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Bobby Mathews
Bobby Mathews
| Full name Robert T. Mathews |
| Born November 21, 1851, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died April 17, 1898, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Buried at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
| First Game: May 4, 1871; Final Game: October 10, 1887 |
| Umpired First Game: August 8, 1871; Umpired Final Game: June 16, 1891 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 5.5" Weight: 140 |
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Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1871 KEK n Daily Splits 19 89 15 24 3 1 0 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .270 .286 .326 0.0 1871 KEK n
1872 BAL n Daily Splits 50 222 36 50 2 0 0 22 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 .225 .236 .234 -0.3 1872 BAL n
1873 MUT n 52 223 40 43 3 3 0 14 10 3 2 1 1 .193 .227 .233 -0.2 1873 MUT n
1874 MUT n Daily Splits 65 298 46 72 6 1 0 30 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 .242 .249 .268 -0.1 1874 MUT n
1875 MUT n 70 264 23 48 6 2 0 15 2 5 4 1 2 .182 .188 .220 -0.2 1875 MUT n
1876 NY N 56 218 19 40 4 1 0 9 3 2 .183 .195 .211 -0.1 1876 NY N
1877 CIN N 15 59 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 2 .169 .183 .169 -0.2 1877 CIN N
1879 PRO N 43 173 25 35 2 0 1 10 7 12 .202 .233 .231 -0.8 1879 PRO N
1881 PRO N 16 57 6 11 1 0 0 4 5 6 .193 .258 .211 -0.2 1881 PRO N
1881 BOS N 19 71 2 12 2 0 0 4 0 5 .169 .169 .197 -0.8 1881 BOS N
1881 TOT N 35 128 8 23 3 0 0 8 5 11 .180 .211 .203 -1.0 1881 TOT N
1882 BOS N 45 169 17 38 6 0 0 13 8 18 .225 .260 .260 -0.7 1882 BOS N
1883 PHI a 45 167 15 31 2 0 0 11 5 .186 .209 .198 -0.1 1883 PHI a
1884 PHI a 49 184 26 34 5 1 0 0 7 0 .185 .215 .223 -0.1 1884 PHI a
1885 PHI a 48 179 22 30 3 0 0 12 10 0 .168 .212 .184 0.0 1885 PHI a
1886 PHI a 24 88 16 21 3 0 0 10 3 0 1 .239 .264 .273 0.0 1886 PHI a
1887 PHI a 7 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 .200 .310 .200 0.0 1887 PHI a
Total NA ( 5 Years) 256 1096 160 237 20 7 0 91 20 14 0i 0i 9 9 5 .216 .230 .247 -0.8 Total NA
Total NL ( 5 Years) 194 747 74 146 15 1 1 40 24 45 .195 .220 .222 -2.8 Total NL
Total AA ( 5 Years) 173 643 84 121 13 1 0 33 29 3i 0i 1i .188 .223 .212 -0.2 Total AA
Total (15 Years) Splits 623 2486 318 504 48 9 1 164 73 62i 0i 0i 9i 10i 5i .203 .225 .230 -3.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1871 KEK n Daily Splits 19 19 19 1 0 0 169 261 876 5 243 97 21 17 0 15 0 2 47 17 6 11 5.17 7.21 -0.7 1871 KEK n
1872 BAL n Daily Splits 49 47 39 0 4 0 406 480 1922 3 356 144 52 57 0 25 0 0 38i 8i 25 18 3.19 9.26 1.0 1872 BAL n
1873 MUT n 52 52 47 2 0 0 443 489 2008 5 348 127 62 79 23 0 29 23 2.58 7.96 2.5 1873 MUT n
1874 MUT n Daily Splits 65 65 62 4 0 0 578 652 2543 3 371 122 41 101 0 32 0 0 52i 20i 42 22 1.90 7.71 1.5 1874 MUT n
1875 MUT n 70 70 69 3 0 0 625.2 711 2759 4 421 173 20 75 28 0 29 38 2.49 4.56 -2.0 1875 MUT n
1876 NY N 56 56 55 2 0 0 516 693 2327 8 395 164 24 37 3 21 34 2.86 4.57 -4.5 1876 NY N
1877 CIN N 15 15 13 0 0 0 129.1 208 631 0 132 58 17 9 10 3 12 4.04 5.25 -2.4 1877 CIN N
1879 PRO N 27 25 15 1 2 1 189 194 779 4 85 48 26 90 17 12 6 2.29 6.64 0.2 1879 PRO N
1881 PRO N 14 14 10 1 0 0 102.1 121 473 2 81 36 21 28 9 0 4 8 3.17 5.07 -0.8 1881 PRO N
1881 BOS N 5 1 1 0 4 2 23 22 103 0 11 6 11 5 2 0 1 0 2.35 10.00 0.0 1881 BOS N
1881 TOT N 19 15 11 1 4 2 125.1 143 576 2 92 42 32 33 11 0 5 8 3.02 5.40 -0.8 1881 TOT N
1882 BOS N 34 32 31 0 2 0 285 278 1220 5 151 91 22 153 13 0 19 15 2.87 4.91 -0.1 1882 BOS N
1883 PHI a 44 44 41 1 0 0 381 396 11 224 104 31 203 11 30 13 2.46 6.84 2.8 1883 PHI a
1884 PHI a 49 49 48 3 0 0 430.2 401 1788 10 238 159 49 286 23 12 0 30 18 3.32 6.86 -0.3 1884 PHI a
