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Christy Mathewson

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Christy Mathewson

Full name Christopher Mathewson
Born August 12, 1880, 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
Ejections as player: 1903 (1), 1905 (1), 1906 (1), 1907 (1). Total: 4
Ejections as coach: 1920 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1900 NY  N                    6    11    1    2   2   0   0    1    1        2   0   0                0      .182  .250  .364   0.0 1900 NY  N
1901 NY  N    Daily Splits   42   130   10   28   0   1   0    7    2       25   0   4   0            1      .215  .227  .231   0.0 1901 NY  N
1902 NY  N    Daily Splits   43   130   10   26   3   0   2   12    6       16   2   2   0            2      .200  .246  .269   0.0 1902 NY  N
1903 NY  N    Daily Splits   45   124   13   28   3   0   1   20    8       14   1  16   0            1      .226  .278  .274   0.0 1903 NY  N
1904 NY  N    Daily Splits   48   133   15   30   5   3   0   17    9       26   1   9   0            3      .226  .280  .308   0.0 1904 NY  N
1905 NY  N    Daily Splits   44   127   13   30   5   0   2   16   10       12   3   1   0            2      .236  .307  .323   0.0 1905 NY  N
1906 NY  N    Daily Splits   38    91    6   24   4   1   0   14    9       16   0   3   0            0      .264  .330  .330   0.0 1906 NY  N
1907 NY  N    Daily Splits   41   107    8   20   3   1   0    7    5       12   4   3   0            1      .187  .250  .234   0.0 1907 NY  N
1908 NY  N    Daily Splits   56   129   11   20   2   2   0   11    9       12   2   7   0            0      .155  .221  .202   0.0 1908 NY  N
1909 NY  N    Daily Splits   37    95    9   25   4   1   1   12    4        9   0   1   0            0      .263  .293  .358   0.0 1909 NY  N
1910 NY  N    Daily Splits   38   107    9   25   5   1   1   10   12       13   1   4   0            1      .234  .317  .327   0.0 1910 NY  N
1911 NY  N    Daily Splits   45   112   12   22   2   0   0   12    5   0i  13   1   3                2      .196  .237  .214   0.0 1911 NY  N
1912 NY  N    Daily Splits   43   110   14   29   4   1   0   12    6        8   1   3   0            2      .264  .308  .318   0.0 1912 NY  N
1913 NY  N    Daily Splits   40   103    7   19   0   0   0    9    8   0i  13   0   4   0   0i  1i   1   0i .184  .243  .184   0.0 1913 NY  N
1914 NY  N    Daily Splits   41   105    8   23   3   1   0    4   11   0i  12   0   4   0   2i  2i   4   0i .219  .293  .267   0.0 1914 NY  N
1915 NY  N    Daily Splits   27    51    3    8   4   0   0    1    7   0i  11   1   3   0   2i  0i   0   1  .157  .271  .235   0.0 1915 NY  N
1916 NY  N    Daily Splits   12    17    1    0   0   0   0    1    4   0    4   0   2   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .190  .000   0.0 1916 NY  N
1916 CIN N    Daily Splits    1     5    1    3   1   0   0    1    0        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   0i   4   0   2   0i  0i  1i   0   0  .136  .269  .182   0.0 1916 TOT N
Total    (17 Years) Splits  647  1687  151  362  50  12   7  167  116   0i 218  17  69   0i  4i  4i  20   1i .215  .272  .271   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              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    ( 4 Years) 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
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1900 NY  N                    6   1   1   0   4   0   33.2   37         1   32   19   20       15       1   4   0                   0   3   5.08  5.00  -0.4 1900 NY  N
1901 NY  N    Daily Splits   40  38  36   5   2   0  336    288  1327i  3  131   90   97      221  20i 23  13   1  38i  7i         20  17   2.41  3.79   3.6 1901 NY  N
1902 NY  N    Daily Splits   35  33  30   8   2   0  284.2  246  1062i  3  118   67   77      164  20i 17  10   2  35i  7i         14  17   2.12  3.00   2.1 1902 NY  N
1903 NY  N    Daily Splits   45  42  37   3   3   2  366.1  321  1502   4  136   92  100      267  27i 18  10   0  39i  8i         30  13   2.26  5.21   4.6 1903 NY  N
