Christy Mathewson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Mathewson in 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born: Factoryville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 12, 1880|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: October 7, 1925 Saranac Lake, New York, U.S. | (aged 45)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 17, 1900, for the New York Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 4, 1916, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Win–loss record | 373–188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 2.13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 2,502 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial record | 164–176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning % | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Induction | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vote | 90.7% (first ballot) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "the Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "the Gentleman's Hurler", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories, including wins, shutouts, and earned run average.[1] In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members.
Mathewson grew up in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, and began playing semiprofessional baseball when he was 14 years old. He played in the minor leagues in 1899, recording a record of 21 wins and two losses. He pitched for the New York Giants the next season, but was sent back to the minors. He eventually returned to the Giants and went on to win a National League record 373 career games, tying Grover Cleveland Alexander for the third most career wins of all time. He led the Giants to their first World Series championship in franchise history in the 1905 World Series by pitching a single World Series record three shutouts.[2] He also holds the record for career shutouts in the World Series, with four.[3] Mathewson never pitched on Sundays, owing to his Christian beliefs. Mathewson served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service in World War I, and was accidentally exposed to chemical weapons during training. His respiratory system was weakened from the exposure, causing him to contract tuberculosis, from which he died in Saranac Lake, New York, in 1925.
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