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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Bobby MathewsWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1851-11-21 · Played 1871–1887 · Career WAR 55.2 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1871	FW1	NA	19		89	15	24	3	1	0	10	2	1	2	0	.270	.286	.326	.612	-0.1
1872	BL1	NA	50		222	36	50	2	0	0	22	3	1	3	2	.225	.236	.234	.470	-1.0
1873	NY2	NA	52		223	40	43	3	3	0	14	1	1	10	3	.193	.227	.233	.460	-0.4
1874	NY2	NA	65		298	46	72	6	1	0	30	2	0	3	4	.242	.249	.268	.517	0.1
1875	NY2	NA	70		264	23	48	6	2	0	15	1	2	2	5	.182	.188	.220	.408	-0.8
1876	NY3	NL	56		218	19	40	4	1	0	9			3	2	.183	.195	.211	.406	-0.8
1877	CN1	NL	15		59	5	10	0	0	0	0			1	2	.169	.183	.169	.352	-0.3
1879	PRO	NL	43		173	25	35	2	0	1	10			7	12	.202	.233	.231	.464	-0.6
1881	PRO	NL	16		57	6	11	1	0	0	4			5	6	.193	.258	.211	.469	-0.8
1881	BSN	NL	19		71	2	12	2	0	0	4			0	5	.169	.169	.197	.366
1882	BSN	NL	45		169	17	38	6	0	0	13			8	18	.225	.260	.260	.520	-0.6
1883	PH4	AA	45		167	15	31	2	0	0	11			5		.186	.209	.198	.407	-0.7
1884	PH4	AA	49		184	26	34	5	1	0				7		.185	.215	.223	.438	-0.7
1885	PH4	AA	48		179	22	30	3	0	0	12			10		.168	.212	.184	.396	-0.7
1886	PH4	AA	24		88	16	21	3	0	0	10	1		3		.239	.264	.273	.537	0.0
1887	PH4	AA	7		25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		4	3	.200	.310	.200	.510	0.0
Total			623		2486	318	504	48	9	1	164	10	5	73	62	.203	.225	.230	.456	-7.4

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1871	FW1	NA	6	11	19	19	19	1	0	169.0	261	97	5	21	17	5.17	1.669	1.7
1872	BL1	NA	25	18	49	47	39	0	0	406.0	480	144	3	52	57	3.19	1.310	6.7
1873	NY2	NA	29	23	52	52	47	2	0	443.0	489	127	5	62	79	2.58	1.244	10.0
1874	NY2	NA	42	22	65	65	62	4	0	578.0	652	122	3	41	101	1.90	1.199	13.6
1875	NY2	NA	29	38	70	70	69	3	0	625.2	711	173	4	20	75	2.49	1.168	8.3
1876	NY3	NL	21	34	56	56	55	2	0	516.0	693	164	8	24	37	2.86	1.390	3.3
1877	CN1	NL	3	12	15	15	13	0	0	129.1	208	58	0	17	9	4.04	1.740	-1.9
1879	PRO	NL	12	6	27	25	15	1	1	189.0	194	48	4	26	90	2.29	1.164	2.6
1881	PRO	NL	4	8	14	14	10	1	0	102.1	121	36	2	21	28	3.17	1.388	-0.8
1881	BSN	NL	1	0	5	1	1	0	2	23.0	22	6	0	11	5	2.35	1.435
1882	BSN	NL	19	15	34	32	31	0	0	285.0	278	91	5	22	153	2.87	1.053	4.3
1883	PH4	AA	30	13	44	44	41	1	0	381.0	396	104	11	31	203	2.46	1.121	5.3
1884	PH4	AA	30	18	49	49	48	3	0	430.2	401	159	10	49	286	3.32	1.045	4.3
1885	PH4	AA	30	17	48	48	46	2	0	422.1	394	114	3	57	286	2.43	1.068	6.4
1886	PH4	AA	13	9	24	24	22	0	0	197.2	226	87	3	53	93	3.96	1.411	-0.2
1887	PH4	AA	3	4	7	7	7	0	0	58.0	75	43	4	25	9	6.67	1.724	-1.0
Total			297	248	578	568	525	20	3	4956.0	5601	1573	70	532	1528	2.86	1.237	62.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1871	FW1	NA	P	19	19	169.0	19	23	8	2
1872	BL1	NA	3B	3	1	15.0	1	3	6	0
1872	BL1	NA	OF	8	2	6.0	1	0	0	0
1872	BL1	NA	P	49	46	406.0	20	51	20	2
1873	NY2	NA	OF	5		26.0	2	0	1	0
1873	NY2	NA	P	52		443.0	27	58	24	1
1874	NY2	NA	3B	1	0	7.0	1	1	0	1
1874	NY2	NA	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1874	NY2	NA	P	65	65	578.0	29	101	38	2
1875	NY2	NA	OF	1		1.0	0	0	0	0
1875	NY2	NA	P	70		626.0	44	106	29	4
1876	NY3	NL	OF	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1876	NY3	NL	P	56		516.0	41	78	28	0
1877	CN1	NL	OF	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1877	CN1	NL	P	15		129.0	7	18	4	0
1877	CN1	NL	SS	1		7.0	1	1	3	0
1879	PRO	NL	3B	5		20.0	3	2	4	0
1879	PRO	NL	OF	21		182.0	17	5	7	1
1879	PRO	NL	P	27		189.0	4	39	2	0
1881	PRO	NL	OF	5		21.0	3	0	1	0
1881	PRO	NL	P	14		102.0	1	16	4	2
1881	BSN	NL	OF	18		135.0	24	3	6	0
1881	BSN	NL	P	5		23.0	2	2	0	0
1882	BSN	NL	OF	13		74.0	6	0	5	0
1882	BSN	NL	P	34		285.0	5	34	6	1
1882	BSN	NL	SS	1		2.0	0	0	1	0
1883	PH4	AA	OF	3		5.0	0	0	0	0
1883	PH4	AA	P	44		381.0	15	68	12	2
1884	PH4	AA	OF	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1884	PH4	AA	P	49		431.0	8	78	25	1
1885	PH4	AA	OF	1		4.0	1	0	0	0
1885	PH4	AA	P	48		422.0	7	67	10	1
1886	PH4	AA	OF	1		4.0	0	0	1	0
1886	PH4	AA	P	24		198.0	5	38	8	3
1887	PH4	AA	P	7		58.0	2	14	2	1
Total				669	133	5473.0	296	806	255	24