1904 NY  N    Daily Splits   48  46  33   4   2   1  367.2  306  1443   7  120   83   78      212  19i 10   4   2  28i 17i         33  12   2.03  5.37   4.2 1904 NY  N
1905 NY  N    Daily Splits   43  37  32   8   6   3  338.2  252  1294   4   85   48   64      206  23i  6   1   3  23i  6i         31   9   1.28  5.16   8.5 1905 NY  N
1906 NY  N    Daily Splits   38  35  22   6   3   1  266.2  262  1086   3  100   88   77      128  20i  4   3   0  27i 13i         22  12   2.97  4.43   0.6 1906 NY  N
1907 NY  N    Daily Splits   41  36  31   8   4   2  315    250  1235   5   88   70   53      178  20i  5   2   0  31i 15i         24  12   2.00  3.08   2.7 1907 NY  N
1908 NY  N    Daily Splits   56  44  34  11   9   5  390.2  281  1485   5   85   62   42      259  28i  2   3   0  39i 10i         37  11   1.43  3.68   6.5 1908 NY  N
1909 NY  N    Daily Splits   37  33  26   8   4   2  275.1  192   998   2   57   35   36      149  14i  4   0   0  18i  9i         25   6   1.14  3.67   6.6 1909 NY  N
1910 NY  N    Daily Splits   38  35  27   2   3   0  318.1  292  1242   5  100   67   60      184  17i  8   3   0  31i  9i         27   9   1.89  5.00   5.3 1910 NY  N
1911 NY  N    Daily Splits   45  37  29   5   6   3  307    303  1208   5  102   68   38   0i 141  19i  2   1   0  43i 10i         26  13   1.99  5.00   5.7 1911 NY  N
1912 NY  N    Daily Splits   43  34  27   0   9   5  310    311  1263   5  107   73   34      134  30   3   2   0  37i  7i         23  12   2.12  5.41   5.3 1912 NY  N
1913 NY  N    Daily Splits   40  35  25   4   5   2  306    291  1195   8   94   70   21   0i  93  20   3   0   0  36i 16i 19i 31i 25  11   2.06  4.43   4.6 1913 NY  N
1914 NY  N    Daily Splits   41  35  29   5   6   2  312    314  1251  16  133  104   23   0i  80  30   7   2   0  48i 21i 23i 45i 24  13   3.00  4.60  -0.8 1914 NY  N
1915 NY  N    Daily Splits   27  24  11   1   1   0  186    199   768   9   97   74   20   0i  57  29   1   1   0  21i 12i  9i 30i  8  14   3.58  2.79  -2.3 1915 NY  N
1916 NY  N    Daily Splits   12   6   4   1   4   2   65.2   59   256   3   27   17    7   0   16   6   0   0   0   4   6   3  14   3   4   2.33  3.33  -0.2 1916 NY  N
1916 CIN N    Daily Splits    1   1   1   0   0   0    9     15    43   1    8    8    1        3   1   1   0   0   3   2           1   0   8.00 10.00  -0.3 1916 CIN N
1916 TOT N                   13   7   5   1   4   2   74.2   74   299   4   35   25    8   0i  19   7   1   0   0   7   8   3i 14i  4   4   3.01  4.29  -0.5 1916 TOT N
Total    (17 Years) Splits  636 552 435  79  73  30 4788.2 4219 18658  89 1620 1135  848   0 2507 343 115  59   8 501 175  54 120i373 188   2.13  4.37  56.3 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS 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  4.67 1905 NY  N
1911 NY  N    Daily Splits    3   3   2   0   0   0   27     25   107   1    8    6    2   1   13   5   0   0   0   0   9   0   0   4   1   2   2.00  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   2   0   0   0   0   6   4   0   5   0   2   0.94  3.00 1912 NY  N
1913 NY  N    Daily Splits    2   2   2   1   0   0   19     14    75   0    3    2    2   0    7   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   1   0.95  2.00 1913 NY  N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   11  11  10   4   0   0  101.2   75   391   1   22   11   10   2   48  12   0   1   1   0  19   4   2  15   5   5   0.97  3.00 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1900 NY  N                P    6                       1    9    0    0                         1.000
1901 NY  N Daily Splits   P   40   38   36   336      21  108    1    1   0    0   52i   0       .992
1902 NY  N Daily Splits   P   35   33   30   284.2    17   79    7    5   1    0   33i   0       .932
1902 NY  N               OF    4    3    3    26       5    1    0    1   0                     1.000     1    0    3 
1902 NY  N               1B    3    3    3    29.2    27    2    4    2   0                      .879
