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Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1936, Player - 205 votes on 226 ballots - 90.71%

Born: August 12, 1880, in Factoryville, Pennsylvania
Died: October 7, 1925, in Saranac Lake, New York

ML Debut: 7/17/1900
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: R   Throws: R   Primary Uniform #:

Played For: New York Giants (1900-1916), Cincinnati Reds (1916)
Managed: Cincinnati Reds (1916)

Post-Season: 1905 World Series, 1911 World Series, 1912 World Series, 1913 World Series

Bio
As charismatic and popular as any player in the early 1900s, the college-educated Christy Mathewson won 373 games over 17 seasons, primarily for the New York Giants. Using his famous fade-away pitch, "Matty" won at least 22 games for 12 straight years beginning in 1903, winning 30 games or more four times. A participant in four World Series, Mathewson's lone title came in 1905 when he tossed three shutouts in six days against the Athletics. He set the modern National League mark with 37 wins in 1908.

Quote
"Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second."
   — writer Damon Runyon

Did You Know... that Christy Mathewson was an accomplished checkers player, once having defeated Newell Banks, world champion checkers player from 1917-1922 and 1933-1934?


YEAR TEAM Lg W L PCT G SH SV IP H R ER SO BB ERA
1900 NY NL 0 3 .000 6 0   34 35 28   15 22  
1901 NY NL 20 17 .541 40 5   336 288 131   221 97  
1902 NY NL 14 17 .452 34 8   277 241 114   159 73  
1903 NY NL 30 13 .698 45 3   366 321 136   267 100  
1904 NY NL 33 12 .733 48 4   368 306 120   212 78  
1905 NY NL 31 9 .775 43 8   339 252 85   206 64  
1906 NY NL 22 12 .647 38 6   267 262 101   128 77  
1907 NY NL 24 12 .667 41 8   316 250 88   178 53  
1908 NY NL 37 11 .771 56 11   391 285 87   259 42  
1909 NY NL 25 6 .806 37 8   275 192 57   149 36  
1910 NY NL 27 9 .750 38 2   318 292 100   184 60  
1911 NY NL 26 13 .667 45 5   307 303 102   141 38  
1912 NY NL 23 12 .657 43 0   310 311 107 73 134 34 2.12
1913 NY NL 25 11 .694 40 4   306 291 94 70 93 21 2.06
1914 NY NL 24 13 .649 41 5   312 314 133 104 80 23 3.00
1915 NY NL 8 14 .364 27 1   186 199 97 74 57 20 3.58
1916 NY NL 3 4 .429 12 1   66 59 27 17 16 7 2.32
1916 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1 0   9 15 8 8 3 1 8.00
      373 188 .665 635 79   4783 4216 1615 346 2502 846 2.62
YEAR TEAM Lg W L PCT G SH SV IP H R ER SO BB ERA