Christy Mathewson
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N 41° 33.577 W 075° 46.586
18T E 435255 N 4601173
There's another marker in Honesdale for Mr. Mathewson, but it's not an official Pennsylvania marker.
Waymark Code: WM6BJM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2009
Views: 6
Marker Text:
The famed baseball pitcher was born in Factoryville. Attended Keystone Academy, 1895-98; Bucknell University, 1898-1901. He was with the New York Giants, 1900-26, and Cincinnati Reds, 1916-18; pitched 373 winning games, achieving a National League record. Served overseas in World War I. One of the first five players in the Hall of Fame (1936), he was seen as a gentleman in a rough-and-tumble baseball era.
Marker Name: Christy Mathewson
County: Wyoming
Date Dedicated: 08/08/1998
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 6 & 11 in front of Keystone College, E end of Factoryville
Category: Baseball, Military Post-Civil War, Sports
Website: [Web Link]
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