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Christy Mathewson was among the first 5 players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He pitched for 17 years, mostly for the New York Giants, and ended his career with a won/loss record of 373 -188 and a 2.13 career ERA.
Mathewson was a rare breed for his time as an intellectual ballplayer (nicknames like “The Gentleman’s Hurler” and “The Christian Gentleman” lend credence to that idea). He wrote 6 books during his playing career , but “Pitching In A Pinch” (1912) was his memoir and it remains his best known work.
Grosset and Dunlap 1st printing ? NO inscription
Only one on that is this early of a printing
