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    Christy Mathewson

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    You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #everything #learn #little #victory #you

    A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #ball #begin #bouncing #boy #cannot

    A pitcher is not a ballplayer. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #pitcher

    A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #first #his #looks #regards #spring

    Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #batters #best #day #hitting #pitch

    I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #everything #fans #i #i am #me

    Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. ↗


    — Christy Mathewson

    #automobile #baseball #evil #fans #follows






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    Professional career


    Minor league career & early major league career

    In 1899 Mathewson left college and signed to play professional baseball with Taunton of the New England League. Mathewson never pitched on Sundays due to his Christian beliefs lending to his nickname. Then two days later in Game 5 he threw a 6-hit shutout to clinch the series for the Giants.

    Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12 1880 – October 7 1925) nicknamed "Big Six" "The Christian Gentleman" or "Matty" was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in the minor leagues in 1899 with a pitching record of 20 wins and two losses. The pitcher also played professional football for the Pittsburgh Stars for a short period of time before quitting.

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