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Originally Posted by molenick
Does anyone know what "...mowing down the Yankees in 1910 (14 in one game)..." refers to on the back of Mathewson's card?
Neither the Giants or Yankees were in the World Series in 1910 and according to Mathewson's game log on Baseball Reference, the most he struck out in a regular season game in 1910 was 11. Does this refer to an exhibition or pre-season game? And weren't the Yankees called the Highlanders in 1910?
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Nice spotting on the Mathewson T202 writeup. Here is an article on mlb.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/new-york-ya...am-name-origin that indicates the usage of "Yankees" to identify the New York team went back to as early as 1904, and was quite often used in newspaper articles to refer to the team up until it was officially designated as the team name in 1913. The 14 strikeouts by Mathewson against the Yankees must have been preseason or exhibition game.
Brian