RHP Christy Mathewson Giants
Christopher Mathewson (Big Six or Matty)
Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
Born August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA
Died October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY
Debut July 17, 1900
Final Game September 4, 1916
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.
- One of five all-time greats originally inducted into the Hall of Fame.
- He retired with 373 wins (fourth all-time).
- 79 shutouts (third all-time).
- 2.13 ERA (fifth all-time).
- Won 20 or more games 13 out of 14 seasons.
- Won 30 or more games four times, including a career high 37 in 1908.
- Won the ERA title and the strikeout crown five times each.
- Led the NL in wins and shutouts four times each.
- Mastered the screwball, which he called the Fadeaway, and used it as his out pitch against righthanded batters.
- Pinpoint control was the key to his success, as he averaged only 1.6 walks per 9 IP throughout his career.
- In the 1905 World Series, Matty turned in one of baseball's best postseason performances, shutting out the Athletics in Games One, Three, and Five, allowing only 14 total hits, as the Giants took the Series 4-1.
- He was also one of the few to publicly state he thought the White Sox were throwing the 1919 WS.
- Enlisted as an Army captain in 1918. He served overseas and was gassed in a training exercise, thereafter suffering from tuberculosis. He died seven years later at the age of 47.
"You can learn little from victory.
You can learn everything from defeat."
Christy Mathewson -
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Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
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1900 19 NYG NL 0 3 6 1 1 0 4 0 33.7 37 32 19 1 20 15 4 1 158 0 5.08 3.62 71 1.693
1901 20 NYG NL 20 17 40 38 36 5 2 0 336.0 288 131 90 3 97 221 13 23 1383 1 2.41 3.32 138 1.146
1902 21 NYG NL 14 17 34 32 29 8 2 0 276.7 241 114 65 3 73 159 10 16 1137 1 2.11 2.81 133 1.135
1903 22 NYG NL 30 13 45 42 37 3 3 2 366.3 321 136 92 4 100 267 10 18 1521 0 2.26 3.33 147 1.149
1904 23 NYG NL 33 12 48 46 33 4 2 1 367.7 306 120 83 7 78 212 4 10 1456 1 2.03 2.73 134 1.044
1905 24 NYG NL 31 9 43 37 32 8 6 2 338.7 252 85 48 4 64 206 1 6 1319 3 1.28 2.93 230 0.933
1906 25 NYG NL 22 12 38 35 22 6 3 1 266.7 262 100 88 3 77 128 3 4 1117 0 2.97 2.60 87 1.271
1907 26 NYG NL 24 12 41 36 31 8 4 2 315.0 250 88 70 6 53 178 2 5 1240 0 2.00 2.46 123 0.962
1908 27 NYG NL 37 11 56 44 34 11 10 5 390.7 285 85 62 5 42 259 3 2 1499 0 1.43 2.39 168 0.837
1909 28 NYG NL 25 6 37 33 26 8 4 2 275.3 192 57 35 2 36 149 0 4 1021 0 1.14 2.54 222 0.828
1910 29 NYG NL 27 9 38 35 27 2 3 0 318.3 292 100 67 5 60 184 3 8 1271 0 1.89 2.96 156 1.106
1911 30 NYG NL 26 13 45 37 29 5 6 3 307.0 303 102 68 5 38 141 1 2 1238 0 1.99 3.36 168 1.111
1912 31 NYG NL 23 12 43 34 27 0 9 4 310.0 311 107 73 6 34 134 2 3 1263 0 2.12 3.36 159 1.113
1913 32 NYG NL 25 11 40 35 25 4 5 2 306.0 291 94 70 8 21 93 0 3 1195 0 2.06 3.10 151 1.020
1914 33 NYG NL 24 13 41 35 29 5 6 2 312.0 314 133 104 16 23 80 2 7 1251 0 3.00 2.65 88 1.080
1915 34 NYG NL 8 14 27 24 11 1 1 0 186.0 199 97 74 9 20 57 1 1 768 0 3.58 2.55 71 1.177
1916 35 TOT NL 4 4 13 7 5 1 4 2 74.7 74 35 25 4 8 19 0 1 299 0 3.01 2.45 81 1.098
NYG NL 3 4 12 6 4 1 4 2 65.7 59 27 17 3 7 16 0 0 256 0 2.33 2.43 104 1.005
CIN NL 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 15 8 8 1 1 3 0 1 43 0 8.00 2.59 32 1.778
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17 Yr WL% .665 373 188 635 551 434 79 74 28 4780.7 4218 1616 1133 91 844 2502 59 114 19136 6 2.13 2.88 135 1.059
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