The Best Offensive and Pitching Season of Each Decade
The Best Offensive and Pitching Season of Each Decade The Best Offensive and Defensive Season of...
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The Best Offensive and Pitching Season of Each Decade The Best Offensive and Defensive Season of...
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Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax
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In autobiography, Bob Gibson on Lou Brock: “There was no other player who irritated the...
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August 14, 2020, here is your short walk through baseball history! Debuts, Milestones, No Hitters,...
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Bob Gibson Stats & Facts Bob Gibson Essentials Position: PitcherBats: Right...
Read MoreBob Gibson Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 72 Weight: 195 Born: Wednesday, June 19, 1957 in Philadelphia, PA USA Died: in , Debut: 4/13/1983 Last Game: 7/25/1987 Full Name: Robert Louis...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 10, 2005 | Cy Young Award National League | 0 |
Chris Carpenter (21-5, 2.83) is elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America as the National League’s Cy Young Award winner. The Cardinal right-hander, who has been sidelined with injuries during the past two seasons, outpoints Marlins southpaw Dontrelle Willis (22-10, 2.63), becoming the first Redbird to cop the honor since Bob Gibson was selected in 1970.
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1981 – Pitcher Bob Gibson is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Gibson, who needed 301 votes for election, is named on 337 ballots by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In 17 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Gibson won 251 games, struck out 3,117 batters, compiled a 2.91 ERA, won 20 games five times, and earned two World Championship rings. In 1968, Gibson enjoyed his best season ever, going 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA and captured the Cy Young Award. Players falling short of the 301 votes needed for election include Don Drysdale (243), Gil Hodges (241), Harmon Killebrew (239), Hoyt Wilhelm (238) and Juan Marichal (233).
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Sep 21, 1981 | strikeouts | 0 |
1981 – Steve Carlton fans 12 Expos in 10 innings to break Bob Gibson’s National League strikeout record (Carlton now has 3,128), but the Phillies lose to the Expos, 1 – 0 in 17 innings. Montreal’s Bryn Smith retires just one batter, but picks up his first major league victory.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 15, 1981 | Hall of Fame | 0 |
On January 15, 1981, former St. Louis Cardinals ace Bob Gibson is elected to the Hall of Fame in...
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In the final game of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock’s only bases-loaded homer of his career.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 17, 1974 | 3000 Strikeout | 0 |
Cardinals pitching great Bob Gibson fans the Reds’ Cesar Geronimo to become the second hurler after Walter Johnson to strike out 3,000 batters. Geronimo will become Nolan Ryan’s 3,000th strikeout victim six years later. The Reds shrug it off, scoring six runs in the 1st inning and three in the 2nd on their way to a 12 – 7 win.
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1973 – Pitcher Bob Gibson wins the last of his nine Gold Gloves, and Joe Morgan wins the first of his five at second base.
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In a 9 – 7 losing effort against the Giants, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson makes his 242nd consecutive start. It is a new 20th century record, passing that of Red Ruffing, who never pitched in relief the last 10 years of his career.
Read More1972 – Pencil-thin shortstop Roger Metzger belts his first major-league homer to spark a six-run eighth-inning rally that shocks the Cardinals, 10-7. The shot comes off Hall-Of-Famer Bob Gibson. Pinch-hitter Jimmy Stewart’s two-run triple gives Houston the lead. Lee May caps a four-hit night with a ninth-inning blast. Houston leads the NL West by a game over Los Angeles.
Read MoreVida Blue becomes the youngest player ever to win the MVP award. The 22 year-old A’s southpaw is only the fifth hurler to capture both the Cy Young Award and the MVP in the same season, joining Don Newcombe (1956 Dodgers), Sandy Koufax (1963 Dodgers), Bob Gibson (1968 Cardinals), and Denny McLain (1968 Tigers).
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 14, 1971 | Classic Broadcast, No Hitters | 0 |
Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches the first no-hitter of his career
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 6, 1971 | Opening Day, walkoffs | 0 |
Before 41‚121 at Chicago‚ Billy Williams clubs a 10th-inning homer off Bob Gibson to give the Cubs a 2 – 1 win over the Cards. Joe Torre’s homer‚ off Fergie Jenkins‚ is the only Cardinal score.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 31, 1970 | Seasons | 0 |
Major League Season Recap 1970 Join The Community On the field, the news was that baseball had...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 3, 1970 | Cy Young Award National League | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 118-51 margin over Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants. Gibson posted a 23-7 record with 274 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 7, 1970 | Pinch Hits, Pitchers Hitting Feats | 0 |
Vic Davalillo gets two hits during the seventh inning of the Cardinals’ 10-7 comeback victory over San Diego at Busch Stadium. The first of the Venezuelan outfielder’s two singles comes when he leads off the frame as a pinch hitter for Bob Gibson.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 23, 1970 | 10 Strikeout Game | 0 |
Dick Allen belts two homers to drive in all the runs as the Cardinals beat the Phillies‚ 3 – 1. Bob Gibson allows 4 hits and strikes out 16.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 12, 1969 | immaculate innings, Pitching Feats, strikeouts | 0 |
On May 12, 1969, At Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals fireballer Bob Gibson becomes the seventh...
