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Christy Mathewson

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Original - Christy Mathewson, photographed here in 1910 while he was with the New York Giants, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in what is known as the dead-ball era, and in 1936 was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.

Reason

Not really the kind of image I normally nominate, but a compelling historical photograph. Considering it was taken in 1910, the quality's good. Nice reproduction with careful restoration work. Clear EV. Was nominated a few months ago over a year ago with three supports and an oppose, but I thought it deserved another go.

Articles in which this image appears

Christy Mathewson (also 1912 World Series, List of Major League Baseball earned run average champions, List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions and List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Wyoming County)

FP category for this image

People/Entertainment

Creator

Paul Thompson, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

• Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 11:51, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
• Support Fantastic photo -- mcshadypl ^TC 01:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 07:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support Meets the criteria and stacks up nicely with images like the portrait of Ed Walsh we have featured. Cowtowner (talk) 17:48, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Great portrait. - Darwinek (talk) 16:29, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Avenue (talk) 00:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support P. S. Burton (talk) 17:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Christy Mathewson2.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)