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Historical player · 1900–1916 · ★ Hall of Fame 1936

Christy Mathewson

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 195 · Born 8/12/1880 · From Factoryville, PA USA · Debut 1900-07-17 · Final 1916-09-04

Career · batting

647

1,687

362

RBI

165

116

AVG/OPS

0.215 · 0.543

Career · pitching

636

552

4,788.7

W-L

373-188

2,507

ERA

2.13

WHIP

1.06

Where they rank

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

Career with the New York Giants · 1900–1916

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#338 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Austin

↓ 1 G. Watkins

Hits

359

#155 on the Giants

↑ 1 R. Hunt

↓ 5 A. Slater

RBI

164

#155 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Farrell

↓ 1 D. Williams

#170 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Alou

↓ 1 R. Metzger

Runs

150

#178 on the Giants

↑ 2 A. Huff

↓ 1 M. Grady

116

#160 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Gladden

↓ 1 F. Demaree

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1916–1916

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Hits

#1,276 on the Reds

↑ 1 R. Bell

↓ 1 D. Zanni

RBI

#1,242 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

Runs

#1,305 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,761 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Zambrano

Hits

362

#3,415 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Biggio

↓ 1 D. Vogelbach

RBI

165

#3,305 all-time MLB

↑ 1 H. Foiles

↓ 1 H. Walker

#3,172 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Adrianza

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1900	Giants	NL	6	11	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.182	—	0.364
1901	Giants	NL	42	130	10	28	0	1	0	7	1	2	25	0.215	—	0.231
1902	Giants	NL	43	130	10	26	3	0	2	12	2	6	16	0.200	—	0.269
1903	Giants	NL	45	124	13	28	3	0	1	20	1	8	14	0.226	—	0.274
1904	Giants	NL	48	133	15	30	5	3	0	17	3	9	26	0.226	—	0.308
1905	Giants	NL	44	127	13	30	5	0	2	16	2	10	12	0.236	—	0.323
1906	Giants	NL	38	91	6	24	4	1	0	14	0	9	16	0.264	—	0.330
1907	Giants	NL	41	107	8	20	3	1	0	7	1	5	12	0.187	—	0.234
1908	Giants	NL	56	129	11	20	2	2	0	11	0	9	12	0.155	—	0.202
1909	Giants	NL	37	95	9	25	4	1	1	12	0	4	9	0.263	—	0.358
1910	Giants	NL	38	107	9	25	5	1	1	10	1	12	13	0.234	—	0.327
1911	Giants	NL	45	112	12	22	2	0	0	12	2	5	13	0.196	—	0.214
1912	Giants	NL	43	110	14	29	4	1	0	10	2	6	8	0.264	—	0.318
1913	Giants	NL	40	103	7	19	0	0	0	9	1	8	13	0.184	—	0.184
1914	Giants	NL	41	105	8	23	3	1	0	4	4	11	12	0.219	—	0.267
1915	Giants	NL	27	51	3	8	4	0	0	1	0	7	11	0.157	—	0.235
1916	Giants	NL	12	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0.000	—	0.000
1916	Reds	NL	1	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.600	—	0.800
Career			647	1,687	151	362	50	12	7	165	20	116	218	0.215	0.272	0.271

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1900	Giants	NL	0	3	6	1	0	33.7	37	19	20	15	5.08	1.69
1901	Giants	NL	20	17	40	38	0	336.0	288	90	97	221	2.41	1.15
1902	Giants	NL	14	17	35	33	0	284.7	246	67	77	164	2.12	1.13
1903	Giants	NL	30	13	45	42	2	366.3	321	92	100	267	2.26	1.15
1904	Giants	NL	33	12	48	46	1	367.7	306	83	78	212	2.03	1.04
1905	Giants	NL	31	9	43	37	3	338.7	252	48	64	206	1.28	0.93
1906	Giants	NL	22	12	38	35	1	266.7	262	88	77	128	2.97	1.27
1907	Giants	NL	24	12	41	36	2	315.0	250	70	53	178	2.00	0.96
1908	Giants	NL	37	11	56	44	5	390.7	281	62	42	259	1.43	0.83
1909	Giants	NL	25	6	37	33	2	275.3	192	35	36	149	1.14	0.83
1910	Giants	NL	27	9	38	35	0	318.3	292	67	60	184	1.89	1.11
1911	Giants	NL	26	13	45	37	3	307.0	303	68	38	141	1.99	1.11
1912	Giants	NL	23	12	43	34	4	310.0	311	73	34	134	2.12	1.11
1913	Giants	NL	25	11	40	35	2	306.0	291	70	21	93	2.06	1.02
1914	Giants	NL	24	13	41	35	2	312.0	314	104	23	80	3.00	1.08
1915	Giants	NL	8	14	27	24	0	186.0	199	74	20	57	3.58	1.18
1916	Giants	NL	3	4	12	6	2	65.7	59	17	7	16	2.33	1.01
1916	Reds	NL	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	15	8	1	3	8.00	1.78
Career			373	188	636	552	29	4,788.7	4,219	1,135	848	2,507	2.13	1.06

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	636	266	3,286.0	281	1,503	53	41
OF	4	0	33.0	5	1	0	1
1B	3	0	25.0	27	2	4	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1936	BBWAA	205	170	Inducted