Christy Mathewson Cabinet Card
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: depicted
content: Mathewson, Christy
label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: New York Giants
notes: label: Description
content: 1911 T5 series Pinkerton cabinet card depicting baseball player Christy Mathewson. Cabinet cards were photographs mounted on stiff cardboard backings offered as premiums or collectibles. This card was available via mail using proof-of-purchases from Pinkerton Tobacco products. The card incorrectly spells Mathewson's name as "Christey"
label: Description
content: Right-handed pitcher Christy Mathewson (1880-1925) was one of the most successful players to ever take the mound in the Major Leagues. In 17 years with the New York Giants the Pennsylvania native amassed a career record of 373-188, with a lifetime earned run average of 2.13. The former collegiate star used a devastating fadeaway (screwball) to twice achieve pitching's triple crown (leading the league in three major statistical categories; wins, era, and strikeouts,) throw two no hitters, and lead the league in strikeouts five times. Mathewson starred in bringing the Giants a World Series title in 1905, pitching three games without giving up a run.
label: Description
content: In 1916, the aging hurler joined the Cincinnati Reds, where he appeared in one game. Mathewson would continue as the team's manager through the 1918 season. After that year, he joined the military, where as a member of the Chemical Service he developed tuberculosis resulting from a training exercise. The disease plagued him as he returned to baseball as a coach an owner, and ultimately led to his death in 1925.
label: Description
content: Mathewson's 37 wins in 1908 is still a record for baseball's modern era. In 1936 he was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fames' inaugural class.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.030.01
label: catalog number
content: 310547.30.0001
label: accession number
content: 310547
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: cabinet card
label: Object Name
content: card, cabinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 9.525 cm