Bobby Mathews

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 140lb (165cm, 63kg)

Born: November 21, 1851 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: April 17, 1898 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

Debut: May 4, 1871 (Age 19-164d, 1st in major league history)

Last Game: October 10, 1887 (Age 35-323d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1871 season

Full Name: Robert T. Mathews

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.4

297

248

ERA

2.86

578

568

4956.0

1528

WHIP

1.237

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead, 50 lacking some details

7 Tms
PHA	31
NYU	13
NYU	8
PRO	6
BSN	5
KEK	5
BAL	3

Platoon
vs RHB	47
vs LHB	15
vs ?HB	9

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	35

Outs
Unk	50
0	10
1	6
2	5

24 Opps
CIN	9
BOS	9
STL	6
BSN	5
NYP	5
CHC	4
OLY	4
COL	4
PHI	3
BAL	3
LOU	2
TRO	2
DTN	2
BRA	2
SYR	2
PRO	1
BUF	1
ATH	1
PIT	1
CHI	1
CLV	1
BRO	1
BAL	1
HAR	1

52 Batters
George Wright	3
Charley Jones	3
Dan Brouthers	3
John Richmond	2
Lew Brown	2
Cal McVey	2
Levi Meyerle	2
Pop Smith	2
Harry Schafer	2
George Hall	2
Paul Hines	2
Dave Orr	2
Jim O'Rourke	2
Charlie Bennett	2
Curt Welch	2
John Corkhill	2
Andy Leonard	1
Henry Burroughs	1
Bill Boyd	1
Eddie Booth	1
Kid Baldwin	1
Fred Lewis	1
Bill Phillips	1
James Roseman	1
Ed Williamson	1
Cap Anson	1
John Reilly	1
John McMullin	1
Dasher Troy	1
Everett Mills	1
George Bechtel	1
Bid McPhee	1
Jack Farrell	1
Tim Murnane	1
Tip O'Neill	1
Phil Baker	1
Tim Manning	1
Bob Caruthers	1
Fred Mann	1
Chicken Wolf	1
Bill Kuehne	1
John Harkins	1
Ed Kennedy	1
Ed Whiting	1
Fred Treacey	1
Frank Fennelly	1
Al Spalding	1
Tom York	1
Lou Say	1
Arlie Latham	1
Joe Battin	1
Deacon White	1

16 Parks
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	13
Union Grnds (NYC)	13
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	10
Newington Pk (BAL)	4
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	4
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	4
MadisonAve G (BAL)	4
Recreat. Pk2 (COL)	4
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	3
Oriole Pk 1 (BAL)	3
BankSt Grnd (CIN)	2
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	2
Putnam Grnds (TRO)	2
League Pk I (CIN)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
UnionBsbl Gd (CHI)	1

Where Hit

23 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	6
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

130 Runs

Inning
1	12
2	3
3	10
4	6
5	10
6	5
7	4
8	10
9	11

1-3	25
4-6	21
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	7
-1	2
-3	2
-4..	3
Unk	50

Ahead	7
Tied	7
Behind	7
Unk	50

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	14
C	10
1B	9
LF	9
3B	8
2B	7
SS	6
RF	5
P	2
Unk	1

