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The dominant pitcher of his era and one of five all-time greats originally inducted into the Hall of Fame, Mathewson looked like the classic American hero: tall, blond, and blue-eyed, with a reputation for clean living and good sportsmanship that was often held up as a splendid example for the nation's youth. While those virtues were surely exaggerated, his pitching skills were not. He retired with 372 wins (fourth all-time), 78 shutouts (third), and a 2.13 ERA (fifth).

The son of a gentleman farmer, Mathewson attended Bucknell University, where he was class president, an excellent field goal kicker, and, of course, star pitcher. Leaving Bucknell in 1899 to pitch for Taunton (New England League), he advanced to Norfolk (Virginia League) the following year and went 20-2. The Giants bought him for $1,500, but returned him to Norfolk when he lost his first three decisions, declaring the deal cancelled and demanding their money back. He was then drafted by the Reds for $100 and traded to the Giants for sore-armed Amos Rusie, who had not pitched since 1898. Reds' owner John T. Bush was about to buy the Giants and wanted a promising pitcher when he got there.

In 1901 Mathewson won 20 games with a 2.41 ERA for the Giants, but manager Horace Fogel still did not believe his young star would win consistently, and had him practice at first, shortstop, and in the outfield. John McGraw arrived in mid-1902 to quickly put a stop to such experiments, and from 1903 to 1914 Mathewson never won fewer than 22 games.

Mathewson's pitching was marked by intelligence, good mechanics, and outstanding control (he walked only 1.6 batters per nine innings), but he also had a magic pitch. Today's screwball, he called it his "fadeaway," a reverse curve that broke in to righthanded batters. Thrown with an extremely unnatural twist of the arm, he rarely threw more than a dozen a game, but the threat was always there. Combined with his other outstanding pitches, it made him one of baseball's rare masters. He could breeze through a game on 75 or 80 pitches, often holding something back for what he called "pitching in a pinch" (the name of his book).

Mathewson was only 14-17 in his second full season, but led the NL with eight shutouts and posted a fine 2.11 ERA. The following year he won 30 games and led the league in strikeouts, feats he would repeat in 1904 and 1905. In the 1905 World Series, Matty turned in one of baseball's best postseason performances, shutting out the Athletics in Games One, Three, and Five, allowing only 14 total hits, as the Giants took the Series 4-1. In 1906-07 Christy's brother Henry pitched three games for the Giants, going 0-1; until Gaylord and Jim Perry broke their record, Christy and Henry held the record for wins by brothers.

Mathewson's finest regular season was 1908, as he led the league in wins (37), ERA (1.43), strikeouts (259), and shutouts (12), but the Giants finished a game behind the Cubs. Between 1911 and 1914 Mathewson won 98 games to young Grover Alexander's 96, but when Matty slipped to 8-14 in 1915 Alexander won 31, and the mantle of the league's best pitcher was passed. In 1916 he was traded to the Reds, where he won the one game he pitched before leading them to two fourth-place finishes as manager. When he retired, Matty had won the ERA title and the strikeout crown five times each and had led the NL in wins and shutouts four times each.

Off the field, public reputation aside, some found him brusque and stand-offish, others said he had a swelled head. He was also known to break a contract, once signing with the Philadelphia Athletics before changing his mind and jumping back to the Giants. Still, he lent considerable prestige to the players' unionizing efforts in 1912, and while managing once suspended Hal Chase for "indifferent playing." He was also one of the few to publicly state he thought the White Sox were throwing the 1919 WS.

Enlisting as an Army captain in 1918, he served overseas and was gased in a training exercise, thereafter suffering from tuberculosis. He coached with the Giants in 1919-20, but spent much of his time upstate, fighting TB. He served as part-time president of the Braves in 1923, and died two years later at the age of 47. (ADS)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 17, 1900: At Brooklyn's Washington Park, the Superbas tie the score against the Giants in the 5th. With two men on base and the score tied, New York captain George Davis takes out pitcher Ed Doheny and brings in rookie Christy Mathewson, just brought up from Norfolk where he was 20–2. He hits three batters, walks 2, and gives up six runs in a 13–7 loss, charged to Doheny. The New York Times says, "Matty has lots of speed and gives promise of making his way." Doheny also plunked a batter, while Brooklyn's Joe McGinnity hit two for a combined six in the game, a record, since tied. » July 25, 1900: Christy Mathewson makes his 2nd appearance, relieving in the 3rd against the Pirates with the score 3–1. The Bucs rattle the rookie for six runs in the inning to lead 9–1. Matty gives up another run in his seven innings, as Pittsburgh coasts to victory. » August 4, 1900: The Cardinals blow a 4–1 lead to the Giants, but come back against reliever Christy Mathewson, pitching his 3rd straight game in relief, to take another lead 8–7 in the 7th. St. Louis wins, 9–8, with John McGraw scoring the winning run in the 8th, handing Matty his first career decision. Matty will go 0–3 as a Giant before returning to Norfolk. » September 6, 1900: At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals jump on Giants starter Ed Doheny, scoring eight runs in the first three innings. Christy Mathewson makes his first appearance in a month, giving up three runs on seven hits in five innings of relief. St. Louis wins, 11-4. » September 13, 1900: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson makes his first start, pitching a complete game loss to the Colts. Chicago wins, 6-5, scoring four runs in the first, thanks to an error by 1B Jack Doyle. » September 26, 1900: At Boston's South End Grounds, Giants reliever Christy Mathewson fails to hold a 7-4 lead, and Boston wins, 8-7. It is Matty's 3rd loss. The Giants will return the rookie to Norfolk rather than pay $1500, and Mathewson will be picked up by Cincinnati for $100. » December 15, 1900: Amos Rusie, out for the past two years with arm problems, is traded to the Reds by the Giants for young Christy Mathewson. Though only 30, Rusie, a future Hall of Fame pitcher, will not have the ability that brought him eight straight 20-game seasons, and he will not add to the 245 wins he collected in nine seasons. Appearing in just three games in 1901, he will finish with an 0-1 record. Mathewson, 0-3 with the Giants but 20-2 with Norfolk (Virginia League), is much coveted by Cincinnati owner John T. Brush, who is currently negotiating to buy control of the Giants from the unscrupulous Andrew Freedman. Before he takes over, Brush wants Mathewson in place as a Giants starter, rather than the "pitched out" Amos Rusie. » April 3, 1901: Connie Mack accuses Christy Mathewson of reneging on a Philadelphia contact signed in January. The young pitcher had accepted advance money from Mack, but jumped back to the Giants in March. Mack considers going to court, but eventually accepts the loss of the pitcher. » April 26, 1901: After six postponements, the New York Giants down the Brooklyn Superbas 5-3 for their