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  1.                                  of a former teammate, 
  2.                                  Christy discovered the 
  3.                                  screwball. From 1900-16, 
  4.                                  the righthander won at 
  5.                                  least 30 games per
  6. season four times. Christy also led the
  7. league in wins four times and in ERA five
  8. times. In his best season, 1908, he won 37
  9. games! 
  10.  
  11. In 1925, Christy died from a lung disease 
  12. caused by poison gas he had inhaled while 
  13. fighting in World War I. In 1936, he was one
  14. of the first group of players elected to the 
  15. National Baseball Hall of Fame. 
  16.