 11 10 4 0 0 101.2 75 391 1 22 11 10 3 48 8 4 1 1 0 19 4 2 14 5 5 0.97 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1900 NY N P 6 1 9 0 0 1.000
1901 NY N P 40 21 108 1 1 .992
1902 NY N P 34 17 79 6 5 .941
1902 NY N OF 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 3
1902 NY N 1B 3 27 2 4 2 .879
1903 NY N P 45 18 93 3 0 .974
1904 NY N P 48 32 116 6 0 .961
1905 NY N P 43 15 116 4 4 .970
1906 NY N P 38 15 90 1 1 .991
1907 NY N P 41 16 87 6 0 .945
1908 NY N P 56 27 141 2 1 .988
1909 NY N P 37 19 96 4 3 .966
1910 NY N P 38 12 114 4 6 .969
1911 NY N Daily P 45 37 29 308.1 31 107 2 2 0 1i 22 24 4i .986
1912 NY N P 43 15 74 4 4 .957
1913 NY N P 40 13 100 3 3 .974
1914 NY N P 41 15 91 5 7 .955
1915 NY N P 27 8 54 1 3 .984
1916 NY N P 12 5 25 0 1 1.000
1916 CIN N P 1 1 3 0 0 1.000
1916 TOT N P 13 6 28 0 1 1.000
Total P 635 37i 29i 308.1i 281 1503 52 41 0i 1i 22i 24i 4i .972
Total OF 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 3
Total 1B 3 27 2 4 2 .879
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1905 NY N Daily P 3 3 3 27 1 9 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .833
1911 NY N Daily P 3 3 2 27 2 9 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 .917
1912 NY N Daily P 3 3 3 28.2 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
1913 NY N Daily P 2 2 2 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 11 11 10 101.2 4 35 3 0 0 1 6 5 0 .929
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1916 CIN N 69 25 43 .368 205 252 7-21 8 7
1917 CIN N 157 78 76 .506 601 611 4
1918 CIN N 119 61 57 .517 477 467 8-25 4 3
Total 345 164 176 .482 1283 1330
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1901 NL
1907 NL
Transactions Transactions
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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