season’s first win and Christy Mathewson’s first ML victory. Matty allows four hits and strikes out 8. » April 30, 1901: At Baker Bowl, the Giants edge the Phils, 3-2, behind Christy Mathewson's 3-hitter. » May 3, 1901: The Giants beat Boston, 2-1, as Christy Mathewson wins his 3rd straight, beating Kid Nichols, on a 3-hitter. Bobby Lowe, who has all of Boston's hits, scores the Beaneater's only run on a passed ball. » May 6, 1901: Christy Mathewson wins his fourth straight game, blanking Philadelphia, 4-0, on five hits. It is Matty's first career shutout. » May 11, 1901: The largest NL crowd of the year so far (8,500) fills Brooklyn's Washington Park to view the Boy Wonder from Bucknell, Christy Mathewson. Matty doesn't disappoint, topping Brooklyn's William Kennedy, 7-0, as Brooklyn manages just two hits off the Giants budding star. New York moves into 3rd place with the win. » May 15, 1901: Christy Mathewson (6-0) tosses his 3rd straight shutout outpitching Jack Taylor to beat the Colts, 4-0. The Giants move into 1st place with the win over Chicago. » May 24, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 8th straight, beating Cincinnati's Bill Phillips, 1-0. Matty gives up just three hits. » May 28, 1901: Behind the shutout pitching of Jack Powell, St. Louis hands Christy Mathewson his first loss, 1-0. Matty's lone walk, in the 2nd inning, results in the games only run. » May 30, 1901: An NL record crowd of 28,500 sees St. Louis beat the Giants 6-5 in 10 innings in the afternoon game of a split holiday doubleheader at New York. Christy Mathewson takes the loss in relief, after coming on in the 7th with the game knotted at five apiece. A passed ball with a runner on 2B and a sacrifice fly is Matty's undoing. New York wins the a.m. game, 6-4 in front of 2,500 fans. » June 1, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, the first-place Giants top Boston Somersets' Kid Nichols, 2-1, behind Christy Mathewson's 5-hitter. Matty fans 10 Boston batters, much to the delight of the overflow crowd. He strikes out Gene DeMontreville in the 6th and when the bat sails out of the DeMontreville's hands on the 3rd strike, Matty tosses it to 1B to complete the play. » June 8, 1901: At Cincinnati, the 2nd place Reds beat up on New York's Christy Mathewson, clubbing him for nine hits and six runs to win, 6-4. » June 11, 1901: In Pittsburgh, the Pirates score four runs in four innings off Christy Mathewson to beat New York, 4-0. The game is called because of rain after the Giants bat in the 5th. » June 15, 1901: After two losses to the Giants, Chicago gets back on track, 9-2, behind the 10 strikeout twirling of Rube Waddell. The Colts trample Christy Mathewson for nine runs and 13 hits and hand the phenom his 4th loss in a row. » June 24, 1901: The Giants edge St. Louis, 3-2, when Sammy Strang singles home Piano Legs Hickman in the bottom of the 9th. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in beating Willie Sudhoff, though the Cards' pitcher hits a two run homer, his only major league round tripper. » June 26, 1901: New York's Christy Mathewson scatters nine hits in coasting to a 6-2 win over the visiting Reds. Dick Scott takes the loss. » July 4, 1901: In Pittsburgh, the Giants split a doubleheader, winning the a.m. game 5-3, then lose to the Bucs 12-0 in the afternoon game. Christy Mathewson is the winner in the morning, scattering 11 hits, striking out 10 and walking 6. » July 8, 1901: Player-manager George Davis leads the Giants to a 9-3 win over Cincinnati with four hits, including two inside-the-park homers, and four runs RBIs. Christy Mathewson beats Dick Scott for the 2nd time this year, though Matty's control is off. He walks four batters and hits two, including Cincy 1B Jake Beckley, who is hit in the head with a Matty pitch and knocked out for five minutes. » July 12, 1901: The host Cardinals edge the Giants, 3-2, in 11 innings, beating Christy Mathewson on an error. » July 15, 1901: Christy Mathewson, 22-years-old, of the Giants pitches a no-hitter, blanking St. Louis 5-0 at League Park. Matty saves his own no-hitter in the 6th when an Otto Krueger hit caroms off 1B Chick Ganzel's glove to Mathewson, who throws back to 1B for a 3-1-3 putout. » July 19, 1901: In Chicago, Jack Taylor allows 10 hits to the Giants, but is unscored on until the 9th. The Colts paste Christy Mathewson for 12 hits to win, 5-2. Chicago has now won three in a row over the visiting New Yorkers, and will take the next two games in the series as well. » July 23, 1901: Brooklyn batters a wild Christy Mathewson for six hits in two innings, knocking him out of the game in the 3rd, the first time this season Matty has not finished a start. The Giants lose, 8-3. » July 25, 1901: Brooklyn righty Frank Kitson outpitches Christy Mathewson, allowing just one Giant hit in beating New York, 5-0. Four of the Brooklyn runs are unearned. Algie McBride has the only safety, a single, for NY. » July 29, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off for a ten-inning shootout, with Boston prevailing, 5-4. Matty gives up 11 hits in bringing his record to 15-11. » August 1, 1901: Kid Nichols, in relief, and Christy Mathewson face each other for the 2nd time in three days, with Matty winning this outing. Nichols relieves in the 7th with the score, 5-5, but New York scores four runs to take a 9-5 lead. Boston retaliates with three runs to put Matty on the ropes, but he escapes with a 9-8 win. » August 5, 1901: In the first of two in Philley, Giant OF Ike Van Zandt makes an 11th inning error and Philadelphia goes on to score three runs and win, 6-3. Van Zandt came on in the 9th after starting LF Kip Selbach is tossed for protesting strike calls. Christy Mathewson takes the loss for New York. » August 8, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Brooklyn split two, Brooklyn winning the opener, 3-0, before losing the nitecap to Christy Mathewson, 4-1. Brooklyn threatens in the 6th, putting two on with no outs, but Matty K's Cozy Dolan, allows a single, then strikes out Tom Daly and Bill Dahlen to end the threat. » August 13, 1901: Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson face each other again and both throw shut out ball for nine innings. Boston finally scores three in the 10th to win, 3-0. Matty's record in the past month is 3-7. Nichols and Mathewson will go at each other tomorrow, in the 2nd game of two, with the match ending in an 11-inning 5-5 tie. » August 19, 1901: Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off the 3rd time in seven days, with Nichols winning easily, 11-6. New York makes four errors, but a tired Matty is pasted for 13 hits while striking out just one. » August 26, 1901: New York's Christy Mathewson allows just three hits in beating the Phils, 3-1. » September 21, 1901: In Cincinnati, Christy Mathewson allows just three hits in beating the Reds, 5-1. It is Matty's 20th win. » September 25, 1901: The first-place Pirates jump on Christy Mathewson for three runs in the first inning on their way to a 10-5 win over the Giants. The Bucs tally 14 hits off Matty to whip the visiting Giants. » October 5, 1901: The Brooklyn Superbas sweep two from the Giants, 8-0 and 4-2. Wild Bill Donovan pitches the opener, allowing three hits, in winning his NL-high 25th game. Christy Mathewson umpires the first game, then loses the 2nd game, also umpired by a ball player. » April 17, 1902: After the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" before infield practice