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Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson (Big Six, Matty, or The Christian Gentleman)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Bucknell University

Debut July 17, 1900
Final Game September 4, 1916
Born August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, PA
Died October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, NY
Brother of Henry Mathewson and Cousin of Jack Billingham

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.

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One of the greatest pitchers ever. He won 373 games (tied for third on the all time list) and had a career ERA of 2.13. In 1936, he became one of the famous "First Five" players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 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 MVP-2
 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  3.40  160 1.113 MVP-12
 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  3.13  152 1.020 MVP-4
 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 MVP-16
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 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  2.89  135 1.059
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    21  10  36  31  24   4   4  1  274.0  241   92   64   5   48  143   3   6  1097   0   0  2.13  2.89  135 1.059
 Career High     37  17  56  46  37  11  10  5  390.7  321  136  104  16  100  267  13  23  1521   0   3  1.14  3.40  230 0.828
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1900 19 NYG NL   6   11    1    2   2  0   0    1   0      1      .182  .250  .364   72    4   0           0    
 1901 20 NYG NL  42  130   10   28   0  1   0    7   1      2      .215  .227  .231   35   30   4           0    
 1902 21 NYG NL  42  127   10   26   3  0   2   12   2      6      .205  .252  .276   63   35   2           2    
 1903 22 NYG NL  45  124   13   28   3  0   1   20   1      8      .226  .278  .274   55   34  16           1    
 1904 23 NYG NL  48  133   15   30   5  3   0   17   3      9      .226  .280  .308   78   41   9           1    
 1905 24 NYG NL  44  127   13   30   5  0   2   16   2     10      .236  .307  .323   86   41   1           3    
 1906 25 NYG NL  38   91    6   24   4  1   0   14   0      9      .264  .330  .330  104   30   3           0    
 1907 26 NYG NL  41  107    8   20   3  1   0    7   1      5      .187  .250  .234   50   25   3           4    
 1908 27 NYG NL  56  129   11   20   2  2   0   11   0      9      .155  .221  .202   32   26   7           2    
 1909 28 NYG NL  37   95    9   25   4  1   1   12   0      4      .263  .293  .358  100   34   1           0    
 1910 29 NYG NL  38  107    9   25   5  1   1   10   1     12  13  .234  .317  .327   88   35   4           1    
 1911 30 NYG NL  45  112   12   22   2  0   0   12   2      5  13  .196  .237  .214   25   24   3           1     MVP-2
 1912 31 NYG NL  43  110   14   29   4  1   0   10   2      6   8  .264  .308  .318   69   35   3           1     MVP-12
 1913 32 NYG NL  40  103    7   19   0  0   0    9   1      8  13  .184  .243  .184   23   19   4           0     MVP-4
 1914 33 NYG NL  41  105    8   23   3  1   0    4   4     11  12  .219  .293  .267   69   28   4           0     MVP-16
 1915 34 NYG NL  27   51    3    8   4  0   0    1   0  1   7  11  .157  .271  .235   58   12   3           1    
 1916 35 TOT NL  13   22    2    3   1  0   0    2   0      4   4  .136  .269  .182   42    4   2           0    
         NYG NL  12   17    1    0   0  0   0    1   0      4   4  .000  .190  .000  -38    0   2           0    
         CIN NL   1    5    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      0   0  .600  .600  .800  331    4   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     646 1684  151  362  50 12   7  165  20  1 116  74  .215  .272  .271   61  457  69   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        422   38   91  13  3   2   41   5  0  29  19  .215  .272  .271   61  115  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High     56  133   15   30   5  3   2   20   4  1  12  13                          41  16   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1900 19 NYG NL   12    9    1   2.9    94| .182  .280| .250  .341| .364  .370| .614  .711|  72  .330  -0.4   0.0     
 1901 20 NYG NL  136  106    7   1.8    85| .215  .271| .227  .325| .231  .353| .458  .679|  35  .185 -11.0  -1.2     
