Christy Mathewson
The San Francisco Giants All-Time Starting Rotation
The advent of the modern era found John McGraw applying the pitching tandem theme for his teams. Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity formed a fearsome combination. The rest of their...
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This Week in Yankees History (3/7-3/13)
...of Giants starter Rube Marquard in Game 2. He would also hit a 9th-inning game-tying HR off of Christy Mathewson in Game 3. Baker will lead the AL in HR's for 4 consecutive seasons,...
Christy Mathewson insisted that "Merkle touched second base. I saw him do it."
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Atlanta Braves' 5 Most Clutch Pitching Performances in Team History
...the first player in World Series history to throw two complete game shutouts since the renowned Christy Mathewson. Burdette was named World Series MVP after three complete games and...
This annotated week in baseball history: Feb. 15 - Feb. 27, 1926
In many ways, Plank's match was another pitcher who made his debut around that period, Mathewson. Like Mathewson, Plank was educated and tall, both rare for ballplayers of the era.
Ty Cobb: Baseball's Greatest Player
...that the Baseball Writers Association of America had elected Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson to the Hall of Fame in the first-ever balloting.
Christy Mathewson
...off the Norfolk roster. On December 15, 1900, the Reds quickly traded Mathewson back to the Giants for Amos Rusie. Mathewson, warming up before a game. During his 17-year...
Bob Feller: Missing Years Helped His Career
...and David Clyde. No one since 1920 has thrown as many innings at that age, and since 1900, only Christy Mathewson has topped that number. When Feller came back from the service,...
Ask Boswell: Redskins, Caps, Wizards NFL playoffs and more
Find a picture of the original Hall of Fame class from 1936 (Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson). Then picture the potential Hall of Famer in that...
The Pittsburgh Pirate's All-Time Starting Rotation
...you are facing putting an all-time team on the field that will have to compete against pitchers like Christy Mathewson, Warren Spahn, and Greg Maddux. The Best of the Post-1950 Pirates:
Ingraham: This is a huge strike against the Shambino
...in career earned-run average, a group that includes Hall of Famers Walter Johnson, Ed Walsh, Christy Mathewson, Albert Spalding, Rude Waddell and Addie Joss, none of them were still...
Joe Posnanski: Hall call is never easy, but these eight deserve enshrinement
...had already thrown more than 4,250 innings. Seems pretty harsh to me. Christy Mathewson pitched lousy for the Giants when he was 34, too. But Blyleven inspires those sorts of emotions...
Joe Posnanski: Who are the biggest Hall of Fame snubs? Here's one way to tell
...Lajoie, Jimmie Foxx, Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente, Al Kaline, Carl Yastrzemski, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mathewson, Bob Gibson, Cal Ripken, Bob Feller, Buck Leonard and a bunch of other...
