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Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson

1900–1916 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 195 lb · b. 1880 Factoryville, PA

Career 373–188 · 2.13 ERA · 2,507 SO · 4788.2 IP · 647 G · 362 H · 7 HR · 165 RBI · .215 AVG

Seasons leading his league

37

10 best in baseball 27 league only

113 Top-5 finishes

11 Title seasons

13 Categories led

1908 Best season

Spanning 1901–1913, peaking at 9 titles in 1908.

Clubs 300 Win Club 20 Win Seasons ×13 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons ×5

Team records #1 Giants career ERA #1 Giants career W #1 Giants career SO #1 Giants career WHIP #1 Giants career IP #1 Giants 1909 ERA #1 Giants 1908 WHIP #4 Giants 1908 W #8 Giants 1903 SO

1905 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the NL in 31 W, 1.28 ERA, 206 SO

1908 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the NL in 37 W, 1.43 ERA, 259 SO

Led in Strikeouts for 3 straight seasons (1903–1905) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

35th League titles 37
171st Best in baseball 10
35th Top-5 finishes 113

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

2nd Pitcher Assists 1,503
3rd Wins 373
3rd Shutouts 79
8th Earned Run Average 2.13
9th Walks + Hits / IP 1.06
14th Complete Games 435
17th Pitcher Range Factor 2.81
18th Innings Pitched 4788.2
24th Pitcher Putouts 281
40th Strikeouts 2,507
235th Pitcher Fielding Percentage .971

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Assists	5	1st	2 yrs (1910–1911)	1901 NL 108 1905 NL 116 1908 NL 141 1910 NL 114 1911 NL 107 1904 #2 1909 #3 1913 #2
Strikeouts	5	1st	3 yrs (1903–1905)	1903 NL 267 1904 NL 212 1905 NL 206 1907 NL 178 1908 NL 259 1910 #2
Earned Run Average	5	1st	2 yrs (1908–1909)	1905 1.28 1909 1.14 1908 NL 1.43 1911 NL 1.99 1913 NL 2.06 1903 #2 1910 #3 1912 #2
Shutouts	4	1st	2 yrs (1907–1908)	1902 8 1905 8 1907 8 1908 11 1906 #3 1909 #2 1911 #3 1913 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	4	1st	2 yrs (1908–1909)	1909 0.83 1905 NL 0.93 1908 NL 0.83 1913 NL 1.02 1907 #2 1910 #2 1911 #3 1912 #2 1914 #3
Wins	4	1st	2 yrs (1907–1908)	1905 31 1907 NL 24 1908 NL 37 1910 NL 27 1903 #2 1904 #2 1909 #2 1911 #2 1913 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	2	1st	2 yrs (1910–1911)	1910 NL 3.32 1911 NL 3.07 1901 #2 1908 #3 1909 #2 1913 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1901 .992 1911 NL .986 1903 #2 1906 #2 1908 #3
Complete Games	2	1st	—	1908 NL 34 1910 NL 27 1901 #3 1903 #2 1907 #3 1911 #2 1912 #2 1913 #2
Pitcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1911 31 1904 #3 1908 #2 1909 #2 1910 #3 1912 #2 1914 #3
Strikeouts / 9	1	1st	—	1903 NL 6.56 1901 #3 1902 #2 1904 #2 1905 #3 1907 #3 1908 #2 1910 #3
Innings Pitched	1	1st	—	1908 NL 390.2 1903 #2 1904 #3 1905 #3 1907 #3 1910 #2 1912 #2
Saves	1	1st	—	1908 NL 5 1903 #3 1905 #2 1912 #2

Title Seasons

11 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1913	2	ERA 2.06 WHIP 1.02
1911	5	ERA 1.99 P A 107 P PO 31 P FPCT .986 P RF 3.07
1910	4	W 27 CG 27 P A 114 P RF 3.32
1909	2	ERA 1.14 WHIP 0.83
1908	9	ERA 1.43 W 37 SO 259 SV 5 WHIP 0.83 IP 390.2 SHO 11 CG 34 P A 141
1907	3	W 24 SO 178 SHO 8
1905	6	ERA 1.28 W 31 SO 206 WHIP 0.93 SHO 8 P A 116
1904	1	SO 212
1903	2	SO 267 K/9 6.56
1902	1	SHO 8
1901	2	P A 108 P FPCT .992