at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson tosses a four-hit shutout over the Phillies. New York wins, 7-0, beating Harry Felix, before a a crowd of 24,000. » April 21, 1902: Christy Mathewson gives the Giants their 2nd victory, winning his 2nd by topping Boston, 6-3. » April 24, 1902: The Giants lose 8-4 to Boston when RF Jim Delahanty lets a bases loaded single skip by him and three runners score. New York scores three in the bottom of the 9th, but Boston still beats Christy Mathewson. » May 1, 1902: Christy Mathewson pitches his 2nd shutout of the year against Philadelphia, this time allowing just two Quaker hits while striking out 8. Matty also cracks his first ML homer, off Cy Vorhees. » May 7, 1902: The Cubs' Jack Taylor beats Christy Mathewson 4-0 at Chicago's West Side Grounds. Taylor gives up just two hits, while Matty allows five. Following a Giants' protest tomorrow that Taylor was pitching from in front of the rubber, this game will later be ruled invalid and all the records will be thrown out, including Taylor's win and Matty's loss. » May 14, 1902: New York batters Cardinal pitcher Mike Joyce (aka Mike O'Neill) for 14 runs sending the Irish-born hurler to a 10-7 loss. St. Louis manages nine hits off Christy Mathewson, the winning pitcher. New York is a distant third to the leading Pirates (19-3). » May 17, 1902: The Reds take another from the Giants, defeating Christy Mathewson, 6-1. Bill Phillips scatters six hits to win. » May 21, 1902: At Pittsburgh, the Giants top the leading Pirates, 5-2, with Christy Mathewson winning in relief. Matty takes over for Dummy Taylor in the 7th, allows a tying run to score, then scores the winning run himself in the 8th. » June 25, 1902: The Phillies beat New York and Christy Mathewson, 3-1. The Quakers SS Rudy Hulswitt kills a New York rally in the 8th inning by picking off Steve Brodie with a hidden ball trick. » July 5, 1902: At St. Louis, the Cards win their 3rd straight from the Giants, beating New York, 1–0. The Card lone run comes in on a wild pitch by Christy Mathewson. » July 8, 1902: In the first of two, the Giants edge Chicago, 1–0, with Christy Mathewson outpitching Bob Rhodes. Chicago wins the nitecap, 2–0, in seven innings. » July 12, 1902: Overcoming poor Buc baserunning, Pirates star Jack Chesbro pitches a 5-hit shutout and strikes out 11 Giants to beat Christy Mathewson, 4–0. As noted by Clifford Blau, the Buccos lose five straight runners via baserunning errors. With two outs in the third, Ginger Beaumont is on 2B, with first base empty, and he is put out trying to advance to third on a grounder. In the 4th, Hans Wagner leads off with a triple, but is out at the plate on Kitty Bransfield's grounder to first. Bransfield is then thrown out trying to steal 2B. Claude Ritchey draws a walk, but is picked off first. Jimmy Burke leads off the fifth with a double, but tries to stretch it into a triple, and is tagged out by Matty, covering the bag. » July 15, 1902: At Cincinnati, Christy Mathewson starts a triple play in the 2nd inning, but Matty then leaves trailing, 6–0. The loss leaves the Giants pitcher with a 6–8 record. » July 24, 1902: At Washington Park, the Giants win their 2nd in a row under McGraw, beating Brooklyn, 2–0. Christy Mathewson strikes out 11 to even his record at 8–8. Matty will top Brooklyn by the same score on the 28th, in a rain-shortened game. » August 1, 1902: At the Polo Grounds, the Cards and Giants split a pair, St. Louis topping Joe McGinnity in the opener to win, 4-3, then losing 4-2. Christy Mathewson scatters 11 hits in beating Alex Pearson. » August 5, 1902: The first place Pirates whip New York, 3-0 behind Jesse Tannehill's 2-hitter. Christy Mathewson strikes out 11 Bucs in the loss. » August 18, 1902: Christy Mathewson shuts out Chicago, 5-0, to give New York its 4th straight win over the host Windy City squad. Jack Taylor takes the loss. » August 21, 1902: Sam Leever hurls a two hitter to give the first place Pirates a 2-0 win over the Giants and Christy Mathewson. » August 26, 1902: At Cincinnati, Christy Mathewson tosses his 7th shut out of the year, beating the Reds, 6-0. Henry Thielman loses his 3rd encounter of the year with Matty. » September 1, 1902: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants follow a successful road trip (7-4) by dropping two games to the Cards. St. Louis wins, 6-4 and then pummels Christy Mathewson for 12 hits in the nitecap to win, 8-2. » September 6, 1902: The New York Giants borrow catcher Jack Robinson from Bridgeport and he makes his debut catching Christy Mathewson. As noted by Cliff Blau, Robinson, in just seven innings, lets five pitches get by him resulting in runner advancement. Blau notes that the Evening Telegram and the Times, disagree on the scoring, one giving Robinson four passed balls, while the other blamed only 2. He also allows four stolen bases in as many tries. The last place Giants tie the champion Pirates with a run in the 5th, but Mathewson gives up 13 hits and allows eight runs in the last four innings, for a 9-3 finale. The game is enlivened a bit when in the 4th inning a small fire starts behind the Giants bench but it is quickly extinguished by buckets of water handed to the fans by the players. » September 13, 1902: The Superbas top the Giants' Christy Mathewson, 7-2, with the help of five New York errors, three by 3B Bill Lauder. » September 23, 1902: Boston beats the Giants, 2-1, with both runs scoring on wild pitches by Christy Mathewson. » October 4, 1902: At Boston, the Nationals splits a doubleheader with New York, beating Christy Mathewson, 5-2. It is Matty's 17th loss of the year. Iron Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap for New York, 5-1. » April 17, 1903: At the opener at the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn scores four in the first against Christy Mathewson, but New York counters to take a 5–4 lead. Matty allows another five runs as his teammates contribute six errors. Brooklyn wins, 9–7. » April 21, 1903: At Brooklyn's home opener at Washington Park, Mrs. Charles Ebbets throws out the first ball and then Henry Schmidt and the Giants' Christy Mathewson keep the ball low as a National League-record 43 total chances are taken by two clubs. The Superbas have 23 assists, including eight by Schmidt in his ML debut; the Giants have 21. Catcher Jack Warner drives home the winning run for a 2–1 New York victory. The total chance record will be tied by the Giants and Reds May 15, 1909. » April 27, 1903: Christy Mathewson keeps New York in 1st place with a 10–7 win over Boston. Matty gives up two homers, including a grand slam by 2B Frank Bonner. » May 7, 1903: At the Polo Grounds, Giants 1B Dan McGann steals four bases to lead New York to an 8-4 win over the Phillies. Christy Mathewson beats the Phils for the 2nd time in a week, scattering nine hits. Teammate Iron Joe McGinnity, a bench spectator, is tossed in the 8th inning by umpire August Moran for mouthing off too much. » May 12, 1903: Christy Mathewson is a stingy host to the Reds, holding them hitless through seven innings and scoreless through eight innings. But the Reds score four in the 9th off Matty to beat the Giants, 4-1. » May 16, 1903: A record 31,500 at the Polo Grounds see the Giants beat Pittsburgh, 7-3, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty allows eight hits in beating William Kennedy, who is bricked for 13 safeties. The first-place New Yorkers will soon fade, and the Pirates, now in 3rd place, will win their 3rd straight