Queen of Clubs

Christy Mathewson

• New York Giants 1900-1916
• MOSTS ASSISTS AS PITCHER - 1,489 (20th-century record)
• Led National League in Pitching Strikeouts 6 times
• 68 Consecutive Innings Without Walking a Batter (1913) (tied for National League Record)
• Win 37 Games in 1908 (lost 11) (20th-century National League record for single-season wins)

...and became a victim of poison gas in France. He returned to baseball as N.Y. Giants coach 1919-1921. Served as president of the Boston Braves in 1923, and died shortly thereafter of tuberculosis.