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Historical player · 1871–1887

Bobby Mathews

B/T R/R · HT 65 · WT 140 · Born 11/21/1851 · From Baltimore, MD USA · Debut 1871-05-04 · Final 1887-10-10

Career · batting

623

2,486

504

RBI

164

AVG/OPS

0.203 · 0.457

Career · pitching

578

568

4,956.0

W-L

297-248

1,528

ERA

2.86

WHIP

1.24

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Providence Grays · 1879–1881

#12 on the Grays

↑ 1 E. Gross

Hits

#29 on the Grays

↑ 6 C. Bassett

↓ 1 T. Murnane

RBI

#31 on the Grays

↑ 2 B. McClellan

↓ 5 D. Shaw

Runs

#27 on the Grays

↑ 1 G. Bradley

↓ 1 B. McClellan

#21 on the Grays

↑ 1 J. O'Rourke

↓ 1 L. Knight

Career with the New York Mutuals · 1873–1875

Hits

163

#8 on the Mutuals

↑ 4 J. Holdsworth

↓ 48 C. Gedney

RBI

#7 on the Mutuals

↑ 9 N. Hicks

↓ 8 J. Holdsworth

#11 on the Mutuals

↑ 2 N. Hicks

↓ 1 T. Carey

Runs

109

#6 on the Mutuals

↑ 2 C. Nelson

↓ 11 N. Hicks

#5 on the Mutuals

↑ 1 N. Hicks

↓ 1 J. Start

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1883–1887

Hits

121

#23 on the Athletics

↑ 2 E. Seward

↓ 9 B. Gleason

RBI

#27 on the Athletics

↑ 4 G. Bradley

↓ 1 F. Mann

#46 on the Athletics

↑ 1 K. Baldwin

Runs

#21 on the Athletics

↑ 3 B. Blakiston

↓ 1 F. Fennelly

#23 on the Athletics

↑ 2 M. Moynahan

↓ 1 T. Shafer

Career with the Boston Red Caps · 1881–1882

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Hits

#632 on the Caps

↑ 1 R. Brogna

↓ 1 H. Thomas

RBI

#664 on the Caps

↑ 1 B. Beall

↓ 1 E. Smith

Runs

#681 on the Caps

↑ 1 A. Almonte

↓ 1 R. Belloir

#791 on the Caps

↑ 1 M. Aderholt

↓ 1 F. Bonner

Career with the Baltimore Canaries · 1872–1872

Hits

#16 on the Canaries

↑ 2 C. Fisher

↓ 2 C. Cummings

RBI

#13 on the Canaries

↑ 13 C. McVey

↓ 3 J. Ryan

#9 on the Canaries

↑ 1 S. Hastings

↓ 1 H. Deane

Runs

#14 on the Canaries

↑ 1 A. Brainard

↓ 4 J. Manning

#12 on the Canaries

↑ 1 H. Deane

↓ 1 A. Brainard

Career with the New York Mutuals · 1876–1876

Hits

#8 on the Mutuals

↑ 4 N. Hicks

↓ 2 A. Nichols

RBI

#7 on the Mutuals

↑ 6 N. Hicks

↓ 2 E. Booth

Runs

#8 on the Mutuals

↑ 1 N. Hicks

↓ 2 E. Booth

#1 on the Mutuals

↓ 1 B. Craver

Career with the Fort Wayne Kekiongas · 1871–1871

Hits

#2 on the Kekiongas

↑ 7 J. Foran

↓ 4 T. Carey

RBI

#3 on the Kekiongas

↑ 2 W. Goldsmith

↓ 3 B. Kelly

#3 on the Kekiongas

↑ 1 P. Quinn

↓ 1 J. Hallinan

Runs

#4 on the Kekiongas

↑ 1 T. Carey

↓ 1 F. Sellman

#5 on the Kekiongas

↑ 2 W. Goldsmith

↓ 1 P. Donnelly

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1877–1877

Hits

#40 on the Reds

↑ 4 C. Cummings

↓ 1 H. Smith

Runs

#42 on the Reds

↑ 1 C. Cummings

↓ 1 G. Miller

#35 on the Reds

↑ 1 M. Burke

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

504

#2,728 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Amaro

↓ 1 W. Westrum

RBI

164

#3,316 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Bechtel

↓ 1 D. Williams

#4,406 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Aaron

