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Gibson with Bob Hope (center) and Denny McLain (left) on The Bob Hope Show. Gibson and McLain headlined the 1968 "Year of the Pitcher" season. The 1968 season became known as "The Year of the Pitcher", and Gibson was at the forefront of pitching dominance. [49]
251 Bob Gibson: 210 Jesse Haines: 200 Adam Wainwright: 163 Bob Forsch: 153 Bill Sherdel: Losses: 174 Bob Gibson: 158 Jesse Haines: 136 Bill Doak: 131 Bill Sherdel: 127 Bob Forsch: Winning percentage.719 Ice Box Chamberlain.718 Ted Wilks.705 John Tudor.704 Dave Foutz.700 Silver King, Tony Mullane: Games played: 554 Jesse Haines: 528 Bob Gibson ...
54,000 plus fans packed Busch Memorial Stadium in anticipation of yet another Bob Gibson post-season, pitching gem. Again, all St. Louis needed was a spark from Lou Brock and this time four runs crossed the plate in the first inning.
Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 ...
Unlike Koufax and Gibson, both of whom were power pitchers, Marichal was a finesse pitcher who developed pinpoint control early in his career. He threw five pitches – fastball, slider, changeup, curveball, and screwball – for strikes in three different angles: over the top, three-quarters, or sidearm, giving him a wide-ranging repertoire. [46]
Nolan Ryan's fastball was clocked at 100.9 mph in 1974, a time in which radar readings were measured near the plate instead of out of the hand. Some calculate the same pitch would be clocked at ...
Pitching was about even as both teams set their rotations for Game 1 with solid starters and adequate relievers. Fans overflowed Busch Stadium for Game 1 to watch the highly anticipated match-up of the Major League's top two pitchers—the Cardinals' Bob Gibson (22–9, 1.12 ERA) and the Tigers' Denny McLain (31–6, 1.96 ERA). Gibson was ...
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