 1902 21 NYG NL  137  103    8   2.1    77| .205  .265| .252  .320| .276  .327| .528  .647|  63  .281  -5.8  -0.7     
 1903 22 NYG NL  149  112    9   2.1    95| .226  .282| .278  .346| .274  .368| .552  .714|  55  .242  -7.7  -0.8     
 1904 23 NYG NL  152  112   11   2.6    80| .226  .262| .280  .321| .308  .339| .588  .660|  78  .392  -3.7  -0.4     
 1905 24 NYG NL  141   98   12   3.3    85| .236  .267| .307  .329| .323  .348| .630  .678|  86  .464  -2.0  -0.2     
 1906 25 NYG NL  103   70   10   3.8    77| .264  .255| .330  .322| .330  .325| .660  .647| 104  .583   0.5   0.1     
 1907 26 NYG NL  119   90    6   1.8    77| .187  .255| .250  .322| .234  .325| .484  .647|  50  .267  -6.4  -0.8     
 1908 27 NYG NL  147  116    5   1.2    75| .155  .252| .221  .314| .202  .325| .423  .639|  32  .150 -10.1  -1.3     
 1909 28 NYG NL  100   71   10   3.8    78| .263  .254| .293  .322| .358  .328| .651  .650| 100  .572  -0.5  -0.1     
 1910 29 NYG NL  124   86   11   3.4    88| .234  .263| .317  .337| .327  .348| .644  .686|  88  .470  -1.6  -0.2     
 1911 30 NYG NL  121   93    6   1.7    98| .196  .272| .237  .350| .214  .374| .451  .724|  25  .177 -11.7  -1.3     
 1912 31 NYG NL  120   84   11   3.5   103| .264  .285| .308  .356| .318  .388| .626  .744|  69  .411  -5.1  -0.5     
 1913 32 NYG NL  115   88    5   1.5    92| .184  .271| .243  .336| .184  .369| .427  .704|  23  .154 -10.5  -1.1     
 1914 33 NYG NL  120   86    8   2.5    82| .219  .255| .293  .323| .267  .342| .560  .664|  69  .348  -3.8  -0.4     
 1915 34 NYG NL   62   47    3   1.7    76| .157  .249| .271  .311| .235  .333| .506  .644|  58  .233  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1916 35 TOT NL   28   21    2   2.6    75| .136  .249| .269  .307| .182  .333| .451  .640|  42  .388  -1.2  -0.2     
         NYG NL   23   19    0   0.0    74| .000  .248| .190  .306| .000  .332| .190  .638| -38  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
         CIN NL    5    2    2  27.1    77| .600  .252| .600  .310| .800  .336|1.400  .646| 331  .979   1.3   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     1886 1392  125   2.4    85| .215  .265| .272  .329| .271  .347| .543  .676|  61  .325 -82.9  -9.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1900 19 NYG NL   P    6      1    9    0    0 1.000  .917  1.67  2.17  2.67  2.67    1   33.7
 1901 20 NYG NL   P   40     21  108    1    1  .992  .934  3.23  2.39  3.46  2.75   38  336.0
 1902 21 NYG NL   P   34     17   79    6    5  .941  .933  2.82  2.41  3.12  2.72   32  276.7
                 OF    4      5    1    0    1 1.000  .952  1.50  1.93                            1    0    3
                 1B    3     27    2    4    2  .879  .980  9.67 10.43                        
 1903 22 NYG NL   P   45     18   93    3    0  .974  .924  2.47  2.43  2.73  2.87   42  366.3
 1904 23 NYG NL   P   48     32  116    6    0  .961  .940  3.08  2.62  3.62  3.03   46  367.7
 1905 24 NYG NL   P   43     15  116    4    4  .970  .943  3.05  2.42  3.48  2.97   37  338.7
 1906 25 NYG NL   P   38     15   90    1    1  .991  .948  2.76  2.40  3.54  3.05   35  266.7
 1907 26 NYG NL   P   41     16   87    6    0  .945  .950  2.51  2.27  2.94  2.97   36  315.0
 1908 27 NYG NL   P   56     27  141    2    1  .988  .953  3.00  2.13  3.87  2.99   44  390.7
 1909 28 NYG NL   P   37     19   96    4    3  .966  .940  3.11  1.95  3.76  2.84   33  275.3
 1910 29 NYG NL   P   38     12  114    4    6  .969  .945  3.32  1.77  3.56  2.82   35  318.3
 1911 30 NYG NL   P   45     31  107    2    2  .986  .943  3.07  1.72  4.05  2.77   37  307.0
 1912 31 NYG NL   P   43     15   74    4    4  .957  .948  2.07  1.55  2.58  2.54   34  310.0
 1913 32 NYG NL   P   40     13  100    3    3  .974  .955  2.83  1.57  3.32  2.61   35  306.0
 1914 33 NYG NL   P   41     15   91    5    7  .955  .943  2.59  1.65  3.06  2.68   35  312.0
 1915 34 NYG NL   P   27      8   54    1    3  .984  .952  2.30  1.68  3.00  2.72   24  186.0
 1916 35 TOT NL   P   13      6   28    0    1 1.000  .958  2.62  1.63  4.10  2.67    7   74.7
         NYG NL   P   12      5   25    0    1 1.000  .958  2.50  1.63  4.11  2.67    6   65.7
         CIN NL   P    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  4.00  1.60  4.00  2.70    1    9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1902 21 NYG NL  1B    3     27    2    4    2  .879  .980  9.67 10.43                        