1885 PHI a 48 48 46 2 0 0 422.1 394 1766 3 229 114 57 286 19 20 1 30 17 2.43 7.02 3.3 1885 PHI a
1886 PHI a 24 24 22 0 0 0 197.2 226 913 3 148 87 53 93 21 13 0 13 9 3.96 6.92 -0.8 1886 PHI a
1887 PHI a 7 7 7 0 0 0 58 75 280 4 64 43 25 9 2 3 0 3 4 6.67 8.14 -1.3 1887 PHI a
Total NA ( 5 Years) 255 253 236 10 4 0 2221.2 2593 10108 20 1739 663 196 329 0 123 0 2 137 45 131 112 2.69 7.14 2.3 Total NA
Total NL ( 5 Years) 151 143 125 4 8 3 1244.2 1516 5533 19 855 403 121 322 54 0 60 75 2.91 5.17 -7.6 Total NL
Total AA ( 5 Years) 172 172 164 6 0 0 1489.2 1492 4747 31 903 507 215 877 76 48 1 106 61 3.06 6.96 3.7 Total AA
Total (15 Years) Splits 578 568 525 20 12 3 4956 5601 20388 70 3497 1573 532 1528 0 253 48 3 137 45 297 248 2.86 6.59 -1.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team
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Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1871 KEK n Daily Splits P 19 19 19 169 19 23 8 2 0 0 21 0 .840
1872 BAL n Daily Splits P 48 46 38 397 20 51 20 2 0 0 41i 8i .780
1872 BAL n RF 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1872 BAL n OF 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 8
1872 BAL n 3B 3 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 .400
1873 MUT n P 52 27 58 24 1 .780
1873 MUT n OF 5 2 0 1 0 0 .667 0 0 5
1874 MUT n Daily Splits P 65 65 62 578 29 101 38 2 0 0 35 6 .774
1874 MUT n LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1874 MUT n 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1.000
1874 MUT n OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1875 MUT n P 70 44 106 29 4 .838
1875 MUT n OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1876 NY N P 56 41 78 28 0 .810
1876 NY N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1877 CIN N P 15 7 18 4 0 .862
1877 CIN N SS 1 1 1 3 0 0 .400
1877 CIN N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1879 PRO N P 27 4 39 2 0 .956
1879 PRO N OF 21 17 5 7 1 .759 0 0 21
1879 PRO N 3B 5 3 2 4 0 0 .556
1881 PRO N P 14 1 16 4 2 .810
1881 PRO N OF 5 3 0 1 0 .750 0 0 5
1881 BOS N OF 18 24 3 6 0 .818 1 9 9
1881 BOS N P 5 2 2 0 0 1.000
1881 TOT N P 19 3 18 4 2 .840
1881 TOT N RF -
1881 TOT N OF 23 27 3 7 0 .811 1 9 14
1882 BOS N P 34 5 34 6 1 0 .867
1882 BOS N OF 13 6 0 5 0 .545 0 0 13
1882 BOS N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1883 PHI a P 44 15 68 12 2 .874
1883 PHI a OF 3 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 1
1884 PHI a P 49 8 78 25 1 .775
1884 PHI a OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1885 PHI a P 48 7 67 10 1 .881
1885 PHI a OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1886 PHI a P 24 5 38 8 3 0 .843
1886 PHI a OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 1
1887 PHI a P 7 2 14 2 1 .889
Total (15 Years) Splits P 577 130i 119i 1144 i 236 791 220 22 0i 0i 97i 14i .824
Total (13 Years) OF 80 2i 0i 54 8 21 1 0i .747 5 10 66
Total ( 3 Years) 3B 9 1i 0i 5 6 10 1 0 .524
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 8i 2i 0i 1i 0i 0i 0i 0i 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) SS 2 1 1 4 0 0 .333
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1871 NA Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1873 NA Daily 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
1874 NA Daily 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
1875 NA Daily 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
1876 NL Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1880 NL Daily 15 15 0 0 0 0 0
1882 NL Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1888 AA Daily 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
1890 PL Daily 72 56 17 0 0 0 0
1891 AA Daily 37 37 0 0 0 0 0
Total (10 Years) 155 136 20 0 0 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
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