Mark Langston vs. Christy Mathewson — Career Comparison

Mark Langston
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Christy Mathewson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Christy Mathewson posted a stronger line than Mark Langston. Christy Mathewson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.13 vs 3.97) and WHIP (1.058 vs 1.366). By the career numbers, Christy Mathewson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mark Langston and Christy Mathewson

Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.39
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
1.2
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
1.04
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
0.54
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
0.7
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
0.48
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.35
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.12
53.12
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.49
66.49
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.79
86.79
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.25
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
0.82
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.05
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.15
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1306
3.97
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
2.13
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8888
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14366
27
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2962.2
9
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4788.2
9
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2723
8.27
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4219
7.93
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
0.94
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.17
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289
3.92
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
1.59
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2464
7.49
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2507
4.71
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.701
0.701
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.22
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.11
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.07
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12562
38.16
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18943
35.6
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.14
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1438
4.37
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
3.04
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.25
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.75
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
11057
33.59
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18036
33.9
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.6
35.6

Fielding Stats for Mark Langston and Christy Mathewson

Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
1.39
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
1.73
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.3
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
0.72
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8888
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10032
27
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2962.2
9
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3344
9
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.39
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
0.84
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
1.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
4.05
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
2
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1876
5.05
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
620
1.88
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
4.9
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.08
94.08
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.96
96.96
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.829
2.829
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.37
41.37
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Langston and Christy Mathewson

Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
459
2754
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
647
205.51
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
100
600
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1889
600
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
552
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1687
535.84
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
14
84
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
114.98
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
11
66
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
93.07
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
15.88
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.81
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.22
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
17.31
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135.75
43.12
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
17
102
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
145.16
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
16
96
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
157.23
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
47.96
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
52.41
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
10
60
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
98.15
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
7.55
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149.28
47.42
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.4
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
36.84
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
228
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
218
69.24
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
21.92
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
6.35
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.32
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.67
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.24
95.24