Al Mattern
1908–1912 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves
139G
.165AVG
.195OBP
.184SLG
More career statistics
45H
0HR
16RBI
2SB
36–58W–L
844.1IP
254K
3.37ERA
94GS
4SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 37 | 63 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 306 | 304 |
| Batting · Runs | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 15 |
| Batting · Walks | 9 | 8 |
| Pitching · Games | 138 | 139 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,493 | 3,618 |
| Pitching · p er | 316 | 350 |
| Pitching · p h | 878 | 877 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,533 | 2,526 |
| Pitching · p k | 254 | 271 |
| Pitching · p r | 435 | 448 |
| Pitching · p w | 299 | 293 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | 306 | 272 | 17 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | .165 | .195 | .184 | .379 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 844.3 | 138 | 94 | 53 | 36 | 58 | 4 | 878 | 435 | 316 | 22 | 299 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 3.37 | 1.394 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1909-09-28 to 1909-10-04
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1910-06-04 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1909-05-26 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1911-05-10 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 78 | 173 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 38 | .161 | .162 | .181 |
| Away | 61 | 131 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | .171 | .191 | .188 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .100 | .105 |
| May | 24 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .106 | .115 | .128 |
| June | 22 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .127 | .150 | .164 |
| July | 27 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | .137 | .155 | .137 |
| August | 23 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .200 | .196 | .200 |
| September | 25 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .239 | .250 | .261 |
| October | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .444 | .364 | .556 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .237 | .231 | .271 |
| new-york-giants | 24 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .120 | .132 | .120 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 20 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .111 | .135 | .111 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 18 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .188 | .179 | .250 |
| chicago-cubs | 17 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .097 | .143 | .097 |
| cincinnati-reds | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .231 | .214 | .231 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 17 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .172 | .188 | .207 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  Boston Braves | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 29 | 9 |
| 1909 | Boston Braves | 47 | 102 | 17 | – | 9 | 1 | .167 | 318 | 112 |
| 1910 | Boston Braves | 51 | 98 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .163 | 304 | 95 |
| 1911 | Boston Braves | 33 | 63 | 11 | – | 3 | 1 | .175 | 184 | 52 |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 3 |