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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. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Christy Mathewson is the 1,936th most popular military personnel (down from 1,913th in 2024), the 9,879th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,181st in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Christy Mathewson ranks 1,936 out of 2,058. Before him are Ronen Bar, John Abizaid, Franz von Werra, Malik Ambar, Edmund Kirby Smith, and Neil Ritchie. After him are Bakht Khan, Raymond T. Odierno, Arseny Golovko, Franciszek Gągor, Constand Viljoen, and Oleksii Arestovych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Christy Mathewson ranks 209. Before him are Russell Simpson, Max Schöne, Lev Shcherba, Majit Gafuri, Fernand Feyaerts, and Rudolf Cvetko. After him are Nils Widforss, Eric Carlberg, Vladimir Sukachev, George Herriman, R. H. Tawney, and Ernest Townsend. Among people deceased in 1925, Christy Mathewson ranks 142. Before him are Willard Metcalf, Wilhelmina Drucker, Amos Burn, Surendranath Banerjee, Emilio Lunghi, and Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov. After him are Clarence Hudson White, Robert Wrenn, Marguerite Marsh, and Lucille Ricksen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 9,881 out of 20,380. Before him are Shirley Mason (1901), Cliff DeYoung (1945), Art Babbitt (1907), Leslie David Baker (1958), Sabu (1964), and Lam Jones (1958). After him are Joey Castillo (1966), Wes Borland (1975), Nancy Travis (1961), David Ray Griffin (1939), Hugo Black (1886), and Helen Hunt Jackson (1830).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Christy Mathewson ranks 155. Before him are Alexander Patch (1889), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), John Bell Hood (1831), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), John Abizaid (1951), and Edmund Kirby Smith (1824). After him are Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Frank Buckles (1901), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Gary Gordon (1960), Eugene Bullard (1895), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883).

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