pennant. » May 19, 1903: Christy Mathewson, in relief of Dummy Taylor in the 8th inning, earns a 3-2 over Pittsburgh. New York comes back to score solo runs in the 7th and 8th for the victory. » May 20, 1903: After beating the Pirates in a relief effort yesterday, Christy Mathewson allows six hits in shutting out the defending NL champs, 2-0. Sam Leever takes the loss. New York takes three games in the series and Mathewson wins them all. » June 1, 1903: At Pittsburgh, Christy Mathewson wins his 10th of the season, and his 4th over Pittsburgh, as the Giants prevail, 10-2. Ed Doheny is the loser. » June 3, 1903: Pirate pitching shuts out the Giants for the 2nd day in a row with Sam Leever applying the whitewash, 5-0. Pittsburgh scores their first run on a double steal, with Claude Ritchey on the front end. Ritchey tallies four hits off Joe McGinnity to pace the offense. Ginger Beaumont adds a HR to deep CF in the 5th inning, the same inning in which 3B coach Christy Mathewson is tossed for kicking dirt on umpire James Johnstone. » June 13, 1903: At League Park, Joe Kelley's first-inning triple is the lone hit off Christy Mathewson, who whitewashes the Reds, 4-0. Noodles Hahn takes the loss. » June 18, 1903: Opening a home stand at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson and Chicago's Jake Weimer battle with Matty taking the loss, 1-0. A walk to Jimmy Slagle with the bases loaded in the 6th provides Chicago with the needed margin. It is Matty's first loss in his last 10 decisions. » June 22, 1903: At the Polo Grounds, a crowd of 19,000 is on hand for the twinbill with Chicago; Iron Joe McGinnity wins the opener, 5-4, in 10 innings, over Jack Taylor. But Chicago takes the nitecap, scoring six runs against Christy Mathewson in the 9th inning to enable Jock Menefee to pick up a win, 10-6. Matty gives up 13 hits and 10 runs in losing his 4th game of the year. » June 26, 1903: Before the start of the Giants-Pirates showdown Giants catcher Frank Bowerman starts a fight with Pirates player-manager Fred Clarke in the Giants office. While the cause of the brawl is unclear, Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss reports it to the NL offices and Bowerman is fined $100. Clarke gets no fine, but does take home a black eye. Christy Mathewson then pitches his 5th victory over Pittsburgh, defeating them 8-2, and beating Sam Leever. Sam Mertes, who will lead the NL in doubles and RBIs, doubles home three runs in the 5th. » June 30, 1903: The Cards bunch three hits and a George Davis error in the 6th for three runs and beat Christy Mathewson, 4-2. Davis will appear in just four games in 1903, all for the Giants, before White Sox owner Charles Comiskey secures an injunction to keep him off the field. He'll be back with the Sox next season. » July 6, 1903: At West Side Grounds, Christy Mathewson gives the Giants their 2nd win in three games with Chicago, beating the Cubs, 5-1. Jock Menefee takes the loss. » July 11, 1903: In Cincinnati, the 2nd place Giants edge the Reds, 8-6, although the Reds pile on Joe McGinnity for five runs in the 7th. Christy Mathewson then relieves and a pickoff by C Jack Warner of a napping Harry Steinfeldt at 3B prevents further scoring. » July 15, 1903: In a showdown game at Pittsburgh, the Giants score three runs in the top of the 9th to take a 3-2 lead, but the Bucs tie it up against Christy Mathewson. No runs are scored again till the 14th when New York scores three off Ed Doheny to give Matty his 6th win of the year over Pittsburgh. Matty strikes out 11 and scatters 10 hits. » July 31, 1903: A tired Christy Mathewson loses his 4th in a row as Boston clips him for six hits and four walks to win, 4-1. Pop Williams, recently acquired, allows just three Giant hits. » August 3, 1903: The Giants edge Boston, 4-1, in 11 innings with Christy Mathewson outpitching Vic Willis. Each pitchers allows nine hits, but Matty fans 11, including three in the 11th. » August 7, 1903: The Giants sweep the Phillies at the Polo Grounds, taking the opener 7-5 behind Christy Mathewson. Matty surrenders five hits, but fans 10. Dummy Taylor wins the nitecap, 6-2, to put the Giants back into 2nd place. » August 8, 1903: Before a crowd of 31,647, "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity pitches the 2nd of three doubleheaders he will win this month, beating Brooklyn 6-1 and 4-3; he also is credited with a steal of home in the 2nd game while Brooklyn was arguing a disputed call of Iron Joe at 3B. Brooklyn P Henry Schmidt is so upset about the steal that he throws the ball out of the park, a toss that gets him tossed from the game. On August 31, Iron Joe will beat the Phillies twice. He has now done double work five times, including two losses on each of the two occasions at Baltimore in 1901. The combination of his 434 innings pitched and 31 wins, with Christy Mathewson's 366 IP and 30 wins, will make them the century's most productive one-season duo. » August 10, 1903: Brooklyn's Henry Schmidt drops his 2nd game in three days to the Giants, this time losing 3-1 to Christy Mathewson. Matty wins his 20th and loses his shut out in the 9th on a passed ball by Jack Warner. Schmidt, 29, will win 21 games in this and only, season in the majors. A westerner, he will return his 1904 contract unsigned with the note, "I do not like living in the East and will not report." » August 13, 1903: New York wins its 3rd doubleheader in a week, clipping St. Louis 6-2 and 9-7. Christy Mathewson strikes out 10 in the opener as he outpitches Three Finger Brown. » August 20, 1903: The NL-leading Pirates set an NL mark for inept fielding, making six errors in the first inning, giving the Giants seven runs toward a 13-7 win in the first of two games. Christy Mathewson, with relief in the 6th inning, coasts to his 23rd win. Deacon Phillippe wins the nitecap, 4-1, for the Pirates to keep the Giants five games in back. » August 21, 1903: In their 2nd straight doubleheader, the Pirates and Giants again split, with the Bucs taking the opener, 5-0, behind Sam Leever. Christy Mathewson wins the nitecap for New York, 9-5, the 8th time he's whipped Pittsburgh this year. Matty scatters 10 singles and Ginger Beaumont's double. » August 24, 1903: The Cubs split with the Giants at the Polo Grounds, beating Joe McGinnity 7-3 in the opener. Iron Joe is not helped by eight Giant errors, including five by SS Charlie Babb. The nitecap is called after Chicago's at-bats in the 7th with the score 8-1. Christy Mathewson picks up the victory for New York over Jock Menefee. » August 26, 1903: The Boston Beaneaters drive Christy Mathewson from the mound with five runs in the 6th to take a 6-5 lead over the Giants and hold on to win by that score. When Roger Bresnahan is called out at home in the 9th New York and John McGraw and Gilbert lead the argument against August Moran. Moran tosses them for their troubles. New York wins the nitecap, 3-2, in 10 innings. » September 2, 1903: Christy Mathewson walks three Superbas in the first inning and all score as Brooklyn beats their cross-town rivals, 4-1. Bill Reidy allows no Giants to score until the 9th. » September 5, 1903: In a game stopped by rain after five innings, Christy Mathewson beats Brooklyn's Bill Reidy, 3-1, allowing just one hit and striking out 5. The only Superbas score comes in the 4th when RF George Browne makes two errors. » September 8, 1903: New York's Christy Mathewson and Brooklyn's Bill Reidy hook up for the 3rd time in a week, and the rubber game ends in