1902 NY  N               RF    3    3    3    26       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1902 NY  N               LF    1    0    0             1    1    0    1   0                     1.000
1903 NY  N Daily Splits   P   45   42   37   367      18   93    3    0   0    0   35i   0       .974
1904 NY  N Daily Splits   P   48   46   33   366.1    32  116    6    0   0    0   25i   0       .961
1905 NY  N Daily Splits   P   43   37   32   339.2    15  116    4    4   0    0   22i   0       .970
1906 NY  N Daily Splits   P   38   35   22   265.2    15   90    1    1   0    0   20i   0       .991
1907 NY  N Daily Splits   P   41   36   31   314.1    16   87    6    0   0    0   16i   0       .945
1908 NY  N Daily Splits   P   56   44   34   391      27  141    2    1   0    0   15i   0       .988
1909 NY  N Daily Splits   P   37   33   26   274      19   96    4    3   0    0   16i   0       .966
1910 NY  N Daily Splits   P   38   35   27   319.1    12  114    4    6   0    0   25i   0       .969
1911 NY  N Daily Splits   P   45   37   29   308.1    31  107    2    2   0    0   22i   0       .986
1912 NY  N Daily Splits   P   43   34   27   310      15   74    4    4   0    0   13i   0       .957
1913 NY  N Daily Splits   P   40   35   25   306      13  100    3    3   0    1   17   22    3i .974
1914 NY  N Daily Splits   P   41   35   29   311.1    15   91    5    7   0    1   23   16    2i .955
1915 NY  N Daily Splits   P   27   24   11   186       8   54    1    3   0    5   20   13    0i .984
1916 NY  N Daily Splits   P   12    6    4    65.1     5   25    0    1   0    0    7    6    0 1.000
1916 CIN N Daily Splits   P    1    1    1     9       1    3    0    0   0    0    0    0      1.000
1916 TOT N                P   13    7    5    74.1     6   28    0    1   0    0    7    6    0i1.000
Total (17 Years) Splits   P  636  551i 434i 4754  i  281 1503   53   41   1i   7i 361i  57i   5i .971
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    4    3    3    26       5    1    0    1   0                     1.000     1    0    3 
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    3    3    3    29.2    27    2    4    2   0                      .879
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    3    3    3    26       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    0    0             1    1    0    1   0                     1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1905 NY  N Daily Splits   P    3    3    3    27       2    8    2    0   0    0    1    2    0  .833
1911 NY  N Daily Splits   P    3    3    2    27       2    9    1    0   0    1    2    3    0  .917
1912 NY  N Daily Splits   P    3    3    3    28.2     1   12    0    0   0    0    2    1    0 1.000
1913 NY  N Daily Splits   P    2    2    2    19       1    5    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits   P   11   11   10   101.2     6   34    3    0   0    1    5    6    0  .930
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

                           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 ( 3 Years)  345  164  176  .482  1283  1330
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1919 NY  N   4-23   9-28
1920 NY  N   4-14  10- 3
Total ( 2 Years) 

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1901 NL Daily       2    1    1    0    0    0    0 
1907 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)    3    1    2    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 3-1903     BOX  NY  N  Jim Johnstone       Call at 1B
 5-20-1905     BOX  NY  N  Jim Johnstone       Bench jockeying
 6- 4-1906     BOX  NY  N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes
 8- 5-1907     BOX  NY  N  Bill Klem           Call at HP

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-23-1920     BOX  NY  N  Charlie Moran       Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

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 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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