Christy Mathewson
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson
(August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The
Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball
right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as
the dead-ball era. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall
of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.
Mathewson was born in Factoryville,
Pennsylvania and began playing semi-professional baseball when he was
14 years old. He began playing in the minor leagues in 1899 and had a
pitching record of 20 wins and two losses. He began an unsuccessful
tenure with the New York Giants the next season and was sent back to the
minors. Mathewson would eventually return to the Giants and go on to
win 373 games in his career, which is a National League record. In the
1905 World Series, Mathewson pitched three shutouts in the Giants
victory. Throughout his career, Mathewson would not pitch on Sundays due
to his Christian beliefs. The pitcher also played professional football
for the Pittsburgh Stars for a short period of time before quitting.
Mathewson served in World War I and died in Saranac Lake, New York in
1925.
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