Pitching

led the league 17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1900	NY1	NL	0	3	5.08	6	1	0	33.2	37	19	1	20	15	1.69
1901	NY1	NL	20	17	2.41	40	38	0	336.0	288	90	3	97	221	1.15
1902	NY1	NL	14	17	2.12	35	33	0	284.2	246	67	3	77	164	1.13
1903	NY1	NL	30	13	2.26	45	42	2	366.1	321	92	4	100	267	1.15
1904	NY1	NL	33	12	2.03	48	46	1	367.2	306	83	7	78	212	1.04
1905	NY1	NL	31	9	1.28	43	37	3	338.2	252	48	4	64	206	0.93
1906	NY1	NL	22	12	2.97	38	35	1	266.2	262	88	3	77	128	1.27
1907	NY1	NL	24	12	2.00	41	36	2	315.0	250	70	5	53	178	0.96
1908	NY1	NL	37	11	1.43	56	44	5	390.2	281	62	5	42	259	0.83
1909	NY1	NL	25	6	1.14	37	33	2	275.1	192	35	2	36	149	0.83
1910	NY1	NL	27	9	1.89	38	35	0	318.1	292	67	5	60	184	1.11
1911	NY1	NL	26	13	1.99	45	37	3	307.0	303	68	5	38	141	1.11
1912	NY1	NL	23	12	2.12	43	34	4	310.0	311	73	6	34	134	1.11
1913	NY1	NL	25	11	2.06	40	35	2	306.0	291	70	8	21	93	1.02
1914	NY1	NL	24	13	3.00	41	35	2	312.0	314	104	16	23	80	1.08
1915	NY1	NL	8	14	3.58	27	24	0	186.0	199	74	9	20	57	1.18
1916	NY1 +1	NL	4	4	3.01	13	7	2	74.2	74	25	4	8	19	1.10
Career	—	—	373	188	2.13	636	552	29	4788.2	4,219	1,135	90	848	2,507	1.06

Batting

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1900	NY1	NL	6	11	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	.182	.250	.364	.614
1901	NY1	NL	42	130	10	28	0	1	0	7	2	25	1	.215	.227	.231	.458
1902	NY1	NL	43	130	10	26	3	0	2	12	6	16	2	.200	.246	.269	.516
1903	NY1	NL	45	124	13	28	3	0	1	20	8	14	1	.226	.278	.274	.552
1904	NY1	NL	48	133	15	30	5	3	0	17	9	26	3	.226	.280	.308	.588
1905	NY1	NL	44	127	13	30	5	0	2	16	10	12	2	.236	.307	.323	.630
1906	NY1	NL	38	91	6	24	4	1	0	14	9	16	0	.264	.330	.330	.660
1907	NY1	NL	41	107	8	20	3	1	0	7	5	12	1	.187	.250	.234	.484
1908	NY1	NL	56	129	11	20	2	2	0	11	9	12	0	.155	.221	.202	.423
1909	NY1	NL	37	95	9	25	4	1	1	12	4	9	0	.263	.293	.358	.651
1910	NY1	NL	38	107	9	25	5	1	1	10	12	13	1	.234	.317	.327	.644
1911	NY1	NL	45	112	12	22	2	0	0	12	5	13	2	.196	.237	.214	.452
1912	NY1	NL	43	110	14	29	4	1	0	10	6	8	2	.264	.308	.318	.626
1913	NY1	NL	40	103	7	19	0	0	0	9	8	13	1	.184	.243	.184	.428
1914	NY1	NL	41	105	8	23	3	1	0	4	11	12	4	.219	.293	.267	.560
1915	NY1	NL	27	51	3	8	4	0	0	1	7	11	0	.157	.271	.235	.506
1916	NY1 +1	NL	13	22	2	3	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	.136	.269	.182	.451
Career	—	—	647	1,687	151	362	50	12	7	165	116	218	20	.215	.272	.271	.543

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1900	NY1	NL	P	6	—	34.0	1	9	0	0	10	1.000	1.67
1901	NY1	NL	P	40	—	336.0	21	108	1	1	130	.992	3.23
1902	NY1	NL	P	35	—	277.0	17	79	7	5	103	.932	2.74
			OF	4	—	33.0	5	1	0	1	6	1.000	1.50
			1B	3	—	25.0	27	2	4	2	33	.879	9.67
1903	NY1	NL	P	45	—	366.0	18	93	3	0	114	.974	2.47
1904	NY1	NL	P	48	46	368.0	32	116	6	0	154	.961	3.08
1905	NY1	NL	P	43	37	339.0	15	116	4	4	135	.970	3.05
1906	NY1	NL	P	38	35	267.0	15	90	1	1	106	.991	2.76
1907	NY1	NL	P	41	36	315.0	16	87	6	0	109	.945	2.51
1908	NY1	NL	P	56	44	391.0	27	141	2	1	170	.988	3.00
1909	NY1	NL	P	37	33	275.0	19	96	4	3	119	.966	3.11
1910	NY1	NL	P	38	35	318.0	12	114	4	6	130	.969	3.32
1911	NY1	NL	P	45	—	—	31	107	2	2	140	.986	3.07
1912	NY1	NL	P	43	—	—	15	74	4	4	93	.957	2.07
1913	NY1	NL	P	40	—	—	13	100	3	3	116	.974	2.83
1914	NY1	NL	P	41	—	—	15	91	5	7	111	.955	2.59
1915	NY1	NL	P	27	—	—	8	54	1	3	63	.984	2.30
1916	NY1	NL	P	13	—	—	6	28	0	1	34	1.000	2.62
Career	—	—	P	636	266	3286.0	281	1,503	53	41	1,837	.971	2.81
	—	—	OF	4	—	33.0	5	1	0	1	6	1.000	1.50
	—	—	1B	3	—	25.0	27	2	4	2	33	.879	9.67