Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He was a dominant right handed pitcher and one of the five original greats first inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. In 1900, he was drafted by the National League New York Giants, pitched for 17 seasons with a career 2,502 strikeouts, 373 wins (fourth on the all-time list), 79 shutouts (third on the all-time list) and a 2.13 earned run average (fifth on the all-time list). His accomplishment of three shutout wins in the 1905 World Series has never been broken. He died of tuberculosis at age 45.
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He was a dominant right handed pitcher and one of the five original greats first inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. In 1900, he was drafted by the National League New York Giants, pitched for 17 seasons with a career 2,502 strikeouts, 373 wins (fourth on the all-time list), 79 shutouts (third on the all-time list) and a 2.13 earned run average (fifth on the all-time list). His accomplishment of three shutout wins in the 1905 World Series has never been broken. He died of tuberculosis at age 45.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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CAPT. 128 PENN. DIV.
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Gilbert Bailey Mathewson
1847–1928
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Minerva Isabella Capwell Mathewson
1855–1926
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Jane Stoughton Mathewson
1880–1967 (m. 1903)
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Cyril Mathewson
1882–1882
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Edith Christine Mathewson Branning
1884–1948
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Henry Wellington Mathewson
1886–1917
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Jane Janet Mathewson French
1888–1936
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Nicholas Wellington Mathewson
1889–1909
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Christopher Mathewson
1906–1950
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