Christy Mathewson vs. Al Spalding — Career Comparison

Christy Mathewson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Al Spalding
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red StockingsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Christy Mathewson and Al Spalding are fairly close on the surface numbers. Christy Mathewson had the edge in WHIP (1.058 vs 1.193). 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 Christy Mathewson and Al Spalding

Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
1.2
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.08
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.04
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.01
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
0.7
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.78
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.49
66.49
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.43
79.43
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.79
86.79
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
0.82
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.87
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
2.13
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684
2.13
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14366
27
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8659
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4788.2
9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2886.1
9
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4219
7.93
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3280
10.23
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.17
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
1.59
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.51
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
4.71
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.77
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.701
0.701
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.22
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.32
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.11
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18943
35.6
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12724
39.68
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
3.04
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
5.58
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.193
1.193
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18036
33.9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12560
39.16
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.6
35.6
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Christy Mathewson and Al Spalding

Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
1.73
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
1.18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.72
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.37
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10032
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11022
27
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3344
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3674
9
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
0.84
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.93
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
4.05
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
1.78
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.38
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1876
5.05
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1672
4.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
4.9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1515
3.71
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.96
96.96
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.61
90.61
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.829
2.829
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.156
3.156
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.37
41.37
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.14
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Christy Mathewson and Al Spalding

Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
647
205.51
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
411
124.04
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1889
600
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1988
600
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1687
535.84
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1959
591.25
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
362
114.98
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
185.01
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
293
93.07
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
152.72
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
15.88
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
25.96
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.81
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.73
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.22
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.6
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
69
21.92
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
32.29
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
135.75
43.12
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229.38
69.23
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
457
145.16
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
224.25
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
495
157.23
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
642
193.76
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
151
47.96
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
125.86
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
165
52.41
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
102.01
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
309
98.15
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
227.26
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
149.28
47.42
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272.01
82.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.4
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
36.84
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
29
8.75
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
218
69.24
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7.85
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.67
8.67
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.46
76.46
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.51
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
6.35
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
18
5.43
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.32
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.91
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.67
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
21
6.34
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.24
95.24
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
85.71
85.71