Christy

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Christy was the nickname of Christy Mathewson, a legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer known for his dominance with the New York Giants.

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Christy canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball pitcher
human
bats right
battingAverageAsHitter .215
brokeIntoMLBYear 1900
burialPlace Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
collegeAttended Bucknell University
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1880-08-12
dateOfDeath 1925-10-07
debutLeague Major League Baseball
earnedRunAverage 2.13
education Bucknell University
era dead-ball era
finalMLBSeason 1916
givenName Christopher
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionType charter member
hallOfFameInductionYear 1936
injuryOrIllness lung damage from accidental gas exposure during World War I training
jerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Giants
league Major League Baseball
managedTeam Cincinnati Reds
militaryService United States Army
nickname Big Six
Christy self-linksurface differs
Matty
The Christian Gentleman
notableAchievement pitched three complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series
notablePitch fadeaway (screwball)
occupation manager
professional baseball player
placeOfBirth Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Saranac Lake
surface form: Saranac Lake, New York, United States
positionPlayed pitcher
religion Christianity
sport baseball
strikeouts 2507
team Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
throws right
winLossRecord 373–188
worldSeriesAppearances 4
worldSeriesChampion 1905
1921
1922

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Christy Mathewson nickname Christy
Robert F. Christy familyName Christy
Christina hasVariant Christy
Christy nickname Christy self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Christy Mathewson
Kristine relatedName Christy