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Christy Mathewson played 17 major-league seasons (1900-1916) as a P (636), OF (4), 1B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 20 | NY1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .614 | 73 |
| 1901 | 21 | NY1 | 42 | 130 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | .215 | .458 | 37 |
| 1902 | 22 | NY1 | 43 | 130 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .516 | 63 |
| 1903 | 23 | NY1 | 45 | 124 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .226 | .552 | 63 |
| 1904 | 24 | NY1 | 48 | 133 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 26 | .226 | .588 | 87 |
| 1905 | 25 | NY1 | 44 | 127 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .236 | .630 | 95 |
| 1906 | 26 | NY1 | 38 | 91 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .264 | .660 | 113 |
| 1907 | 27 | NY1 | 41 | 107 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .187 | .484 | 57 |
| 1908 | 28 | NY1 | 56 | 129 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .155 | .423 | 40 |
| 1909 | 29 | NY1 | 37 | 95 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .263 | .651 | 109 |
| 1910 | 30 | NY1 | 38 | 107 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .234 | .644 | 93 |
| 1911 | 31 | NY1 | 45 | 112 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .196 | .452 | 31 |
| 1912 | 32 | NY1 | 43 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | .264 | .626 | 77 |
| 1913 | 33 | NY1 | 40 | 103 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .184 | .428 | 27 |
| 1914 | 34 | NY1 | 41 | 105 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | .219 | .560 | 72 |
| 1915 | 35 | NY1 | 27 | 51 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .157 | .506 | 59 |
| 1916 | 36 | NY1|CIN | 13 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .136 | .451 | 44 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 20 | NY1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.2 | 15 | 20 | 5.08 | 73 |
| 1901 | 21 | NY1 | 40 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 336 | 221 | 97 | 2.41 | 138 |
| 1902 | 22 | NY1 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 284.2 | 164 | 77 | 2.12 | 131 |
| 1903 | 23 | NY1 | 45 | 42 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 366.1 | 267 | 100 | 2.26 | 144 |
| 1904 | 24 | NY1 | 48 | 46 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 367.2 | 212 | 78 | 2.03 | 134 |
| 1905 | 25 | NY1 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 338.2 | 206 | 64 | 1.28 | 235 |
| 1906 | 26 | NY1 | 38 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 266.2 | 128 | 77 | 2.97 | 88 |
| 1907 | 27 | NY1 | 41 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 315 | 178 | 53 | 2.00 | 123 |
| 1908 | 28 | NY1 | 56 | 44 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 390.2 | 259 | 42 | 1.43 | 164 |
| 1909 | 29 | NY1 | 37 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 275.1 | 149 | 36 | 1.14 | 226 |
| 1910 | 30 | NY1 | 38 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 318.1 | 184 | 60 | 1.89 | 160 |
| 1911 | 31 | NY1 | 45 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 307 | 141 | 38 | 1.99 | 170 |
| 1912 | 32 | NY1 | 43 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 310 | 134 | 34 | 2.12 | 160 |
| 1913 | 33 | NY1 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 306 | 93 | 21 | 2.06 | 155 |
| 1914 | 34 | NY1 | 41 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 312 | 80 | 23 | 3.00 | 93 |
| 1915 | 35 | NY1 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 186 | 57 | 20 | 3.58 | 77 |
| 1916 | 36 | NY1|CIN | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 74.2 | 19 | 8 | 3.01 | 87 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | P | 40 | 0 | 21 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| 1902 | P | 35 | 0 | 17 | 79 | 7 | 5 |
| 1902 | OF | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1903 | P | 45 | 0 | 18 | 93 | 3 | 0 |
| 1904 | P | 48 | 46 | 32 | 116 | 6 | 0 |
| 1905 | P | 43 | 37 | 15 | 116 | 4 | 4 |
| 1906 | P | 38 | 35 | 15 | 90 | 1 | 1 |
| 1907 | P | 41 | 36 | 16 | 87 | 6 | 0 |
| 1908 | P | 56 | 44 | 27 | 141 | 2 | 1 |
| 1909 | P | 37 | 33 | 19 | 96 | 4 | 3 |
| 1910 | P | 38 | 35 | 12 | 114 | 4 | 6 |
| 1911 | P | 45 | 0 | 31 | 107 | 2 | 2 |
| 1912 | P | 43 | 0 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 4 |
| 1913 | P | 40 | 0 | 13 | 100 | 3 | 3 |
| 1914 | P | 41 | 0 | 15 | 91 | 5 | 7 |
| 1915 | P | 27 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 3 |
| 1916 | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Christy Mathewson won: Pitching Triple Crown 1905 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1908 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1908 (NL), Pitching Triple Crown 1908 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1910 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1910 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1912 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1913 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1913 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1914 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1914 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 25 / 64 | 0 |
| 1912 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 8 / 64 | 0 |
| 1913 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 21 / 64 | 0 |
| 1914 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 4 / 64 | 0 |
Christy Mathewson ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | starting pitchers | 1905 | 235 ERA+ |
| #17 | starting pitchers | 1909 | 226 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.