a tie, 4-4. The match is called by ump Tim Hurst after eight innings because of darkness. » September 12, 1903: In St. Louis, Roger Bresnahan's 10th inning sacrifice fly scores Jack Warner with the game winner, as New York wins 4-3. Despite giving up 12 hits, Christy Mathewson is the winner over Jim Hackett. » September 15, 1903: In Cincinnati, the Reds knock out Christy Mathewson after five innings and beat the Giants, 8-0. » September 18, 1903: Christy Mathewson relieves Dummy Taylor with the score knotted at 5-5 in the 7th. The Giants then push across two runs off Jack Sutthoff and Matty wins his 29th of the year. » September 19, 1903: Jake Weimer picks up his 21st victory, allowing just four New York hits in beating the Giants, 3-0. Christy Mathewson allows just four hits as well, but four walks and two errors helped him to lose his 13th. The Cubs are a game behind the Giants. » September 21, 1903: Christy Mathewson, pitching for the 3rd time in four games, keeps the Giants in 2nd place by beating Chicago's Clarence Currie, 8-3. For Matty, it is 30th win of the year. » April 14, 1904: At Brooklyn's Washington Park, a record 15,000 fans are on hand for the Opener, delayed until 4:00. John McGraw's Giants then take the field and bang out 10 hits to beat Oscar Jones, 7-1. Christy Mathewson allows three hits to win. » April 18, 1904: At Baker Bowl, the Giants win their 4th in a row, with Joe McGinnity picking up the win in relief. Christy Mathewson is ineffective, but he escapes without a loss as the Giants rally to win, 7-6. » April 21, 1904: In the Giants home opener, more than 32,000 fans crowd the Polo Grounds for the match against the Phillies. The visitors fail to cooperate, hammering Christy Mathewson for six hits and seven runs in the 5th inning. Rookie Hooks Wiltse relieves, but Philadelphia coasts to a 12-1 win. » April 25, 1904: The Giants run their record to 7-1 with a 9-2 win against Brooklyn. New York makes 16 hits to back Christy Mathewson's 6-hitter through seven innings, when he is relieved by Billy Milligan. » April 30, 1904: Christy Mathewson wins his 3rd, as the Giants dump Boston, 10-1. Matty is again relieved after six innings, with the score 8-0, as McGraw saves his ace. » May 5, 1904: The Giants break a 5-5 tie with Boston by scoring five runs in the 9th to pin the loss on Togie Pittinger. Christy Mathewson is the recipient of the offense, winning his 4th. » May 10, 1904: The Cards beat up Christy Mathewson, scoring five runs and knocking him out after the first inning. St. Louis continues the shelling to win 14-1. Matty, now 4-2, will not lose to St. Louis in his next 24 decisions. » May 12, 1904: For his second game in three days, Christy Mathewson is shelled in the first inning, as the Reds tally four runs. Umpire Bob Emslie adds some fireworks of his own, tossing John McGraw for too much lip. The Giants tie it in the 3rd, but the Reds make 13 hits off Matty while the Giants contribute six errors. The Reds win, 13-7. » May 16, 1904: The Pirates overcome a 5-0 deficit against Christy Mathewson by scoring a run in the 5th and five more in the 6th for a 6-5 win. » May 20, 1904: Chicago score two in the 9th to beat Christy Mathewson, 3-2, and knock the Giants out of first place. For Matty, it is his 4th straight loss. » May 23, 1904: Chicago's Jake Weimer and Christy Mathewson duel for 11 innings before the game is a called a 1-1 tie. Ump Bob Emslie calls the game at the West Side Grounds so the Giants can catch a train for New York. Matty allows six hits, one less than Weimer. » May 27, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants Dan McGann steals five bases in a 3-1 victory over Brooklyn, a feat not duplicated in the NL until August 24, 1974, by Davey Lopes. Otis Nixon will steal six for the record. Christy Mathewson (5-5) is victorious over Ned Garvin. The win gives the Giants (21-10) a tie with Chicago for first place, with the Reds in 3rd place by .001. » June 2, 1904: The Giants score two unearned runs in the 7th against the Reds to win, 2-1. Christy Mathewson wins his 7th. » June 10, 1904: In the opener of the battle for first place at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson pitches a brilliant one-hitter to beat Chicago, 5-0. The lone hit is Johnny Kling's 4th-inning single. The other action is provided by ump Charlie Zimmer, who ejects Sam Mertes on a strike call. He also thumbs John McGraw, coaching at 3B, to the bench, and sends Dummy Taylor, the 1B coach, to the clubhouse. One wag said later that Taylor was making too much noise. » June 13, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, Chicago tops the Giants, 3-2, as Three Finger Brown outduels Christy Mathewson for the win. Frank Chance leads the Chicago offense by hitting for the cycle. The loss drops New York back into 2nd place, one-half game behind Chicago. » June 16, 1904: The Giants score the winning run against the Cards in the bottom of the 9th when St. Louis 2B Dave Brain drops a toss for the inning-ending force. New York wins, 4-3. with the win, Christy Mathewson starts a 24-game winning streak against the Cardinals that will not end until 1908. His 33 victories and Joe McGinnity's 35 will be the most victories by two teammates since 1900. For the Giants, it is the start of an 18-game win streak. » June 20, 1904: New York coasts to a 12-4 win over Brooklyn, pounding out 13 hits to beat Bill Reidy. Christy Mathewson picks up his 11th win. Reidy's cause is not helped by nine Brooklyn errors, including five by ex-Giant SS Charlie Babb. » June 23, 1904: The 1st-place Giants run their win streak to eight games, beating Boston, 6-2. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits, strikes out 9, and drives in two runs with a 6th inning single. » June 30, 1904: Christy Mathewson blanks Boston, 3-0, despite allowing eight hits. The Giants have now won 14 in a row. » July 4, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep a doubleheader from the Phils to run their win streak to 18 games. This ties the record of the 1894 Orioles. New York wins the opener, 4–1, behind Dummy Taylor then take the nitecap 11–3 behind Christy Mathewson. Matty leaves after seven innings, leading 11–1. The streak of 18 games matches one rung up by the 1885 White Stockings and the 1894 Baltimore Orioles: the record is 20 games, held by the 1884 Providence Grays. » July 6, 1904: The Giants pound the Phillies, 12–3, as Christy Mathewson wins his 15th. Again, Matty is lifted after six innings, having given up no runs, and Red Ames finishes. Chick Fraser takes the loss for Philadelphia. » July 9, 1904: The Giants Iron Joe McGinnity wins two today, both in relief. In the opener Joe takes over for Christy Mathewson in the 8th with the Giants ahead, 2–1. The Cards tie it in the 8th, but New York scores three in the 9th to win, 5–3. It's deja vu all over again in the nitecap, as McGinnity relieves Hooks Wiltse and the Giants score two in the 9th to win, 5–2. McGinnity's record is now 22–2. » July 12, 1904: Christy Mathewson wins his 16th, beating the Reds at League Park, 7–4 in 10 innings. Matty triples home a run in the 7th and scores, but the Reds tie it in the 9th. Noodles Hahn is the loser. » July 15, 1904: Sam Mertes drives in four runs on four hits, including a home run, to lead the Giants to a 5–2 win over the Reds' Bob Ewing. Christy Mathewson, with relief help from Joe McGinnity, is the winner. » July 19, 1904: The Pirates push across two runs in the 9th against Christy Mathewson to edge