OrderPos
Unk	15
3rd	12
5th	10
4th	9
1st	7
2nd	6
6th	4
9th	3
8th	3
7th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1871	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1871-07-08	Henry Burroughs	OLY		KEK	behind 1-2	b 3	0	1	9	7
2	2	2	2	1871-07-08	George Hall	OLY		KEK	ahead 9-7	b 7	1	2	8	8
3	3	3	3	1871-07-08	Everett Mills	OLY		KEK	ahead 11-7	b 8	0	2	3	3
4	4	4	4	1871-07-08	George Hall	OLY		KEK	ahead 13-7	b 9	0	2	8	8
5	5	5	1	1871-08-05	Fred Treacey	CHI		KEK	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1	2	7	IPHR
1872	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1872-05-02	George Wright	BOS	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 5	2	1	1	6	IPHR
7	7	2	1	1872-06-08	Andy Leonard	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1	3	7	IPHR
8	8	3	1	1872-08-05	Levi Meyerle	ATH	@	BAL	ahead 18-9	t 8	0	3	3	9	IPHR
1873	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
9	9	1	1	1873-06-07	George Bechtel	PHI	@	NYU	tied 10-10	t 8	2	1	5	9
10	10	2	1	1873-06-13	Cal McVey	BAL		NYU	behind 6-11	b 9	0	2	4	2	IPHR
11	11	3	1	1873-06-30	George Wright	BOS		NYU	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1	1	6	Lead-Off,IPHR
12	12	4	1	1873-09-20	Harry Schafer	BOS		NYU	behind 4-7	b 3	1	1	8	5
13	13	5	1	1873-09-27	Al Spalding	BOS		NYU	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	2	3	1
1874	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
14	14	1	1	1874-05-14	Deacon White	BOS	@	NYU	ahead 14-8	t 9	1	1	3	2	IPHR
15	15	2	1	1874-06-13	Harry Schafer	BOS	@	NYU	behind 5-11	b 6	1	3	9	5	IPHR
16	16	3	1	1874-08-25	Eddie Booth	BRA	@	NYU	tied 3-3	b 2	2	2	2	7	IPHR
1875	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
17	17	1	1	1875-05-17	John McMullin	PHI		NYU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off,IPHR
18	18	2	1	1875-05-29	George Wright	BOS		NYU	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1	1	6	IPHR
19	19	3	1	1875-07-21	Levi Meyerle	PHI	@	NYU	behind 11-16	t 9	0	2	4	4	IPHR
20	20	4	1	1875-08-30	Jim O'Rourke	BOS		NYU	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	3	4	8	IPHR
21	21	5	1	1875-09-15	Bill Boyd	BRA		NYU	behind 0-3	b 4		1	3
1876	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
22	22	1	1	1876-07-20	Lew Brown	BSN	@	NYU		t 8		2	5	2	IPHR
23	23	2	1	1876-07-22	Tom York	HAR	@	NYU		t 5		2	7	7
24	24	3	1	1876-07-29	Tim Murnane	BSN		NYU		b 9		1	4	3
25	25	4	1	1876-08-25	Lew Brown	BSN	@	NYU		t 8		3	5	2
26	26	5	1	1876-08-26	Jim O'Rourke	BSN	@	NYU		t 6		2	3	8
27	27	6	1	1876-09-08	Paul Hines	CHC	@	NYU		t 9		3	6	8
28	28	7	1	1876-09-09	Cap Anson	CHC	@	NYU		t 3		3	2	5
29	29	8	2	1876-09-09	Cal McVey	CHC	@	NYU		t 8		2	3	2
1879	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
30	30	1	1	1879-08-06	Dan Brouthers	TRO		PRO		b 6		1	3	3
31	31	2	1	1879-08-07	Dan Brouthers	TRO		PRO		b 5		2	4	3
32	32	3	1	1879-08-20	John Richmond	SYR	@	PRO		t 6		1	3	6
33	33	4	2	1879-08-20	Jack Farrell	SYR	@	PRO		t 8		1		4
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
34	34	1	1	1881-05-04	John Richmond	BSN	@	PRO		b 3		2	4	8
35	35	2	1	1881-06-18	Charlie Bennett	DTN	@	PRO		t 5		3	7	2	IPHR
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
36	36	1	1	1882-05-29	Paul Hines	PRO	@	BSN		b 4		1	1	8
37	37	2	1	1882-06-07	Charlie Bennett	DTN	@	BSN		t 1		2	4	2
38	38	3	1	1882-06-20	Bill Phillips	CLV		BSN		t 1		1	3	3
39	39	4	1	1882-08-05	Ed Williamson	CHC	@	BSN		b 5		2	5	5
40	40	5	1	1882-08-18	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	BSN		b 9		3		3
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
41	41	1	1	1883-05-09	Phil Baker	BAL		PHA		b 1	0	1	1	2	Lead-Off
42	42	2	2	1883-05-09	Lou Say	BAL		PHA		b 4		3		6
43	43	3	1	1883-05-12	Ed Kennedy	NYP		PHA		b 6		3		7
44	44	4	1	1883-05-31	John Corkhill	CIN	@	PHA		t 5		3	6	9
45	45	5	1	1883-06-20	Charley Jones	CIN		PHA		b 8		2	2	8
46	46	6	1	1883-06-23	Pop Smith	COL		PHA		b 1		2	4	4	IPHR
47	47	7	1	1883-07-04 (2)	Ed Whiting	LOU		PHA		b 9		1	5	2
48	48	8	1	1883-07-30	Joe Battin	PIT	@	PHA		t 4		1	6	5
49	49	9	1	1883-08-24	Charley Jones	CIN	@	PHA		t 1		2	3	8
50	50	10	1	1883-09-18	Bid McPhee	CIN		PHA		b 7		3		4
51	51	11	1	1883-09-21	Fred Lewis	STL		PHA		b 5		2		8
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1884-05-05	Tim Manning	BAL		PHA		b 5		1		4
53	53	2	1	1884-06-16	John Reilly	CIN	@	PHA		t 9		1	2	3	IPHR
54	54	3	1	1884-07-07	Pop Smith	COL		PHA		b 3		1		4	IPHR
55	55	4	1	1884-07-08	Fred Mann	COL		PHA		b 1		3	5	8	IPHR
56	56	5	1	1884-07-19	James Roseman	NYP		PHA		b 1		3	4	8
57	57	6	2	1884-07-19	Dave Orr	NYP		PHA		b 3		1	5	3
58	58	7	1	1884-07-24	Dasher Troy	NYP	@	PHA		t 7		1		4
59	59	8	2	1884-07-24	Dave Orr	NYP	@	PHA		t 8		2	5	3
60	60	9	1	1884-09-16	Bill Kuehne	COL		PHA		b 9		1		5	IPHR
61	61	10	1	1884-09-21	Chicken Wolf	LOU		PHA		b 2		3	2	9
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
62	62	1	1	1885-05-26	Charley Jones	CIN		PHA		b 3		1		7
63	63	2	1	1885-08-13	John Harkins	BRO	@	PHA		t 5		2		1
64	64	3	1	1885-09-17	Curt Welch	STL	@	PHA		t 3		2		8
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
65	65	1	1	1886-05-22	John Corkhill	CIN	@	PHA		t 2		2	5	5
66	66	2	1	1886-05-25	Kid Baldwin	CIN	@	PHA		t 3		1	9	2	IPHR
67	67	3	2	1886-05-25	Frank Fennelly	CIN	@	PHA		t 9		1		6	IPHR
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
68	68	1	1	1887-06-13	Arlie Latham	STL	@	PHA		t 4		2	1	5	IPHR
69	69	2	1	1887-08-19	Curt Welch	STL		PHA		b 4		3	6	8
70	70	3	2	1887-08-19	Tip O'Neill	STL		PHA		b 7		3		7
71	71	4	3	1887-08-19	Bob Caruthers	STL		PHA		b 8		2	5	9