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Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson
Pitcher
Born: August 12, 1880
Factoryville, Pennsylvania
Died: October 7, 1925 (aged 45)
Saranac Lake, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 17, 1900
for the New York Giants
Final game
September 4, 1916
for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics
Record     373-188
ERA     2. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Factoryville is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saranac Lake is a Village located in the state of New York, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 13
K     2502
Teams

As Player
New York Giants (1900-1916)
Cincinnati Reds (1916)
As Manager
Cincinnati Reds (1916-1918)
Career highlights and awards
  • 373 career wins (3rd all-time)
  • 2. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup: Brooklyn Superbas defeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1 National League: Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2 MLB Statistical Leaders Major 13 career ERA (8th all-time)
  • 1. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 059 career WHIP (5th all time)
  • Won 20 games or more 13 times, won 30 games or more 4 times.
  • Pitched 79 shutouts (3rd all time)
  • Won NL Pitcher's Triple Crown in 1905 and 1908
  • Five-time ERA champion (1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913)
  • Five-time strikeout champion (1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908)
  • Pitched two no-hitters. For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting
  • Name honored by the Giants. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division.
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected     1936
Vote     90. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2 All-Star Game 7% (first ballot)

Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 - October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of He played in what is known as the dead ball era and in 1936 was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its inaugural members. The dead-ball era is a Baseball term used to describe the period between 1900 (though some date it to the beginning of baseball) and the emergence of Babe Ruth Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2 All-Star Game

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Early life

Mathewson was born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania and went on to attend Bucknell University. Factoryville is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Bucknell University is a Private university located along the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the At Bucknell, he served as class president and played on the school's football and baseball teams. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each [1] He was also a member of the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Origins of Phi Gamma Delta Historical sketch of Jefferson College In 1803 only a small percentage of Americans attended college [2]

Minor league career & early major league career

In 1899, Mathewson left college and signed to play professional baseball with Taunton of the New England League. Champions National League: Brooklyn Superbas National League final standings Events The New England League was a mid-level league in American Minor league baseball that played sporadically in five of the six New England states ( Vermont The next season, he moved on to play on the Norfolk team of the Virginia-North Carolina League. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States He finished that season with a 20-2 record. [3]

In July of that year, the New York Giants purchased his contract from Norfolk for $1,500. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. [4]. [3] Between July and December of 1900 Mathewson appeared in six games for the Giants. Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup: Brooklyn Superbas defeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1 National League: He started one of those games and compiled a 0-3 record. Displeased with his performance, the Giants returned him to Norfolk and demanded their money back. [3] Later that month, the Cincinnati Reds drafted Mathewson in the Rule 5 draft. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers

Career with the Giants

Mathewson in Giants uniform.
Mathewson in Giants uniform.

On December 15, 1900, the Reds traded him to the Giants in exchange for Amos Rusie. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Amos Wilson Rusie ( May 30, 1871 - December 6, 1942) nicknamed "The Hoosier Thunderbolt" was a hard-throwing Right-handed [4]

During his 17-year career, Mathewson won 373 games and lost 188. His career ERA of 2. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 13 and 79 career shutouts are amongst the best all-time for pitchers. Employing a good fastball, outstanding control, and, especially, a new pitch he termed the "fadeaway" (later known in baseball as the "screwball"), which he learned from teammate Dave Williams in 1898, Mathewson recorded 2,502 career strikeouts against 844 walks. A screwball is a Baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a Slider. He is famous for his pitching duels with Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, who won most of the duels against Mathewson. Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown ( October 19 1876 &ndash February 14 1948) nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner" was an

Mathewson's Giants won the 1905 World Series over the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1905 World Series matched the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics, with the Giants winning 4 games to 1 The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Mathewson was the starting pitcher in Game 1 and pitched a 4-hit shutout for the victory. Three days later, with the series tied 1-1, he pitched another 4-hit shutout. Then, two days later in Game 5, he threw a 6-hit shutout to clinch the series for the Giants. In a span of only six days, Mathewson had pitched three complete games without allowing a run.