 1902 21 NYG NL  OF    4      5    1    0    1 1.000  .952  1.50  1.93                            1    0    3

 1900 19 NYG NL   P    6      1    9    0    0 1.000  .917  1.67  2.17  2.67  2.67    1   33.7
 1901 20 NYG NL   P   40     21  108    1    1  .992  .934  3.23  2.39  3.46  2.75   38  336.0
 1902 21 NYG NL   P   34     17   79    6    5  .941  .933  2.82  2.41  3.12  2.72   32  276.7
 1903 22 NYG NL   P   45     18   93    3    0  .974  .924  2.47  2.43  2.73  2.87   42  366.3
 1904 23 NYG NL   P   48     32  116    6    0  .961  .940  3.08  2.62  3.62  3.03   46  367.7
 1905 24 NYG NL   P   43     15  116    4    4  .970  .943  3.05  2.42  3.48  2.97   37  338.7
 1906 25 NYG NL   P   38     15   90    1    1  .991  .948  2.76  2.40  3.54  3.05   35  266.7
 1907 26 NYG NL   P   41     16   87    6    0  .945  .950  2.51  2.27  2.94  2.97   36  315.0
 1908 27 NYG NL   P   56     27  141    2    1  .988  .953  3.00  2.13  3.87  2.99   44  390.7
 1909 28 NYG NL   P   37     19   96    4    3  .966  .940  3.11  1.95  3.76  2.84   33  275.3
 1910 29 NYG NL   P   38     12  114    4    6  .969  .945  3.32  1.77  3.56  2.82   35  318.3
 1911 30 NYG NL   P   45     31  107    2    2  .986  .943  3.07  1.72  4.05  2.77   37  307.0
 1912 31 NYG NL   P   43     15   74    4    4  .957  .948  2.07  1.55  2.58  2.54   34  310.0
 1913 32 NYG NL   P   40     13  100    3    3  .974  .955  2.83  1.57  3.32  2.61   35  306.0
 1914 33 NYG NL   P   41     15   91    5    7  .955  .943  2.59  1.65  3.06  2.68   35  312.0
 1915 34 NYG NL   P   27      8   54    1    3  .984  .952  2.30  1.68  3.00  2.72   24  186.0
 1916 35 TOT NL   P   13      6   28    0    1 1.000  .958  2.62  1.63  4.10  2.67    7   74.7
         NYG NL   P   12      5   25    0    1 1.000  .958  2.50  1.63  4.11  2.67    6   65.7
         CIN NL   P    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  4.00  1.60  4.00  2.70    1    9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 635    281 1503   52   41  .972  .943  2.81  2.07              551 4780.7
                 OF    4      5    1    0    1 1.000  .952  1.50  1.93                            1    0    3
                 1B    3     27    2    4    2  .879  .980  9.67 10.43                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       642    313 1506   56   44  .970  .944  2.83  2.11

