Christy Mathewson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", "Matty", or "The Gentleman's Hurler" was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He was among the most dominant pitchers of his (or any) era and ranks in the all-time top-10 in major pitching categories including wins, shutouts, and ERA. In fact, he is the only pitcher in MLB history to rank in the top ten both in career wins and in career ERA. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural 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 with a pitching record of 21 wins and two losses. He then started an unsuccessful tenure with the New York Giants the next season but was sent back to the minors. Mathewson would eventually return to the Giants and go on to win 373 games in his career, a National League record. In the 1905 World Series, he pitched three shutouts, leading to a Giants victory. Mathewson never pitched on Sundays owing to his Christian beliefs, contributing to his nickname. 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 of tuberculosis in 1925.
Henry Mathewson, Jane Janet Matthewson, Edith Christine Matthewson
Movies
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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First of all, no one can live up to everything that's been written or said about me. And, I keep to myself. I'm a private man. Yet, because I pitch for the New York Giants, I realize that I'm able to reach more young men than the President of the United States. That's not due to the fact that I'm more popular than Mr. Taft - I don't believe - but, it's a fact boys would rather read about yesterday afternoon's event at the Polo Grounds. Because of that, I feel very strongly that it is my duty to show those youth the good, clean, honest values that I was taught by my Mother when I was a youngster. That, really, is all I can do.
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No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw.
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Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
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I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
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If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.
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A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
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A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.
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Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
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You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. Your self-confidence must be maintained.
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You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
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Fact
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Inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1965.
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Inducted into the Bucknell University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979 for his football exploits. He also played baseball and basketball.
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Helped uncover the attempted fix of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox.
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Manager for Cincinnati Reds (1916-1918).
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Member of 1904, 1911, 1912 and 1913 National League Champion New York Giants teams. Member of 1905 World Series Champion New York Giants team.
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Finished 2nd in voting for 1911 National League MVP. Finished 4th in voting for 1913 National League MVP.
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1905 and 1908 National League Triple Crown Award Winner.
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Wins leader (372).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time ERA Leader (2.12).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Games Started Leader (550).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Complete Games Leader (433).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Shutouts Leader (79).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Innings Pitched Leader (4,771 2/3).
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San Francisco Giants All-Time Strikeouts Leader (2,499).
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Won three shutouts (the only pitcher to do so) in the 1905 World Series.
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Set the National League modern day record for most wins in a season (37).
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His most famous pitch was the "fadeaway", which is our modern day screwball. He was alleged to have been taught the pitch by Negro League founder and star pitcher, Andrew "Rube" Foster.
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He once defeated Newell Banks, checkers champion of 1917-1922 and 1933-1934, in a game.
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Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a charter member by the BBWAA in 1936.
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Pitcher for the New York Giants (1900-1915) and Cincinnati Reds (1916).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Matty's Decision
1915
Short
Matty
Love and Baseball
1914
Short
Christy Mathewson
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Baseball Revue of 1917
1917
Documentary
Himself
Animated Weekly, No. 31
1916
Documentary short
Himself
Animated Weekly, No. 16
1916
Documentary short
Himself
The Universal Boy
1914/I
Short
Himself
The Giants-White Sox Tour
1914
Documentary short
Himself
Breaking Into the Big League
1913
Short
Himself
Athletics vs. Giants in the World's Championship Baseball Series of 1911
1911
Documentary short
Himself
Christy Mathewson and the New York National League Team
1907
Short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Prime 9
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself
A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Baseball
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Horsehide Heroes
1951
Documentary short
Himself
Known for movies
Christy Mathewson and the New York National League Team (1907) as Himself
$11 Million