Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson, nicknamed Big Six and Matty, was an American pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants. Raised in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, he won a National League record 373 games and ranks among the all-time leaders in shutouts and earned run average. He led the Giants to their first World Series championship in 1905 by pitching three shutouts in the series, and he never pitched on Sundays because of his Christian faith. He served in the Army Chemical Warfare Service in World War I, died of tuberculosis in 1925, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.