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1905   WS    NYG PHA     W   3   3   0.00  3  0  0  3  27    14   0   1  18 
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   3   3   2.00  1  2  0  2  27    25   6   2  13 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   3   3   0.94  0  2  0  3  28.2  23   3   5  10 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   2   2   0.95  1  1  0  2  19    14   2   2   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-3  11  11   0.97  5  5  0 10 101.2  76  11  10  48 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1905   WS    NYG PHA     W   3   8   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   1  .250  .333  .250   0  0   2   0   0 
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   3   7   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .286  .375  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   3  12   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   4  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   2   5   1   3  0  0  0   1   1   0  .600  .667  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-3  11  32   2   9  0  0  0   1   3   8  .281  .343  .281   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1905-NL-Triple Crown
1908-NL-Triple Crown

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-2-0.39
1912-NL-12-0.12
1913-NL-4-0.33
1914-NL-16-0.06
Car-268-0.90 shares

ERA
1901 NL-2.41-6
1902 NL-2.11-8
1903 NL-2.26-2
1904 NL-2.03-6
1905 NL-1.28-1
1907 NL-2.00-8
1908 NL-1.43-1
1909 NL-1.14-1
1910 NL-1.89-3
1911 NL-1.99-1
1912 NL-2.12-2
1913 NL-2.06-1
Car-2.13-8

Wins
1901 NL-20-6
1903 NL-30-2
1904 NL-33-2
1905 NL-31-1
1906 NL-22-4
1907 NL-24-1
1908 NL-37-1
1909 NL-25-2
1910 NL-27-1
1911 NL-26-2
1912 NL-23-4
1913 NL-25-2
1914 NL-24-5
Car-373-3

Won-Loss %
1903 NL-.698-4
1904 NL-.733-3
1905 NL-.775-2
1906 NL-.647-9
1907 NL-.667-6
1908 NL-.771-2
1909 NL-.806-1
1910 NL-.750-4
1911 NL-.667-5
1912 NL-.657-7
1913 NL-.694-6
1914 NL-.649-6
Car-.665-16

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1901 NL-1.146-6
1902 NL-1.135-10
1903 NL-1.149-4
1904 NL-1.044-6
1905 NL-.933-1
1907 NL-.962-2
1908 NL-.837-1
1909 NL-.828-1
1910 NL-1.106-2
1911 NL-1.111-3
1912 NL-1.113-2
1913 NL-1.020-1
1914 NL-1.080-3
Car-1.059-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1901 NL-7.71-2
1902 NL-7.84-7
1903 NL-7.89-2
1904 NL-7.49-6
1905 NL-6.70-2
1907 NL-7.14-10
1908 NL-6.57-3
1909 NL-6.28-1
Car-7.94-100

Bases on Balls/9IP
1904 NL-1.91-7
1905 NL-1.70-4
1907 NL-1.51-2
1908 NL-.97-1
1909 NL-1.18-1
1910 NL-1.70-2
1911 NL-1.11-1
1912 NL-.99-1
1913 NL-.62-1
1914 NL-.66-1
1915 NL-.97-1
Car-1.59-29

Strikeouts/9IP
1901 NL-5.92-3
1902 NL-5.17-2
1903 NL-6.56-1
1904 NL-5.19-2
1905 NL-5.47-3
1907 NL-5.09-3
1908 NL-5.97-2
1909 NL-4.87-6
1910 NL-5.20-4

Games
1901 NL-40-5
1903 NL-45-2
1904 NL-48-2
1905 NL-43-3
1906 NL-38-10
1907 NL-41-3
1908 NL-56-1
1911 NL-45-5
1912 NL-43-6

Saves
1903 NL-2-3
1904 NL-1-7
1905 NL-2-4
1907 NL-2-4
1908 NL-5-1
1909 NL-2-9
1911 NL-3-8
1912 NL-4-2
1914 NL-2-10
1916 NL-2-8

