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Christy Mathewson

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American Major League baseball player, manager (1880-1925)

United StatesAthletesLived 1880 to 1925 · aged 45
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Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants. 85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).

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Mathewson warming up as a New York Giant in 1910Mathewson warming up as a New York Giant in 1910Mathewson in his New York Giants uniformMathewson in his New York Giants uniformMathewson with the Giants, c. 1913Mathewson with the Giants, c. 1913Mathewson in 1904Mathewson in 1904Mathewson and his wife Jane, c. 1916Mathewson and his wife Jane, c. 1916Mathewson's private "cure cottage" in Saranac LakeMathewson's private "cure cottage" in Saranac LakeMathewson's gravesite at Lewisburg Cemetery in Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaMathewson's gravesite at Lewisburg Cemetery in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

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San Francisco Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Bucknell Bison baseball

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Marguerite CourtotAlso in Breaking Into the Big League (1913)Harry F. MillardeAlso in Breaking Into the Big League (1913)Doggie JulianAlso played for Bucknell Bison baseball

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Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 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. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members.

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deceased
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Lived 1880 to 1925 · aged 45
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