the first-place Giants, 2–1. » July 21, 1904: Christy Mathewson picks up his 1st relief win of the season, as the Giants clip the Cubs, 4–3. Matty relieves Joe McGinnity in the 6th as the Cubs score twice. In the 7th, Frank Chance belts a game-tying inside-the-park homer, but Roger Bresnahan retaliates with a 9th inning drive that gets by Jim Slagle for a homer. Jake Weimer takes the loss. » July 23, 1904: At Chicago, more than 25,000 see Christy Mathewson and the Giants best the Cubs Three Finger Brown, 5–1. Matty allows six hits while whiffing 6. » July 29, 1904: Brooklyn's John Cronin outpitches Christy Mathewson to beat the Giants, 1–0. Brooklyn scores in the first inning when Matty walks two with two runners on base. » August 3, 1904: Christy Mathewson takes 4–0 lead into the 9th against the Cubs, but after an out, he is rattled for four hits, and a error to make the margin, 4–3. Shad Berry, on 1B with two out, then tries to steal and is gunned down by Frank Bowerman to end the match. The Giants are now 63-24. » August 6, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, 20,488 watch the Giants roll over St. Louis, 8–1. Christy Mathewson, the winner, exits after six innings, and is replace by Red Ames. » August 8, 1904: Christy Mathewson wins his 2nd in three days, beating St. Louis in relief, 4–3. Matty enters in the 9th, fans two of the three outs, and New York then tallies a run off Charles McFarland to win. » August 11, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants paint the Reds, 5–2, with Christy Mathewson striking out 11. Bob Ewing is the loser. » August 16, 1904: The Pirates disappoint 23,000 at the Polo Grounds by sweeping two from the Giants, 7–2 and 4–1. The Bucs jump on Christy Mathewson for five runs in two innings of the opener. It's the first doubleheader loss for New York this year. » August 17, 1904: Christy Mathewson starts his 2nd in a row against the Pittsburgh and again the host Bucs rough him up, collecting 13 hits and six runs. But New York counters with 13 hits and nine runs against Charlie Case, to win, 9–6. Honus Wagner gets thrown out of the game after objecting to John McGraw's interference with a throw from the Bucs 3B Bobby Leach. » August 20, 1904: In a rain-shortened game in Pittsburgh, the Giants win 3–0, s Christy Mathewson allows just three hits. » August 24, 1904: In Chicago, Christy Mathewson blanks the Cubs on three hits and the Giants defeat Herb Briggs, 3–0. The 2nd game is called after 10 innings with the score 2–2. Chicago fans show their feelings towards McGraw's Giants by tossing bottles onto the field. RF George Browne is hit on the leg and is almost hit in the head while chasing a fly ball. McGraw tells ump Bob Emslie that he will not allow his team to continue play until all the broken glass is cleared, and by the time that occurs it is too dark to continue play. » August 27, 1904: At Robison Field, the Giants score seven runs in three innings off Jack Taylor and Christy Mathewson eases to a 9–3 win over the Cards. » August 30, 1904: Christy Mathewson and the visiting Giants top the Reds, 3–1 beating Noodles Hahn. Matty drives in one of the three runs scored in the 8th with a single and improves his record to 28-9. » September 5, 1904: In Front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston 6-1 and 4-3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Irv Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle. » September 8, 1904: The visiting Phillies stop the Giants win streak at 12 when the beat up Dummy Taylor to win, 9-8. Bill Duggleby is the victor. New York then wins the nitecap, 4-1 as Christy Mathewson notches his 30th victory, over Tom "Tully" Sparks. Darkness ends the game in the 7th inning. » September 12, 1904: Boston wins its 2nd of 19 games against the Giants, and beats Christy Mathewson in the process, 3-1. » September 16, 1904: The Giants sweep two from Brooklyn as Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 2-1, allowing just four hits. Two of the hits, a triple and homer, are by rookie Emil Batch. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap, 5-3. » September 21, 1904: The Reds sweep the Giants, winning 6-4 and 2-0 to stall the Giants clinching of the flag. The Reds rough up Christy Mathewson in the opener and Jack Harper scatters five hits for the shutout. New York has lost three in a row for the first time this season. » September 24, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 32nd, defeating the Pirates, 3-1. Matty allows just four hits-two each to Ginger Beaumont and Tommy Leach-in beating Joe Robitaille. » September 29, 1904: Chicago scores five unearned runs in the 2nd inning and rattles Christy Mathewson for 13 hits to beat New York, 7-3. The series-bound Giants will lose six in a row as they stroll towards the end of the season. » October 3, 1904: Christy Mathewson of the Giants strikes out 16 Cards in a 3-1 Giants victory. Big 6's sixteen strikeouts establishes a new major-league record as he finishes the game in one hour and 15 minutes. A crowd of just 300 is on hand in New York. Matty's 16 K's is one better than St. Louis Brownie Fred Glade's 15, recorded on June 15. » April 15, 1905: The Giants continue to beat up on the Beaneaters, riding Dick Harley for 16 hits, and winning 15-0. Christy Mathewson allows just three hits and is lifted after six innings in favor of Hooks Wiltse. » April 24, 1905: At Baker Bowl, Giants manager John McGraw lets Christy Mathewson hit with two on in the 9th, and the ace promptly singles in two runs to give the Giants a 5-4 lead. Matty then checks the Phils in the bottom of the 9th for the win over Bill Duggleby. » April 29, 1905: During the Giants 10-3 victory in Philadelphia, Christy Mathewson is razzed by a teenager selling lemonade and responds by belting the boy in the teeth. The crowd turns ugly but the Giants emerge unscathed. » May 1, 1905: Cold weather holds the crowd to 1,500 at South End Grounds, as Christy Mathewson and the Giants freeze the Beaneaters, 8-2. For Matty, it is his 100th career victory. » May 6, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Irv "Little Cy" Young wins a duel with Christy Mathewson, beating the Giants, 2-1. New York (13-4) keeps its hold on first place. » May 11, 1905: Christy Mathewson strikes out the side in the first inning and whitewashes the Cardinals, 4-0, on five hits. Jack Taylor takes the loss for St. Louis. » May 18, 1905: The Pirates smack Christy Mathewson for nine hits and beat the host Giants, 7-2. » May 23, 1905: Paced by Bill Dahlen's two home runs, the Giants scrub Orval Overall for a 7-0 win over the Reds. Christy Mathewson strikes out eight and allows just three singles for the win. » June 1, 1905: Christy Mathewson tops Boston, 8–2, scattering 11 hits in beating Irv Wilhelm. The Giants (31-9) are now seven 1/2 games ahead of the Pirates. » June 7, 1905: At Pittsburgh, Christy Mathewson beats Patsy Flaherty, 5–3, for the Giants. Matty drives in an insurance run in the 9th with his 2nd hit of the game. » June 9, 1905: The Giants score five runs in the top of the first against Sam Leever, but the Pirates come back with six runs off Joe McGinnity in the bottom of the inning. Christy Mathewson relieves in the 2nd but six Giant errors help sink the visiting New Yorkers. Pitt wins, 12-6. » June 13, 1905: At the West Side Grounds, Christy Mathewson and the Zephyrs' (Cubs) Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown almost matched Matty for eight innings, allowing just