Innings
1901 NL-336.0-5
1902 NL-276.7-9
1903 NL-366.3-2
1904 NL-367.7-3
1905 NL-338.7-3
1907 NL-315.0-3
1908 NL-390.7-1
1909 NL-275.3-10
1910 NL-318.3-2
1911 NL-307.0-6
1912 NL-310.0-2
1913 NL-306.0-4
1914 NL-312.0-7
Car-4780.7-19

Strikeouts
1901 NL-221-4
1902 NL-159-5
1903 NL-267-1
1904 NL-212-1
1905 NL-206-1
1906 NL-128-10
1907 NL-178-1
1908 NL-259-1
1909 NL-149-6
1910 NL-184-2
1911 NL-141-6
1912 NL-134-9
Car-2502-29

Games Started
1901 NL-38-3
1902 NL-32-10
1903 NL-42-2
1904 NL-46-1
1905 NL-37-6
1906 NL-35-7
1907 NL-36-4
1908 NL-44-1
1909 NL-33-6
1910 NL-35-5
1911 NL-37-2
1912 NL-34-7
1913 NL-35-5
1914 NL-35-8
Car-551-29

Comp. Games
1901 NL-36-3
1902 NL-29-9
1903 NL-37-2
1904 NL-33-7
1905 NL-32-5
1907 NL-31-3
1908 NL-34-1
1909 NL-26-4
1910 NL-27-1
1911 NL-29-2
1912 NL-27-2
1913 NL-25-2
1914 NL-29-4
Car-434-14

Shutouts
1901 NL-5-4
1902 NL-8-1
1903 NL-3-6
1904 NL-4-7
1905 NL-8-1
1906 NL-6-3
1907 NL-8-1
1908 NL-11-1
1909 NL-8-2
1911 NL-5-3
1913 NL-4-3
1914 NL-5-6
Car-79-3

Home Runs Allow.
1902 NL-3-7
1903 NL-4-10
1904 NL-7-5
1907 NL-6-2
1908 NL-5-7
1913 NL-8-9
1914 NL-16-1
1915 NL-9-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1901 NL-97-6
1902 NL-73-9
1903 NL-100-6

Hits Allowed
1903 NL-321-3
1904 NL-306-5
1906 NL-262-9
1907 NL-250-10
1908 NL-285-1
1910 NL-292-2
1911 NL-303-1
1912 NL-311-3
1913 NL-291-1
1914 NL-314-2
Car-4218-30

SO to Walk
1901 NL-2.28-10
1902 NL-2.18-10
1903 NL-2.67-3
1904 NL-2.72-3
1905 NL-3.22-1
1906 NL-1.66-10
1907 NL-3.36-1
1908 NL-6.17-1
1909 NL-4.14-1
1910 NL-3.07-1
1911 NL-3.71-1
1912 NL-3.94-1
1913 NL-4.43-1
1914 NL-3.48-1
1915 NL-2.85-3
Car-2.96-35

Losses
1901 NL-17-9
1902 NL-17-6
Car-188-56

Earned Runs Allow.
1903 NL-92-10
1906 NL-88-6
1914 NL-104-1

Wild Pitches
1901 NL-23-1
1902 NL-16-1
1903 NL-18-1
1904 NL-10-4
1910 NL-8-6
1914 NL-7-9
Car-114-53

Hit Batsmen
1901 NL-13-8

Batters Faced
1900 NL-158-6
1901 NL-1383-5
1902 NL-1137-8
1903 NL-1521-2
1904 NL-1456-4
1905 NL-1319-6
1907 NL-1240-4
1908 NL-1499-1
1910 NL-1271-2
1911 NL-1238-6
1912 NL-1263-4
1913 NL-1195-5
1914 NL-1251-8
Car-19136-20

Games Finished
1905 NL-6-10
1908 NL-10-8

Adjusted ERA+
1901 NL-138-5
1902 NL-133-8
1903 NL-147-2
1904 NL-134-6
1905 NL-230-1
1907 NL-123-8
1908 NL-168-1
1909 NL-222-1
1910 NL-156-2
1911 NL-168-1
1912 NL-160-2
1913 NL-152-1
Car-135-22

