Bobby Mathews Stats

Bobby Mathews was born on Friday, November 21, 1851, in Baltimore, Maryland. Mathews was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 4, 1876, with the New York Mutuals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bobby Mathews baseball stats page.
"He (Bobby Mathews) used to cover the palm of his left hand with saliva and then rub the ball in it, twisting the leather around until there was a white spot on it as big as a silver quarter. The pitchers didn't wear gloves on their left hands in those days and if a ball was fouled into the stands it was brought back. Every time Mathews pitched we noticed the white spot on the ball, which was due to saliva." - Catcher Hank O'Day

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Bobby Mathews
 
 
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Birth Name:   Robert T. Mathews
Nickname:   Little Bobby
Born On:   11-21-1851  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-17-1898 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Cemetery:   New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-05½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   140
First Game:   05-04-1876 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-10-1887
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bobby Mathews

Bobby Mathews Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1876 25 Mutuals 56 56 0 21 34 .382 2.86 55 2 0 516.0 2,327 693 164 395 8 24 - 37 3 0 0 -
1877 26 Red Stockings 15 15 0 3 12 .200 4.04 13 0 0 129.1 631 208 58 132 0 17 - 9 10 0 0 -
1879 28 Grays 27 25 2 12 6 .667 2.29 15 1 1 189.0 779 194 48 85 4 26 - 90 17 0 0 -
1881 30 Grays 14 14 0 4 8 .333 3.17 10 1 0 102.1 473 121 36 81 2 21 - 28 9 0 0 -
1881 30 Red Stockings 5 1 4 1 0 1.000 2.35 1 0 2 23.0 103 22 6 11 0 11 - 5 2 0 0 -
1882 31 Red Stockings 34 32 2 19 15 .559 2.87 31 0 0 285.0 1,220 278 91 151 5 22 - 153 13 0 0 -
1883 32 Athletics 44 44 0 30 13 .698 2.46 41 1 0 381.0 1,649 396 104 224 11 31 - 203 0 0 0 -
1884 33 Athletics 49 49 0 30 18 .625 3.32 48 3 0 430.2 1,788 401 159 238 10 49 - 286 0 12 0 -
1885 34 Athletics 48 48 0 30 17 .638 2.43 46 2 0 422.1 1,766 394 114 229 3 57 - 286 20 20 0 -
1886 35 Athletics 24 24 0 13 9 .591 3.96 22 0 0 197.2 913 226 87 148 3 53 - 93 20 13 0 -
1887 36 Athletics 7 7 0 3 4 .429 6.67 7 0 0 58.0 280 75 43 64 4 25 - 9 0 3 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 323 315 8 166 136 .550 3.00 289 10 3 2,734.1 11,929 3,008 910 1,758 50 336 - 1,199 94 48 0 -
Bobby Mathews

Bobby Mathews Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 25 Mutuals 56 218 19 40 4 1 0 0 9 3 - 2 - - 0 - .183 .195 .211
1877 26 Red Stockings 15 59 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 - - 0 - .169 .183 .169
1879 28 Grays 43 173 25 35 2 0 1 0 10 7 - 12 - - 0 - .202 .233 .231
1881 30 Grays 16 57 6 11 1 0 0 0 4 5 - 6 - - 0 - .193 .258 .211
1881 30 Red Stockings 19 71 2 12 2 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 - - 0 - .169 .169 .197
1882 31 Red Stockings 45 169 17 38 6 0 0 0 13 8 - - - - 0 - .225 .260 .260
1883 32 Athletics 45 167 15 31 2 0 0 0 11 5 - - - - 0 - .186 .209 .198
1884 33 Athletics 49 184 26 34 5 1 0 0 0 7 - - - - 0 - .185 .215 .223
1885 34 Athletics 48 179 22 30 3 0 0 0 12 10 - - - - 0 - .168 .212 .184
1886 35 Athletics 24 88 16 21 3 0 0 0 10 3 - - - - 0 - .239 .264 .273
1887 36 Athletics 7 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 - - - - 0 - .310 .394 .172
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 367 1,394 158 271 28 2 1 0 73 53 - 27 - - 0 - .194 .224 .220
Bobby Mathews

Bobby Mathews Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1876 Mutuals P 56 56 1,548 147 2.6 119 41 78 28 0 n/a n/a n/a .810 2.08
1876 Mutuals RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1877 Red Stockings LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1877 Red Stockings P 15 15 388 29 1.9 25 7 18 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .862 1.74
1877 Red Stockings SS 1 - - 5 5.0 2 1 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .400 0.00
1879 Grays 3B 5 - - 9 1.8 5 3 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .556 0.00
1879 Grays P 27 25 567 45 1.7 43 4 39 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.05
1879 Grays RF 21 - - 29 1.4 22 17 5 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .759 0.00
1881 Grays P 14 14 307 21 1.5 17 1 16 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .810 1.50
1881 Grays RF 5 - - 4 0.8 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1881 Red Stockings OF 18 - - 33 1.8 27 24 3 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00
1881 Red Stockings P 5 1 69 4 0.8 4 2 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.57
1882 Red Stockings P 34 32 855 45 1.3 39 5 34 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .867 1.23
1882 Red Stockings RF 13 - - 11 0.8 6 6 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .545 0.00
1882 Red Stockings SS 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1883 Athletics OF 3 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1883 Athletics P 44 44 1,143 95 2.2 83 15 68 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .874 1.96
1884 Athletics P 49 49 1,292 111 2.3 86 8 78 25 1 n/a n/a n/a .775 1.80
1884 Athletics RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1885 Athletics P 48 48 1,267 84 1.8 74 7 67 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .881 1.58
1885 Athletics RF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1886 Athletics P 24 24 593 51 2.1 43 5 38 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .843 1.96
1886 Athletics RF 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Athletics P 7 7 174 18 2.6 16 2 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.48
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 323 315 8,203 650 2.0 549 97 452 101 11 n/a n/a n/a .845 1.81
RF Totals 43 0 0 46 1.1 32 27 5 14 1 n/a n/a n/a .696 0.00
OF Totals 21 0 0 33 1.6 27 24 3 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00
3B Totals 5 0 0 9 1.8 5 3 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .556 0.00
SS Totals 2 0 0 6 3.0 2 1 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 0.00
LF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
10 Years 395 315 8,203 744 1.9 615 152 463 129 12 n/a n/a n/a .827 2.02
Bobby Mathews

Bobby Mathews Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 Mutuals - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 109.0 24.2 1.54 0.65 0.42
1877 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 29.5 0.0 0.53 0.63 1.18
1879 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 173.0 14.4 17.3 3.46 4.29 1.24
1881 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.5 14.3 1.33 2.46 1.85
1881 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.2 17.8 0.45 1.96 4.30
1882 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.0 6.95 4.83 0.69
1883 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 15.2 6.55 4.80 0.73
1884 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.84 5.98 1.02
1885 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.9 5.02 6.09 1.21
1886 Athletics 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.8 1.75 4.23 2.41
1887 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.36 1.40 3.88
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 1 - - 0 0 n/a 1,394.0 51.6 19.1 3.57 3.95 1.11
Bobby Mathews

Bobby Mathews Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 New York Mutuals n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1879 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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