Christy Mathewson

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Christy Mathewson


Born
in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, The United States
August 12, 1880

Died
October 07, 1925

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Christy Mathewson played for the New York Giants from 1900 to 1916. He was one of the most dominant baseball pitchers of all time, ranking in the all-time top ten in several different categories including wins, shutouts, and ERA.

In 1918 he joined the army to serve in World War I but was accidentally gassed during a training exercise and developed tuberculosis. Mathewson never fully recovered his health and died in 1925 at the age of forty-five.

In 1936 he was named as one of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, alongside Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth.

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“Travelling with a tail-end ball club is the poorest pastime in the world. I would rather ride in the first coach of a funeral procession.”
Christy Mathewson, Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside

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