SOM PROJECT - CHRISTY MATHEWSON

This blog will follow the season of the 1905 New York Giants and specificially Christy Mathewson to see if he can duplicate his 31-9, 1.28 numbers.

The season will be replicated using the Strat-O-Matic PC game and made up of 30 teams from SOM's "42 Oldtimers Teams" disk featuring such greats as the '27 Yanks, '34 Tigers, '62 Giants, '57 Braves, etc.

Facing tougher competition will add to the challenge of replicating a 30 win season for Mathewson, but that is why we roll the dice.

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

3 Giant errors lead to Mathewson's 1st loss



The Giants kicked the ball around yielding 2 unearned runs on Mathewson's stat line. Those runs proved to be the difference as the 4-3 win for the '31 Philly A's dropped Mathewson to 6-1, 2.17 ERA and was the 1905 NY Giants first loss in 9 games.


Strat-O-Matic Report






BOXSCORE: 1931 Phil. (AL) 1931 A's At 1905 NY (AL) 1905 Giants 4/29/2007

A's AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
M.Bishop 2B 3 1 0 0 .220 B.Gilbert 2B 5 0 1 0 .353
B.Miller RF 5 0 1 0 .380 A.Devlin 3B 4 1 1 0 .294
A.Simmons LF 4 0 2 1 .409 M.Donlin CF 5 1 3 1 .474
J.Foxx 1B 5 0 0 0 .289 D.McGann 1B 4 0 2 0 .376
M.Cochrane C 4 1 1 0 .278 S.Mertes LF 3 1 1 1 .298
M.Haas CF 5 2 2 0 .268 G.Browne RF 4 0 2 1 .274
E.McNair 3B 4 0 1 0 .196 B.Dahlen SS 4 0 0 0 .115
J.Boley SS 4 0 1 1 .279 R.Bresnahan C 4 0 1 0 .182
L.Mahaffey P 1 0 0 1 .200 C.Mathewson P 3 0 0 0 .118
A-P.Todt PH 1 0 0 0 .214 B-F.Bowerman PH 1 0 1 0 .275
H.McDonald P 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 4 8 3 Totals 37 3 12 3

A-Pinch Hit For Mahaffey In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 9th Inning

A's............. 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 8 0
Giants.......... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 3 12 3

A's (10-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Mahaffey WIN(1-1) 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 6.19
H.McDonald SAVE(3rd) 4 7 2 2 3 1 0 3.04
Totals 9 12 3 3 3 2 0

Giants (17-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Mathewson LOSS(6-1) 9 8 4 2 5 7 0 2.17
Totals 9 8 4 2 5 7 0

ATTENDANCE- 47,064 DATE- Sunday, April 29th 2007 TIME- Day
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- A's:12 Giants:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 2 Giants: 0
ERRORS- B.Gilbert, B.Dahlen, C.Mathewson
DOUBLES- A.Simmons(5th), S.Mertes(3rd)
TRIPLES- M.Donlin(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Foxx(1st), G.Browne(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Mahaffey
WALKS- M.Bishop-2, A.Simmons, M.Cochrane, E.McNair, A.Devlin, D.McGann,
S.Mertes
STRIKE OUTS- M.Bishop-2, A.Simmons, J.Foxx, M.Cochrane, J.Boley, P.Todt,
A.Devlin, C.Mathewson
GIDP- B.Dahlen
WILD PITCHES- H.McDonald

47,064 fans were treated to a fine game at the ballpark as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Phil. (AL) 1931 A's won by the
slimmest of margins, 4 to 3.

Phil. (AL) 1931 claimed the early lead in the first inning scoring a single
run. Max Bishop drew a walk. After an out was recorded, Al Simmons came to
the plate and doubled scoring the run. NY (AL) 1905 made it exciting in the
9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.

Leroy Mahaffey(1-1) went 5 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Mahaffey
got help from Hank McDonald who earned his 3rd save. Christy Mathewson(6-1)
was given the loss. He pitched 9 innings allowing 8 hits and 5 walks.








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