The Christian Gentleman

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The Christian Gentleman was the nickname of Christy Mathewson, a legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for both his dominant pitching and exemplary sportsmanship.

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The Christian Gentleman canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
nickname
appliesToOccupation Major League Baseball pitcher
bats right
birthDate 1880-08-12
birthPlace Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
collegeAttended Bucknell University
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
connotation Christian character
gentlemanly conduct
sportsmanship
deathDate 1925-10-07
deathPlace Saranac Lake
surface form: Saranac Lake, New York, United States
earnedRunAverage 2.13
familyName Mathewson
fullName Christopher Mathewson
givenName Christopher
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionType charter member
hallOfFameInductionYear 1936
jerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Giants (posthumous honor, no formal number era)
knownFor control and command of pitches
dominant pitching
sportsmanship
league Major League Baseball
managerOf Cincinnati Reds
managerTenure Cincinnati Reds 1916–1918
militaryService United States Army
nickname Matty
The Christian Gentleman self-linksurface differs
occupation baseball player
pitcher
refersTo Christy Mathewson
religion Christianity
signaturePitch fadeaway
strikeouts 2507
team Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
teamTenure Cincinnati Reds
surface form: Cincinnati Reds 1916

New York Giants 1900–1916
throws right
throwsNoHitters 2
winLossRecord 373–188
worldSeriesChampion 1905
1921
1922
worldSeriesShutouts 3
worldSeriesYearOfThreeShutouts 1905

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Christy Mathewson nickname The Christian Gentleman
Christy nickname The Christian Gentleman
subject surface form: Christy Mathewson
Big Six knownAs The Christian Gentleman
subject surface form: Christy Mathewson
Matty alsoKnownAs The Christian Gentleman
The Christian Gentleman nickname The Christian Gentleman self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Christy Mathewson