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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 professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for 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 1,255,563 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Christy Mathewson is the 1,913th most popular military personnel (down from 1,572nd in 2019), the 9,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,459th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Christy Mathewson ranks 1,913 out of 2,058. Before him are Lewis Armistead, Juan de Salcedo, Nikolai Yevmenov, John Abizaid, James Stockdale, and Eddie Rickenbacker. After him are Willis Augustus Lee, Guy Simonds, Lisa Franchetti, Mamadu Ture Kuruma, William Rosecrans, and John C. Pemberton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Christy Mathewson ranks 208. Before him are Earle Page, Kono Yasui, Wilhelm Anderson, William Varley, Herman Glass, and Vilhelm Carlberg. After him are Max Schöne, Georg Hoffmann, Luis Alberto Riart, Giles Gilbert Scott, Vladimir Sukachev, and George Herriman. Among people deceased in 1925, Christy Mathewson ranks 136. Before him are Robert Wrenn, João Pinheiro Chagas, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Nikolai Golitsyn, Wilhelmina Drucker, and Willard Metcalf. After him are Amos Burn, Arvid Knöppel, Lilian Gibbs, Rudolf Schlechter, Emilio Lunghi, and Clarence Hudson White.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 9,185 out of 20,380. Before him are William H. Keeler (1931), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Randy Barnes (1966), Kay Johnson (1904), Robert Pearce (1908), and Ben Alexander (1911). After him are Peabo Bryson (1951), Brian Donlevy (1901), Kathy Hilton (1959), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Marion Leonard (1881), and Vincent Matthews (1947).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 153. Before him are Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), Lewis Armistead (1817), John Abizaid (1951), James Stockdale (1923), and Eddie Rickenbacker (1890). After him are Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Lisa Franchetti (1964), William Rosecrans (1819), John C. Pemberton (1814), Joseph Dunford (1955), and James Wilkinson (1757).

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