Christy Mathewson

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Christy Mathewson was a legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Giants and one of the first five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball pitcher
human
bats right
burialPlace Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
collegeSport college baseball
college football
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1880-08-12
dateOfDeath 1925-10-07
earnedRunAverage 2.13
education Bucknell University
finalMLBGameDate 1916-09-04
finalMLBTeam Cincinnati Reds
fullName Christopher Mathewson
givenName Christopher
HallOfFameBallots 205
HallOfFameInductionYear 1936
HallOfFameVotePercentage 90.71
HallOfFameVotes 205
militaryRank captain
militaryService United States Army
MLBDebutDate 1900-07-17
MLBDebutTeam New York Giants
nickname Big Six
Christy
Matty
The Christian Gentleman
notableAchievement pitched three shutouts in the 1905 World Series
notablePitch fadeaway
occupation baseball coach
baseball manager
professional baseball player
placeOfBirth Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Saranac Lake
surface form: Saranac Lake, New York, United States
positionPlayed pitcher
religion Presbyterian
saves 30
shutouts 79
sport baseball
strikeouts 2507
team Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
throws right
winLossRecord 373–188
WorldSeriesChampion 1905
1921
1922
WorldSeriesChampionAs coach
player

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1905 World Series mostNotablePitcher Christy Mathewson
1905 World Series notablePlayer Christy Mathewson
1912 World Series notablePlayer Christy Mathewson
New York Giants notablePlayer Christy Mathewson
Dead-ball era notablePlayerContext Christy Mathewson
this entity surface form: Christy Mathewson was a leading pitcher during the era