Bobby Mathews

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 5 in · 140 lb

BornNovember 21, 1851 · Baltimore, MD, USA

MLB debutMay 4, 1871

Final gameOctober 10, 1887

Seasons15 (1871–1887)

Fort Wayne Kekiongas 1871; Baltimore Canaries 1872; New York Mutuals 1873–1876; Cincinnati Reds 1877; Providence Grays 1879; Boston Red Caps 1881; Providence Grays 1881; Boston Red Caps 1882; Philadelphia Athletics 1883–1887

Percentile snapshot

1876 season — qualified batters

13.1

221

4.9

218

4.9

3.3

9.8

RBI

1.6

44.3

86.9

.183

3.3

OBP

.195

4.9

SLG

.211

4.9

OPS

.406

3.3

wRC+

57.3

4.9

OPS+

34.7

4.9

wOBA

.189

4.9

sWAR

1.4

63.9

of 62 qualified 1876 batters (min 176 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1886 season — qualified pitchers

11.4

15.9

27.3

90.9

9.1

SHO

226

79.5

81.8

95.5

13.6

86.4

197.7

11.4

ERA

3.96

18.2

WHIP

1.411

20.5

K/9

4.23

56.8

FIP

3.38

52.3

FIP-

98.1

61.4

ERA+

86.9

18.2

sWAR

0.9

18.2

of 45 qualified 1886 pitchers (min 139 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

102.5

48.6

sWAR

46.0

98.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1871	19	91	89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	0	2	1	.270	.286	.326	.612	87.0	75.0	.275	0.6
1872	50	225	222	36	50	2	0	0	22	3	2	3	1	.225	.236	.234	.470	71.8	45.1	.219	4.6
1873	52	233	223	40	43	3	3	0	14	10	3	1	1	.193	.227	.233	.461	65.8	36.5	.217	6.5
1874	65	301	298	46	72	6	1	0	30	3	4	2	0	.242	.249	.268	.518	80.2	65.5	.238	6.9
1875	70	266	264	23	48	6	2	0	15	2	5	1	2	.182	.188	.220	.408	64.6	40.3	.186	4.0
1876	56	221	218	19	40	4	1	0	9	3	2	0	0	.183	.195	.211	.406	57.3	34.7	.189	1.4
1877	15	60	59	5	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.169	.183	.169	.353	35.0	11.4	.166	-0.5
1879	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10	7	12	0	0	.202	.233	.231	.465	67.4	53.4	.215	2.1
1881	35	133	128	8	23	3	0	0	8	5	11	0	0	.180	.211	.203	.414	45.6	29.8	.195	0.5
1882	45	177	169	17	38	6	0	0	13	8	18	0	0	.225	.260	.260	.520	77.2	67.6	.239	2.6
1883	45	172	167	15	31	2	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	.186	.209	.198	.407	52.8	31.3	.191	6.4
1884	49	191	184	26	34	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	.185	.215	.223	.437	59.5	42.8	.204	3.5
1885	48	189	179	22	30	3	0	0	12	10	0	0	0	.168	.212	.184	.396	47.4	25.9	.193	7.1
1886	24	91	88	16	21	3	0	0	10	3	0	1	0	.239	.264	.273	.536	75.4	68.7	.258	0.9
1887	7	29	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	.200	.310	.200	.510	66.0	43.1	.268	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1871	19	19	6	11	0	19	1	261	97	21	17	5	169.0	5.17	1.669	0.91	4.14	98.0	81.7	0.6
1872	49	47	25	18	0	39	0	480	144	52	57	3	406.0	3.19	1.310	1.26	3.63	99.3	114.5	4.6
1873	52	52	29	23	0	47	2	489	127	62	79	5	443.0	2.58	1.244	1.60	3.31	97.5	131.7	6.5
1874	65	65	42	22	0	62	4	652	122	41	101	3	578.0	1.90	1.199	1.57	2.00	91.1	115.3	6.9
1875	70	70	29	38	0	69	3	711	173	20	75	4	625.7	2.49	1.168	1.08	2.18	97.9	89.4	4.0
1876	56	56	21	34	0	55	2	693	164	24	37	8	516.0	2.86	1.390	0.65	2.43	105.4	80.7	1.4
1877	15	15	3	12	0	13	0	208	58	17	9	0	129.3	4.04	1.740	0.63	3.09	110.2	69.6	-0.5
1879	27	25	12	6	1	15	1	194	48	26	90	4	189.0	2.29	1.164	4.29	2.47	99.1	109.2	2.1
1881	19	15	5	8	2	11	1	143	42	32	33	2	125.3	3.02	1.396	2.37	3.13	112.9	92.0	0.5
1882	34	32	19	15	0	31	0	278	91	22	153	5	285.0	2.87	1.053	4.83	2.24	77.6	100.4	2.6
1883	44	44	30	13	0	41	1	396	104	31	203	11	381.0	2.46	1.121	4.80	2.81	85.3	134.2	6.4
1884	49	49	30	18	0	48	3	401	159	49	286	10	430.7	3.32	1.045	5.98	2.71	83.6	97.6	3.5
1885	48	48	30	17	0	46	2	394	114	57	286	3	422.3	2.43	1.068	6.09	2.37	73.1	133.5	7.1
1886	24	24	13	9	0	22	0	226	87	53	93	3	197.7	3.96	1.411	4.23	3.38	98.1	86.9	0.9
1887	7	7	3	4	0	7	0	75	43	25	9	4	58.0	6.67	1.724	1.40	5.48	127.8	64.3	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

623

2,559

2,486

318

504

RBI

164

.2027

OBP

.2255

SLG

.2305

OPS

.4560

Pitching

G (P)

578

277th-most career G (P)

568

25th-most career GS

297

25th-most career W

248

11th-most career L

525

6th-most career CG

SHO

246th-most career SHO

4,956

15th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,528

222nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

532

ERA

2.857

129th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2375

281st-lowest career WHIP

K/9

2.77

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.