Oldest Player
1915 NL-34-10
1916 NL-35-10

Youngest Player
1900 NL-19-1
1901 NL-20-4
1902 NL-21-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 92 (9) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 352 (4) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 84.0 (1) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 303.0 (5) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
July, 1900: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina).
December, 1900: Assigned to the Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) by the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
December, 1900: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Norfolk (Virginia-North Carolina) in the 1900 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
December 15, 1900: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Amos Rusie.
July 20, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants with Bill McKechnie and Edd Roush to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer.
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One of the greatest pitchers ever. He won 373 games (tied for third on the all time list) and had a career ERA of 2.13. In 1936, he became one of the famous "First Five" players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Awards 1905-NL-Triple Crown 1908-NL-Triple Crown	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1911-NL-2-0.39 1912-NL-12-0.12 1913-NL-4-0.33 1914-NL-16-0.06 Car-268-0.90 shares	ERA 1901 NL-2.41-6 1902 NL-2.11-8 1903 NL-2.26-2 1904 NL-2.03-6 1905 NL-1.28-1 1907 NL-2.00-8 1908 NL-1.43-1 1909 NL-1.14-1 1910 NL-1.89-3 1911 NL-1.99-1 1912 NL-2.12-2 1913 NL-2.06-1 Car-2.13-8	Wins 1901 NL-20-6 1903 NL-30-2 1904 NL-33-2 1905 NL-31-1 1906 NL-22-4 1907 NL-24-1 1908 NL-37-1 1909 NL-25-2 1910 NL-27-1 1911 NL-26-2 1912 NL-23-4 1913 NL-25-2 1914 NL-24-5 Car-373-3	Won-Loss % 1903 NL-.698-4 1904 NL-.733-3 1905 NL-.775-2 1906 NL-.647-9 1907 NL-.667-6 1908 NL-.771-2 1909 NL-.806-1 1910 NL-.750-4 1911 NL-.667-5 1912 NL-.657-7 1913 NL-.694-6 1914 NL-.649-6 Car-.665-16	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1901 NL-1.146-6 1902 NL-1.135-10 1903 NL-1.149-4 1904 NL-1.044-6 1905 NL-.933-1 1907 NL-.962-2 1908 NL-.837-1 1909 NL-.828-1 1910 NL-1.106-2 1911 NL-1.111-3 1912 NL-1.113-2 1913 NL-1.020-1 1914 NL-1.080-3 Car-1.059-6
