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Christy MathewsonvsJim Palmer

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Christy Mathewson

1900–1916 · 17 seasons

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Jim Palmer

1965–1984 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Christy Mathewson and Jim Palmer: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Christy Mathewson	Stat	Jim Palmer
17	Seasons	19
172.7	Career VAL	126.6
16.6 (1905)	Peak-season VAL	16.8 (1975)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1990
—	Cy Young Awards	3×
—	Gold Gloves	4×
—	All-Star Selections	6×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Christy Mathewson and Jim Palmer have
Christy Mathewson	Stat	Jim Palmer
Career
647	Games	576
Batting
362	Hits	85
7	Home runs	3
165	RBI	41
151	Runs	52
20	Stolen bases	1
116

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Pitching
373	Wins	268
188	Losses	152
29	Saves	4
4780.2	Innings pitched	3948.0
2,502	Strikeouts (pitching)	2,212
2.13	ERA	2.86
1.06	WHIP	1.18
136	ERA+	129

Age	Christy Mathewson	Jim Palmer
19	1.2	0.8
20	15.3	1.6
21	11.3	0.4
22	13.1	—
23	10.3	7
24	16.6	12.7
25	2.2	7.4
26	9.9	8.2
27	16	12.3
28	14.2	3.5
29	11.1	16.8
30	16.2	11.6
31	14.9	14
32	13.3	11.3
33	5.5	5.7
34	1	2.6
35	0.6	1.3
36	—	8.7
37	—	0.7