The 1905 World Series capped an impressive year for Mathewson as he had already won the National League Triple Crown for pitchers, and threw the second no-hitter of his career. For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting He claimed the Triple Crown again in 1908, and by the time he left the Giants, the team had captured four more National League pennants, in addition to the aforementioned 1905 appearance in the World Series. [1]

As noted in The National League Story (1961) by Lee Allen, Matty never pitched on Sunday. Leland Gaither "Lee" Allen ( January 12 1915 - May 20 1969) was an American sportswriter and historian The impact of this on the Giants was minimized, since, in the eight-team National league, only the Chicago Cubs (Illinois), Cincinnati Reds (Ohio), and St. Louis Cardinals (Missouri), played home games in states that allowed professional sports on Sunday. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee

Mathewson in NY uniform.
Mathewson in NY uniform.

Along with his brother Henry Mathewson, he holds the major league record for combined wins by brothers playing for the same team: Christy 373, Henry 0.

Three years with the Reds

On July 20, 1916, Mathewson's career came full circle when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds along with fellow future Hall of Famer Edd Roush. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Edd J Roush ( May 8, 1893 - March 21, 1988) was a Left-handed Major League Baseball player He won one game with the Reds and served as their manager for the next three seasons.

Mathewson and Brown wrapped their respective careers by squaring off on September 4, 1916. The game was billed as the final meeting between the two old baseball warriors. The high-scoring game was a win for Mathewson's Reds over Brown's Cubs.

WWI and after

In 1918, Mathewson enlisted in the United States Army for World War I. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He served overseas as a Captain in the newly formed Chemical Service along with Ty Cobb. While in France, during a training exercise he was accidentally gassed and consequently developed tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common [1] Although he returned to serve as a coach for the Giants from 1919-1920, he spent a good portion of that time upstate fighting the illness. Headline Event of the Year Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing World Series, resulting in the Black Sox scandal Champions World Series: Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2 Awards and honors [3] In 1923, Mathewson got back into professional baseball when he served as part-time president of the Boston Braves. Champions World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2 Awards and honors League

Death and legacy

Two years later, he died in Saranac Lake, New York. Saranac Lake is a Village located in the state of New York, United States. He is buried at Lewisburg Cemetery in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Lewisburg is a Borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, 30 miles (48 km south by east of Williamsport and 60 miles (97 * Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators wore black armbands during the 1925 World Series. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games [1] Mathewson had died on the day the Series began.

Baseball honors

Statue of Mathewson in Christy Mathewson Park in his hometown of Factoryville, Pennsylvania.
Statue of Mathewson in Christy Mathewson Park in his hometown of Factoryville, Pennsylvania. Factoryville is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

During WW II, a 422 foot Liberty Ship named in his honor, SS Christy Mathewson, was built in Richmond, CA in 1943.

Christy in popular culture

Mathewson is mentioned in the poem "Lineup for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash:

Lineup for Yesterday
M is for Matty,
Who carried a charm
In the form of an extra
brain in his arm. Frederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 &ndash May 19, 1971) was an American Poet best known for writing pithy and funny
— Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Christy Mathewson. Frederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 &ndash May 19, 1971) was an American Poet best known for writing pithy and funny SPORT magazine was the original major general interest American sports magazine In Major League Baseball, the 300 win club is a term applied to the group of Pitchers who have won 300 or more games in their careers This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball winningest pitchers. For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads Major League Baseball recognizes saves champions in the American League and National League each season Major League Baseball recognizes Strikeout champions in the American League and National League each season The following is a list of Major League Baseball wins champions. In Baseball, a Strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time At bat. At the end of each Major League Baseball season the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced This is a list of No-hitters in Major League Baseball history. HistoricBaseball. com. Retrieved on 2006-10-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine
  2. ^ Christy Mathewson. Phigam. org. Retrieved on 2007-03-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king
  3. ^ a b c d Christy Mathewson. BaseballLibrary. com. Retrieved on 2006-10-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine
  4. ^ a b Christy Mathewson. Baseball-Reference. com. Retrieved on 2007-01-31. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  5. ^ ESPN.com - MLB - 50 Greatest Playoff Performances
  6. ^ Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor

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