Christy Mathewson

1900–1916 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants

647G

.215AVG

.272OBP

.271SLG

More career statistics

362H

7HR

165RBI

20SB

373–188W–L

4,780.2IP

2,502K

2.13ERA

551GS

29SV

21Rare 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 · Games	647	646
Batting · At bats	1,684	1,685
Batting · Caught stealing	1	3
Batting · Strikeouts	74	215
Batting · Plate appearances	1,886	1,890
Batting · Runs	151	153
Batting · RBI	165	161
Batting · Stolen bases	20	23
Batting · Walks	116	120
Pitching · Batters faced	18,882	18,965
Pitching · p cg	434	435
Pitching · p er	1,133	818
Pitching · p gs	551	552
Pitching · p h	4,218	4,220
Pitching · p ipouts	14,342	14,356
Pitching · p k	2,502	2,529
Pitching · p r	1,617	1,613
Pitching · p w	844	839

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
647	1,886	1,684	151	362	50	12	7	165	116	74	20	1	17	0	457	.215	.272	.271	.543

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
4,780.7	635	551	434	373	188	29	4,218	1,617	1,133	89	844	2,502	0	0	2.13	1.059

Streaks

10longest hitting streak · 1905-04-15 to 1905-06-07

10longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	13 scoreless innings	1913-04-29	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
66	Complete Game, Fifteen K	1904-10-03	1 in 1,054 games	box score ↗
64	No-Hitter	1901-07-15	1 in 881 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	328	900	178	5	80	53	86	.222	.257	.291
Away	318	990	184	2	81	67	129	.208	.254	.254

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	37	120	21	2	9	9	10	.202	.250	.279
May	109	309	62	4	25	22	36	.227	.272	.330
June	116	341	63	0	30	30	40	.214	.273	.234
July	122	360	56	0	28	22	37	.175	.217	.228
August	130	387	83	0	42	18	51	.239	.261	.282
September	116	329	72	1	25	18	28	.238	.274	.308
October	16	44	5	0	2	1	13	.116	.136	.116

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
pittsburgh-pirates	108	294	55	0	23	15	38	.208	.238	.227
chicago-cubs	98	298	50	1	24	19	43	.188	.232	.241
cincinnati-reds	97	291	65	1	24	23	26	.256	.302	.343
boston-braves	94	279	46	2	27	17	27	.185	.226	.261
st-louis-cardinals	86	246	51	0	27	17	21	.234	.276	.298
philadelphia-phillies	85	261	47	3	25	20	34	.202	.257	.266
brooklyn-dodgers	78	221	48	0	11	9	26	.239	.258	.269

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1900	New York Giants	5	11	2	–	1	–	.182	30	15
1901	New York Giants	42	130	28	–	7	1	.215	336	221
1902	New York Giants	43	128	26	2	12	2	.203	284	167
1903	New York Giants	45	124	28	1	19	1	.226	367	267
1904	New York Giants	48	132	30	–	15	3	.227	366	211
1905	New York Giants	44	127	30	2	16	2	.236	339	212
1906	New York Giants	38	91	24	–	15	–	.264	265	128
1907	New York Giants	41	107	20	–	6	1	.187	315	179
1908	New York Giants	56	129	20	–	12	–	.155	391	261
1909	New York Giants	37	95	25	1	12	1	.263	274	151
1910	New York Giants	38	108	25	1	10	1	.231	319	190
1911	New York Giants	45	113	22	–	9	3	.195	308	144
1912	New York Giants	43	110	29	–	12	2	.264	310	133
1913	New York Giants	40	102	19	–	8	2	.186	306	94
1914	New York Giants	41	105	23	–	4	4	.219	311	80
1915	New York Giants	27	51	8	–	1	–	.157	186	57
1916	Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants	13	22	3	–	2	–	.136	74	19