Hits Allowed/9IP 1901 NL-7.71-2 1902 NL-7.84-7 1903 NL-7.89-2 1904 NL-7.49-6 1905 NL-6.70-2 1907 NL-7.14-10 1908 NL-6.57-3 1909 NL-6.28-1 Car-7.94-100	Bases on Balls/9IP 1904 NL-1.91-7 1905 NL-1.70-4 1907 NL-1.51-2 1908 NL-.97-1 1909 NL-1.18-1 1910 NL-1.70-2 1911 NL-1.11-1 1912 NL-.99-1 1913 NL-.62-1 1914 NL-.66-1 1915 NL-.97-1 Car-1.59-29	Strikeouts/9IP 1901 NL-5.92-3 1902 NL-5.17-2 1903 NL-6.56-1 1904 NL-5.19-2 1905 NL-5.47-3 1907 NL-5.09-3 1908 NL-5.97-2 1909 NL-4.87-6 1910 NL-5.20-4	Games 1901 NL-40-5 1903 NL-45-2 1904 NL-48-2 1905 NL-43-3 1906 NL-38-10 1907 NL-41-3 1908 NL-56-1 1911 NL-45-5 1912 NL-43-6	Saves 1903 NL-2-3 1904 NL-1-7 1905 NL-2-4 1907 NL-2-4 1908 NL-5-1 1909 NL-2-9 1911 NL-3-8 1912 NL-4-2 1914 NL-2-10 1916 NL-2-8	Innings 1901 NL-336.0-5 1902 NL-276.7-9 1903 NL-366.3-2 1904 NL-367.7-3 1905 NL-338.7-3 1907 NL-315.0-3 1908 NL-390.7-1 1909 NL-275.3-10 1910 NL-318.3-2 1911 NL-307.0-6 1912 NL-310.0-2 1913 NL-306.0-4 1914 NL-312.0-7 Car-4780.7-19
Strikeouts 1901 NL-221-4 1902 NL-159-5 1903 NL-267-1 1904 NL-212-1 1905 NL-206-1 1906 NL-128-10 1907 NL-178-1 1908 NL-259-1 1909 NL-149-6 1910 NL-184-2 1911 NL-141-6 1912 NL-134-9 Car-2502-29	Games Started 1901 NL-38-3 1902 NL-32-10 1903 NL-42-2 1904 NL-46-1 1905 NL-37-6 1906 NL-35-7 1907 NL-36-4 1908 NL-44-1 1909 NL-33-6 1910 NL-35-5 1911 NL-37-2 1912 NL-34-7 1913 NL-35-5 1914 NL-35-8 Car-551-29	Comp. Games 1901 NL-36-3 1902 NL-29-9 1903 NL-37-2 1904 NL-33-7 1905 NL-32-5 1907 NL-31-3 1908 NL-34-1 1909 NL-26-4 1910 NL-27-1 1911 NL-29-2 1912 NL-27-2 1913 NL-25-2 1914 NL-29-4 Car-434-14	Shutouts 1901 NL-5-4 1902 NL-8-1 1903 NL-3-6 1904 NL-4-7 1905 NL-8-1 1906 NL-6-3 1907 NL-8-1 1908 NL-11-1 1909 NL-8-2 1911 NL-5-3 1913 NL-4-3 1914 NL-5-6 Car-79-3	Home Runs Allow. 1902 NL-3-7 1903 NL-4-10 1904 NL-7-5 1907 NL-6-2 1908 NL-5-7 1913 NL-8-9 1914 NL-16-1 1915 NL-9-1	Bases On Balls Allow. 1901 NL-97-6 1902 NL-73-9 1903 NL-100-6
Hits Allowed 1903 NL-321-3 1904 NL-306-5 1906 NL-262-9 1907 NL-250-10 1908 NL-285-1 1910 NL-292-2 1911 NL-303-1 1912 NL-311-3 1913 NL-291-1 1914 NL-314-2 Car-4218-30	SO to Walk 1901 NL-2.28-10 1902 NL-2.18-10 1903 NL-2.67-3 1904 NL-2.72-3 1905 NL-3.22-1 1906 NL-1.66-10 1907 NL-3.36-1 1908 NL-6.17-1 1909 NL-4.14-1 1910 NL-3.07-1 1911 NL-3.71-1 1912 NL-3.94-1 1913 NL-4.43-1 1914 NL-3.48-1 1915 NL-2.85-3 Car-2.96-35	Losses 1901 NL-17-9 1902 NL-17-6 Car-188-56	Earned Runs Allow. 1903 NL-92-10 1906 NL-88-6 1914 NL-104-1	Wild Pitches 1901 NL-23-1 1902 NL-16-1 1903 NL-18-1 1904 NL-10-4 1910 NL-8-6 1914 NL-7-9 Car-114-53	Hit Batsmen 1901 NL-13-8
Batters Faced 1900 NL-158-6 1901 NL-1383-5 1902 NL-1137-8 1903 NL-1521-2 1904 NL-1456-4 1905 NL-1319-6 1907 NL-1240-4 1908 NL-1499-1 1910 NL-1271-2 1911 NL-1238-6 1912 NL-1263-4 1913 NL-1195-5 1914 NL-1251-8 Car-19136-20	Games Finished 1905 NL-6-10 1908 NL-10-8	Adjusted ERA+ 1901 NL-138-5 1902 NL-133-8 1903 NL-147-2 1904 NL-134-6 1905 NL-230-1 1907 NL-123-8 1908 NL-168-1 1909 NL-222-1 1910 NL-156-2 1911 NL-168-1 1912 NL-160-2 1913 NL-152-1 Car-135-22	Oldest Player 1915 NL-34-10 1916 NL-35-10	Youngest Player 1900 NL-19-1 1901 NL-20-4 1902 NL-21-10