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1871	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	NA	19	89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	2	0	0.270	—	0.326
1872	Baltimore Canaries	NA	50	222	36	50	2	0	0	22	3	3	2	0.225	—	0.234
1873	New York Mutuals	NA	52	223	40	43	3	3	0	14	1	10	3	0.193	—	0.233
1874	New York Mutuals	NA	65	298	46	72	6	1	0	30	2	3	4	0.242	—	0.268
1875	New York Mutuals	NA	70	264	23	48	6	2	0	15	1	2	5	0.182	—	0.220
1876	New York Mutuals	NL	56	218	19	40	4	1	0	9	0	3	2	0.183	—	0.211
1877	Cincinnati Reds	NL	15	59	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.169	—	0.169
1879	Providence Grays	NL	43	173	25	35	2	0	1	10	0	7	12	0.202	—	0.231
1881	Providence Grays	NL	16	57	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	5	6	0.193	—	0.211
1881	Caps	NL	19	71	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	0.169	—	0.197
1882	Caps	NL	45	169	17	38	6	0	0	13	0	8	18	0.225	—	0.260
1883	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	45	167	15	31	2	0	0	11	0	5	0	0.186	—	0.198
1884	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	49	184	26	34	5	1	0	0	0	7	0	0.185	—	0.223
1885	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	48	179	22	30	3	0	0	12	0	10	0	0.168	—	0.184
1886	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	24	88	16	21	3	0	0	10	1	3	0	0.239	—	0.273
1887	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	7	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0.200	—	0.200
Career			623	2,486	318	504	48	9	1	164	10	73	62	0.203	0.226	0.231

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1871	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	NA	6	11	19	19	0	169.0	261	97	21	17	5.17	1.67
1872	Baltimore Canaries	NA	25	18	49	47	0	406.0	480	144	52	57	3.19	1.31
1873	New York Mutuals	NA	29	23	52	52	0	443.0	489	127	62	79	2.58	1.24
1874	New York Mutuals	NA	42	22	65	65	0	578.0	652	122	41	101	1.90	1.20
1875	New York Mutuals	NA	29	38	70	70	0	625.7	711	173	20	75	2.49	1.17
1876	New York Mutuals	NL	21	34	56	56	0	516.0	693	164	24	37	2.86	1.39
1877	Cincinnati Reds	NL	3	12	15	15	0	129.3	208	58	17	9	4.04	1.74
1879	Providence Grays	NL	12	6	27	25	1	189.0	194	48	26	90	2.29	1.16
1881	Providence Grays	NL	4	8	14	14	0	102.3	121	36	21	28	3.17	1.39
1881	Caps	NL	1	0	5	1	2	23.0	22	6	11	5	2.35	1.43
1882	Caps	NL	19	15	34	32	0	285.0	278	91	22	153	2.87	1.05
1883	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	30	13	44	44	0	381.0	396	104	31	203	2.46	1.12
1884	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	30	18	49	49	0	430.7	401	159	49	286	3.32	1.04
1885	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	30	17	48	48	0	422.3	394	114	57	286	2.43	1.07
1886	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	13	9	24	24	0	197.7	226	87	53	93	3.96	1.41
1887	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	3	4	7	7	0	58.0	75	43	25	9	6.67	1.72
Career			297	248	578	568	3	4,956.0	5,601	1,573	532	1,528	2.86	1.24

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	578	130	4,956.0	236	791	220	22
OF	80	2	466.0	54	8	21	1
3B	9	1	42.0	5	6	10	1
SS	2	0	9.0	1	1	4	0