Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Christy Mathewson

Christy MathewsonChristopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty".

Lineup for Yesterday: M is for Matty, Who carried a charm. In the form of an extra brain in his arm.
Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)

# World Series champion (1905)
# 373 career wins (3rd all-time)
# 2.13 career ERA (8th all-time)
# 1.059 career WHIP (5th all time)
# Won 20 games or more 13 times, won 30 games or more 4 times.
# Pitched 79 shutouts (3rd all time)
# Won NL Pitcher's Triple Crown in 1905 and 1908
# Five-time ERA champion (1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913)
# Five-time strikeout champion (1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908)
# Pitched back to back no-hitters.

Title: Mathewson of N.Y. Nat. Creator(s): Thompson, Paul, photographer. Date Created, Published: c1910 Dec. 14. Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. Summary: Photograph shows Christy Mathewson, pitcher for the New York Giants, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-13527 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. JPEG (32kb) || JPEG (88kb) |

Call Number: LOT 13830, no. 3 [P&P] Other Number: J148724. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print.

Notes:

* J148724
U.S. Copyright Office.
* Title from item.
* Handwritten on verso: Mathewson of N.Y. Nat.
* Stamped on verso: Copyright by Paul Thompson, 10 Spruce Street, New York.

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