Robert T Mathews was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the National League of Major League Baseball and the American Association for twenty years beginning in the late 1860s.
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Bobby Mathews is credited as being one of the inventors of the spitball pitch, which was rediscovered or reintroduced to the major leagues after he died.
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Bobby Mathews is credited with the first legal pitch which broke away from the batter.
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Bobby Mathews began his career at the age of 16 for the Marylands of Baltimore in 1868.
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Bobby Mathews appeared as a batter in 19 games for 89 at-bats, batting.
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Bobby Mathews led the league in complete games, starts, and innings pitched.
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Bobby Mathews led the Association in career amount of strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings.
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Bobby Mathews was released mid-way through the season due to problems with drinking that troubled the club.
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Bobby Mathews joined Boston not long after, serving time as an outfielder in 18 games and a pitcher for five games, four in relief.
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Bobby Mathews joined the Philadelphia Athletics in the American Association the following year.
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Bobby Mathews served as coach for the pitchers at the University of Pennsylvania in 1886 while playing with the Athletics.
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Bobby Mathews started it by holding out in the spring to get the money back that had been deducted the earlier year for ineffectiveness.
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Bobby Mathews umpired a few games between 1871 and 1888 and signed with the regular staff of the Players' League in 1890, returning to the AA in 1891.
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Bobby Mathews won 20 games 8 times, including 42 in 1874 with the New York Mutuals of the National Association, and is the only player to win 50 games or to pitch 100 games in each of three major leagues.
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Bobby Mathews is the 25th winningest pitcher in MLB history, yet has the 2nd highest number of wins for a pitcher not elected to the Hall of Fame and the most career innings pitched for a pitcher not elected to the Hall of Fame.
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Bobby Mathews is the pitcher with the highest number of wins without reaching 300.
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