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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Christy Mathewson

1880 - 1925

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Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "the Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "the Gentleman's Hurler", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories, including wins, shutouts, and earned run average. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christy Mathewson has received more than 1,127,585 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Christy Mathewson is the 1,575th most popular military personnel (down from 1,383rd in 2019), the 8,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,416th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Christy Mathewson ranks 1,575 out of 1,468Before him are William Alexander Morgan, John Sedgwick, John Abizaid, John Dill, Gilad Shalit, and John C. Pemberton. After him are William Rosecrans, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Leonid Khabarov, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Mikhail Tolstykh, and John André.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Christy Mathewson ranks 189Before him are Rudolf Cvetko, Charles King, Vladimir Sukachev, Damon Runyon, Oskar Perron, and Frances Perkins. After him are Walter Brack, Luis Alberto Riart, Wilhelm Anderson, Kono Yasui, Albert Champoudry, and Una O'Connor. Among people deceased in 1925, Christy Mathewson ranks 132Before him are João Pinheiro Chagas, Amos Burn, Roger de Barbarin, Emilio Lunghi, Ignacio Andrade, and Wilhelmina Drucker. After him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Robert M. La Follette, Francisco Guilledo, Clarence Hudson White, and Robert Wrenn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 8,477 out of 18,182Before him are Russell Wong (1963), Dave Chappelle (1973), Dana DeArmond (1979), Barnard Hughes (1915), James Comey (1960), and John C. Pemberton (1814). After him are Bill Miller (1912), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), Donald Richie (1924), Stuart Holmes (1884), Edward Dillon (1879), and Laila Ali (1977).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 138Before him are A. P. Hill (1825), Don Carlos Buell (1818), William Alexander Morgan (1928), John Sedgwick (1813), John Abizaid (1951), and John C. Pemberton (1814). After him are William Rosecrans (1819), Chesty Puller (1898), Stephen Decatur (1779), Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), and Daniel Harvey Hill (1821).