two hits, but four straight hits in the 9th score the winning run for Giants, 1–0. Matty tosses his 2nd no-hitter and his 31–8 record and 1.27 ERA, with nine shutouts, will mark his 3rd straight 30-win year. » June 17, 1905: At Robison Field, Christy Mathewson wilts in the heat, but Hooks Wiltse relieves to preserve the Giants, 7-2, win over St. Louis. Charlie McFarland takes the loss. » June 21, 1905: The Giants score four in the first against the Reds and Christy Mathewson scatters seven hits and coasts to a 6–3 victory. Tom Walker is the loser. » June 24, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2–1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a flyball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on 1B, chugs around with the winning run. Irv Young is the unfortunate loser. » June 29, 1905: At Brooklyn, the Giants tally seven runs in the first three innings off Mal Eason to coast to an 11–1 victory. Christy Mathewson leaves after five innings of shutout ball, and Mal Eason tosses the last four innings. Dan McGann paces the offense with a triple and homer, while Moonlight Graham, in his only game in the majors, takes over in right field as a late inning replacement. Graham will have no at-bats but will be made famous in W.P. Kinsella's Field of Dreams. » July 4, 1905: At Baker Bowl, the Phillies split with the Giants, winning the first game 2-0 as Jack Sutthoff outpitches Christy Mathewson. Sutthoff allows just three hits. Joe McGinnity earns the split in the nitecap with a 6-3 victory. The Giants are now seven games ahead of the Pirates. » July 12, 1905: Chicago's Three Finger Brown scores the first of nine straight wins over Christy Mathewson 8-1 as he allows just two New York hits. New York's lone run scores on an error by Billy Maloney. Matty gives up 12 hits while his teammates commit five errors. Of 28 matches over their careers, Brown will win 14. » July 15, 1905: In New York, the Giants open a four-game series the 2nd place Pirates by staking Joe McGinnity to a 6-0 lead. But the Bucs score two in the 6th and five runs in the 7th inning before Iron Joe is lifted. Christy Mathewson shuts out Pittsburgh over the last two 2/3 inning and New York scores a deuce in the 9th on a 2-run homer by George Browne. Browne is carried off the field by the ecstatic fans after the 8-7 win. Pittsburgh takes the nitecap, 3-0, behind Deacon Phillippe's four-hitter. Honus Wagner secures the victory with a 2-run homer onto the elevated tracks in the 8th inning. » July 16, 1905: The Pirates edge the Giants, 2-1, overcoming the pitching of Christy Mathewson, who is knocked over by Fred Clarke in a play at 1B. Six Giants are tossed out of the coaching box during the game. Pittsburgh now trails New York by six games. » July 18, 1905: The Pirates tally eight hits including a HR, over seven innings against Christy Mathewson, to win, 2-1. The game is briefly stopped by Johnstone after a Giants fan tosses a pop bottle at Pirate RF Otis Clymer while he's chasing down a single. » July 21, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score six runs in the 2nd inning against St. Louis, with Sam Mertes' grand slam providing the big blow. Christy Mathewson is given the afternoon off after five innings, with New York in command, 10-2. New York wins, 14-2, pinning the loss on Jack Taylor. » July 25, 1905: Christy Mathewson wins his 16th, defeating the Reds, 7-2. The game was close until Frank Bowerman belts a 3-run homer in the 8th for the Giants. Cincy fans get a scare in the 1st inning when Reds C Ed Phelps is knocked unconscious when he struck by the back swing of Sam Mertes. Phelps is rushed to a hospital. » July 29, 1905: The Giants increase their lead to seven 1/2 games by shutting out the Reds, 3-0. Christy Mathewson scatters six hits in defeating Orval Overall. » August 2, 1905: At Pittsburgh, the Giants win their 13th game in a row, beating the Pirates, 3–1, to take a 10 1/2 lead over the Pirates. Christy Mathewson is the winner over Deacon Phillippe. Bucs star Honus Wagner is thrown out at first in the 4th inning on a close play, then shows his displeasure by firing a ball near umpire George Bausewine during warmups the next inning. Bausewine responds by thumbing Honus out of the game. Wagner will be suspended for three games and fined $40. » August 5, 1905: Umpire George Bausewine is once again in the middle of controversy forfeiting a game to the Pirates with the score tied 5–5 in the 9th when the Giants argue too long over his safe call at 3B. New York will appeal the forfeiture, but on August 26th President Pulliam will uphold the ump's decision. By the rules of the day, Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson is charged with the loss. » August 8, 1905: In Chicago, the Cubs notch six hits and three runs off Dummy Taylor, but the Giants still lead 4–3 in the bottom of the 4th, when McGraw lifts the pitcher for Christy Mathewson. Matty shuts out Chicago over the last 5+ innings, but the win goes to Taylor. By today's standards the win would go to Mathewson, since Taylor did not last through the first five innings. » August 10, 1905: In a great pitching duel, New York ace Christy Mathewson allows three Chicago hits, while the Giants manage just four off Ed Reulbach. New York tallies an unearned run in the 6th for the games only score. » August 17, 1905: Christy Mathewson pitches his 2nd straight 3-hit shutout against Chicago, this time beating Bob Wicker, 3–0. » August 21, 1905: The Giants run past the Pirates, 10–2, with Christy Mathewson defeating Deacon Phillippe. New York swipes five bases including a steal of home by Art Devlin. » August 24, 1905: The Giants win their 12th straight over the Reds, as Christy Mathewson wins easily, 8–0. Matty allows two scratch hits. The 2nd game is called on account of darkness, 6–6, after nine innings. » August 26, 1905: The Giants beat up on the Reds again, winning 2–0 and 6–5. McGinnity wins the opener, allowing five hits in the shut out. New York scores four runs in the nitecap on wild pitches by Orval Overall, but when the Reds load the bases with no outs in the 9th, Christy Mathewson relieves Dummy Taylor and gets three straight outs. » August 28, 1905: The Giants beat the Cards, 8–1, with Christy Mathewson outpitching Jake Theilman. New York leads the Pirates by eight 1/2 games. » September 1, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson allows three hits, strikes out nine and allows no earned runs as New York whips the Phillies, 4-1. » September 4, 1905: In a rain-delayed doubleheader, the Giants trip the Phillies twice, 7-1 and 11-6. The opener doesn't start till 3:00 p.m. but Joe McGinnity wins easily. Christy Mathewson wins his 25th in the nitecap, despite spotting the Phils five runs in the 2nd inning. The Phillies match the gift in the 5th and 7th innings. » September 7, 1905: The Beaneaters and Giants trade shut outs, with Boston beating Joe McGinnity in the opener, 1-0, and Christy Mathewson returning the favor, 3-0 in the nitecap. The game is scoreless until New York scores a run in the 7th off Vic Willis, » September 12, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Brooklyn split a twinbill. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 3-2, when Bill Dahlen singles home the winner in the 9th. The 2nd game is called after seven innings with Brooklyn leading, 8-5. » September 16, 1905: At Boston, the leading Giants sweep two from the Beaneaters, winning 3-1 and 7-1. In the opener, Christy Mathewson wins his 10th straight, beating Irv Young, who allows just three hits. Boston notches eight off Matty. » September 19, 1905: At Philadelphia, the Phils stop the Giants, 3-2, then manage just two hits in losing 2-1 to Christy Mathewson. For Matty, it is his 11th straight win. » September 23, 1905: In Chicago, Christy Mathewson and Carl Lundgren hook up in a tight pitchers' duel, decided in Chicago's favor on a mental error by Giants 2B Bill Dahlen. With two on and two out in the 5th inning, Dahlen bobbles a grounder and touches 2B as the runner arrives. Dahlen, thinking that he has the 3rd out, rolls the ball to the mound. But ump Bob Emslie calls the runner safe. Johnny Evers the runner on 3B, alertly scores on the play for the game's only run. The loss stops Matty's win streak at 11 games. » September 25, 1905: After losing three in Chicago, the Giants open a critical series in Pittsburgh by winning, 10-4 behind Christy Mathewson's 30th victory. The Giants score five runs in the 1st inning on just one hit. Deacon Phillippe hits a record-tying three batters in the frame and Honus Wagner adds a throwing error. New York now leads by six 1/2 games. » September 26, 1905: The Giants top the Pirates, 9-5, with the help of eight walks and hit by pitch in six innings by usually steady Mike Lynch. Red Ames goes six innings to pick up the win, and Christy Mathewson tosses the last three innings of shut out ball. » October 5, 1905: Trying for his 32nd win, Christy Mathewson is beaten 4-1 by the Phillies. New York takes the nitecap, 5-3. » October 9, 1905: At Philadelphia, in the first game of a World Series under a 7-game format, two former college rivals square off: Bucknell's Christy Mathewson outpitches 26-game-winner Eddie Plank (Gettysburg College) to win 3-0 in the first game of the all-shutout World Series. Matty allows four hits and walks none. » October 12, 1905: With two days rest, Christy Mathewson allows his first and only walk in 27 innings, in a 4-hit 9-0 romp at Baker Bowl. The Giants cook Andy Coakley for nine runs on eight hits and five walks. The A's add four errors, three by 2B Danny Murphy. The Giants now lead 2-1. » October 14, 1905: Christy Mathewson pitches his 3rd shutout in six days, giving up six hits to Chief Bender's 5. The Giants win 2-0. The A's .161 team BA is the lowest ever for a WS; the teams' combined .185 is also the lowest. Each winning share is worth $1,142. The A's receive $382 each, but the club owners donate their share of the gate, raising the players' checks to $832.22. » January 20, 1906: The Giants sign Christy Mathewson's untalented 19-year-old brother Henry Mathewson. » April 12, 1906: With Christy Mathewson sidelined with diphtheria, Red Ames pitches the opener for the Giants, a 3-2 win over the Phils at Baker Bowl. » May 5, 1906: Christy Mathewson makes his first mound appearance of the year for the Giants. The New York ace is still weak from a case of diphtheria contracted before the season. Matty pitches seven innings against Boston and allows seven hits before being relieved by Joe McGinnity, who allows three runs in the 9th to turn a 4-3 margin into a 6-4 defeat. The Giants (15-5) stay in first place in the NL. » May 14, 1906: Christy Mathewson wins his first game of the season, scattering nine hits and walking an uncharacteristic seven batters, but still beats the Reds, 6-3. The game is 1-1 after eight innings, but the Giants jump on Orval Overall for five runs on four hits and four walks in the 9th to put the game away. » May 18, 1906: Christy Mathewson, weakened from a bout of diphtheria, is pounded for 14 hits by the Pirates and loses, 7-6. Honus Wagner paces the attack with two singles and a triple and also picks off Bill Dahlen off 2B in the 9th inning with the hidden ball trick. Dahlen, intently watching Lefty Leifield on the mound, misses Wagner who gently touches him with the ball. John McGraw is so furious with Dahlen that he slaps him with a $100 fine, later rescinded. The Pirates have now won three in a row from New York. » May 21, 1906: In Chicago, the Giants' Hooks Wiltse, with relief help from Christy Mathewson, stops the leading Cubs, 6-4. Mathewson allows one run in his four innings. » May 24, 1906: The Cubs overcome a 5-2 Giants lead to tie the game at 5-5, but a Johnny Evers error in the 8th gives New York a 6-5 win. Christy Mathewson, who pitches just two and 1/3 innings, is credited with the win, since he left the game with the Giants ahead. Wiltse pitches the last seven 1/3 innings. By taking three out of four in Chicago, the Giants move back into first place. » May 26, 1906: At St. Louis, George Browne drives in two runs in the top of the 9th to give the Giants a 5-4 lead over the Cards. Joe McGinnity pitches a scoreless 9th to preserve the win for Christy Mathewson. » May 30, 1906: At Washington Park, the Superbas split with the Giants, winning the first game 2-0 behind the four hit pitching of Harry McIntire. Dummy Taylor takes the loss. Christy Mathewson gets a win for New York in the nitecap, beating Bill Scanlan, 5-2. » June 4, 1906: Unable to shake the effects of diphtheria contracted in the spring, a frustrated Christy Mathewson throws a rare tantrum after giving up four runs to the Phils on two hits and six walks in the first inning, and umpire Bill Klem in turn throws him out of the game. Hooks Wiltse relieves and picks up a victory as New York rallies to win, 9-6. » June 7, 1906: The Cubs, now in first place again, score 11 runs in the first inning off Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity en route to a 19-0 cakewalk in New York. Matty gives up six walks and Iron Joe leaves after the 2nd inning. Jack Pfiester allows just three hits as he coasts to the win, the worst beating in Giants history. » June 21, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, umpire Bob Emslie tosses John McGraw in the 4th inning, but his fellow ump Hank O'Day goes one better, banishing Joe McGinnity and first sacker Dan McGann in the 5th. Down 4-2, Christy Mathewson relieves for the Giants and shuts out the Pirates over the last four innings. The Giants load the bases in the 9th and Chappie McFarland relieves a tired Sam Leever. A single scores one and with two outs, Doc Marshall singles to score the winning run. Mathewson wins, 5-4. » June 23, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants whip the Phils 5-0 in a match that takes one hour: 20 minutes. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in outpitching Lew Richie. » June 26, 1906: At South End Grounds, the Giants roast the Beaneaters, 6-4, as Christy Mathewson wins his 8th game. » June 30, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Beaneaters score four runs in seven innings off Christy Mathewson to beat the Giants 4-3. » July 5, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer and Christy Mathewson match zeros for eight innings before the Giants finally score in the 9th on a single by Sammy Strang. Matty allows six hits in the 1-0 win. » July 10, 1906: The Reds reach Christy Mathewson for five runs before Red Ames relieves in the 5th. Bob Wicker, the ex-Cub, holds New York in check for a 5-3 Cincy win. » July 17, 1906: The Cubs beat back the Giants, 6-2, as Three Finger Brown tops Christy Mathewson. Joe Tinker's 2-run homer in the 6th is the big blow for Chicago. The loss drops the Giants to six games behind the Cubs. » July 20, 1906: Against Christy Mathewson, the Cubs overcome a 3-2 deficit with four runs in the 8th inning to win, 6-3.