Dale Wesley Matthewson (May 15, 1923 – February 20, 1984) was a professional
baseball player
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. He was a right-handed
pitcher
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over parts of two seasons (1943–44) with the
Philadelphia Phillies
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. For his career, he compiled an 0–3 record, with a 4.34
earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...
, and 16
strikeout
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s in 58 innings pitched.
Matthewson was born in
Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Catasauqua, referred to colloquially as Catty, is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Catasauqua's population was 6,518 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown in the ...
and died in
Blairsville, Georgia
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at the age of 60.
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1923 births
1984 deaths
Philadelphia Phillies players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Rome Colonels players
Trenton Packers players
Knoxville Smokies players
Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Birmingham Barons players
Jersey City Giants players
San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
Mobile Bears players
Gadsden Chiefs players
Danville Leafs players
Tampa Smokers players
Macon Peaches players
Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
People from Blairsville, Georgia
20th-century American sportsmen
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