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Season Recap 1968 World Series – Detriot Tigers AL over St. Louis Cardinals NL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Mickey Lolich Babe Ruth Award – Mickey Lolich Awards – Major League Cy...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 13, 1968 | MVP Awards, NL MVP | 0 |
Bob Gibson (22-9, 268 strikeouts, 1.12 ERA) wins the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award, edging out Reds infielder Pete Rose. The Cardinals’ right-hander was also the unanimous winner of the Senior Circuit’s Cy Young Award when he garnered all 20 of the first-place votes cast by the BBWAA.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 5, 1968 | AL MVP | 0 |
1968 – Pitcher Denny McLain, a 31-game winner for the American League champion Detroit Tigers, is the unanimous choice as American League Most Valuable Player.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 28, 1968 | Cy Young Award National League | 0 |
1968 – Future Hall of Famer Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals wins his first Cy Young Award. Gibson is a unanimous choice after dominating hitters with a 22-9 record and an ERA of 1.12 during the “Year of the Pitcher.”
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Future Hall of Famer Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals wins his first Cy Young Award. Gibson is a unanimous choice after dominating hitters with a 22-9 record and an ERA of 1.12 during the “Year of the...
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Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 10, 1968 | World Series, World Series Classic Broadcasts, World Series Clinchers, World Series Game Radio Broadcast | 0 |
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Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 2, 1968 | 10 Strikeout Game, Pitching Feats, World Series | 0 |
Bob Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers to set world series record On October 2, 1968,...
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On September 27, 1968, Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals shuts out the Houston Astros, 1-0, to...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Aug 19, 1968 | Pitching Feats, strikeouts | 0 |
1968 – Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 – 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the 7th time this season the Phils’ slugger has K’ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 4, 1968 | Statue | 0 |
In pre-game ceremonies at Busch Stadium honoring him, Stan Musial is joined by his 1941 Cardinals teammates. A 10-foot bronze statue of Musial is unveiled at one of the Stadium entrances. The crowd of 47,445 then watch as Bob Gibson battles the Cubs for 12 innings before Chicago’s Lee Elia singles home the winning run in the 13th. The Cubs win, 6 – 5.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 1, 1968 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Bob Gibson’s scoreless inning streak ends abruptly at 47 with a questionable call when the official scorer rules a wild pitch, and not a passed ball, allowed Len Gabrielson to score in the first inning of the Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. Without the hometown decision, the Redbird right-hander, who will blank San Francisco in his next start, would have been within three innings of breaking the mark of 58 scoreless frames established in June by Don Drysdale, tonight’s losing pitcher.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 26, 1968 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
Bob Gibson threw his fifth consecutive shutout On June 26, 1968 At Busch Stadium Cardinal Bob...
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Bob Gibson pitches St. Louis to a 5 – 1 win and its 2nd pennant of the decade.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 15, 1967 | Injury | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals ace Bob Gibson suffers a broken leg On July 15, 1967, St. Louis Cardinals ace...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 3, 1965 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
On October 3, 1965.00 Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson goes the distance, beating Houston at the Astrodome, 5-2, to become a 20-game winner for the first time. The future Hall of Famer will win twenty games four more times in...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 21, 1965 | Houston Astros, This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1965 – Bob Bruce outduels Bob Gibson as Houston blanks the Cardinals, 2-0. Bruce allows six hits. Gibson surrenders only four but one of them is a two-run double by Bob Lillis for the game’s only tallies.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 13, 1965 | All Star Game | 0 |
On July 13, 1965, Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run, draws two walks, and...
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1965 – Ron Brand drives a three-run shot into the left field seats off Bob Gibson in the ninth to shock St. Louis, 5-2. Walt Bond homers for the other two runs. Elsewhere, first baseman Jim Gentile is acquired from the Kansas City A’s for two players and cash.
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Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 25, 1964 | Seasons | 0 |
Major League Baseball Season Recap 1964 Major League Baseball Season Recap 1964 World Series – St. Louis Cardinals NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Bob GibsonBabe...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 15, 1964 | World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
1964 – Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals allows three home runs but still manages to win the seventh and final game of the World Series against the New York Yankees. Mickey Mantle, Phil Linz and Clete Boyer homer for the Yankees, who drop a 7 – 5 decision. St. Louis takes an early lead after a 5th-inning home run by Lou Brock that triggers a second three-run frame and a 6 – 0 lead for Gibson, who is named Series MVP.
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