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November 9
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Bob Gibson: The Big-Game Pitcher
Bob Gibson would have turned 91 tomorrow. Born November 9, 1935, in Omaha, he was a sickly kid with a heart murmur who nearly died as a child. He grew into a two-sport star at Creighton on a basketball scholarship and even spent a winter with the Harlem Globetrotters before deciding baseball was his future. Good call.
Gibson signed with the Cardinals in 1957 and debuted in 1959, but he didn’t stick in the rotation until Johnny Keane, his old manager in Omaha, took over the club in 1961. From there he became the most intimidating pitcher of his time. He threw a fastball, slider and curve with great control, and he wasn’t shy about pitching inside.
Then came 1968, one of the greatest seasons any pitcher has ever had. Gibson went 22-9 with 28 complete games, 13 shutouts and a 1.12 ERA, the lowest by a qualified pitcher since 1920. He threw five straight shutouts that June and gave up just 38 earned runs in over 300 innings. He won the Cy Young and the MVP. Baseball lowered the mound the next year, in large part because of him.
The World Series is where Gibson built his legend. In 1964 he lost Game 2 to the Yankees, won Game 5 in ten innings, then came back on two days’ rest to win Game 7 7-5. He struck out 31 in that Series and was named MVP. In 1967 against the Red Sox he was even better. He won Games 1, 4 and 7, all complete games, with a 1.00 ERA and 26 strikeouts. He homered in Game 7 to help his own cause and took home another MVP.
In 1968 he opened the Series by beating 30-game winner Denny McLain 4-0 and struck out 17 Tigers, a record that still stands. He won Game 4 10-1. In Game 7 he and Mickey Lolich were scoreless through six until Curt Flood misjudged a fly ball in the seventh, and Detroit won 4-1. Gibson still set a Series record with 35 strikeouts. All told he went 7-2 in the World Series with seven straight wins, eight straight complete games, 92 strikeouts and a 1.89 ERA.
He could do it all. Gibson won nine straight Gold Gloves from 1965 to 1973, hit 24 home runs, and batted .303 in 1970, the same year he won his second Cy Young. He no-hit the Pirates on August 14, 1971, and in 1974 became the second pitcher ever to reach 3,000 strikeouts, after Walter Johnson. All this despite breaking his leg twice, once in 1967 when Roberto Clemente lined one off it.
He retired in 1975 as the Cardinals’ all-time wins leader at 251-174. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1981 with 84% of the vote. Gibson died of pancreatic cancer on October 2, 2020, at 84.
Happy birthday, Gibby.
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Todays Trivia . . .
Whose brother and he were #1 and #2 on the pitching staff of a World Series Championship team?
Hint: #1 He lectured at SMU regarding his changed profession.
Hint: #2 He finished in the Top Two in MVP voting for three consecutive seasons.
Quote of the day:
". . . he was at his most ferocious when the spotlight shined brightest." - sportscaster Larry Schwartz
"I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude if you're going to go far in this game." - Bob Gibson, speaking with Roger Angell
"It was said that I threw, basically, five pitches-fastball, slider, curve, changeup, and knockdown. I don't believe that assessment did me justice, though. I actually used about nine pitches-two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman." - Bob Gibson
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Game of the Day — August 14, 1971 St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirate
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November 9 highlights and Historic Days!
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This day in baseball has a deeper dive into every event from November 9
November 9, 1937 — St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
That magical season of 1937, when he led in hits, doubles, home runs, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, runs scored, and runs batted in. Medwick is the last player to win the triple crown in the National League.
November 9, 1950 — The BBWAA name Sam Jethroe nicknamed “the jet” of the Boston Braves as the National League Rookie of the Year. At 31 years, 2 months, 18 days of age, Jethroe becomes the oldest rookie to win the award. He has been one of the best Negro Leagues players of all time.
November 9, 1982 — “It is virtually etched in stone that Robin Yount is going to win it in a runaway,” predicted Peter Gammons. Yount, who hit .331 for the Milwaukee Brewers and led the American League in hits (210), doubles (46), and slugging percentage (.578), Robin Yount is a unanimous choice as 1982 AL Most Valuable Player. The future Hall of Famer captures all 27 first-place votes easily beating runner-ups Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces.
November 9, 1993 — San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds is voted the National League MVP for the third time in four years. He joins Stan Musial, Roy Campanella and Mike Schmidt as the National League’s only three-time MVPs. In his first year in San Francisco, Bonds reached career highs with a .336 batting average, 46 home runs, 129 runs and 123 RBI to help the Giants to 103 wins, although the team missed the NL West division title by one game.
November 9, 1983 — University of Alabama first baseman Dave Magadan, who led the NCAA with a .535 batting average last season, wins the Golden Spikes Award as the outstanding amateur baseball player in the United States. The Tampa, Florida native, who was selected by the Mets in the second round of the draft in June, hit .535 in NCAA play for the CWS runner-up Crimson Tide. Magadan will play for ten major league clubs in a span of 16 years.
November 9, 2004 — Roger Clemens (18-4 record, 218 strikeouts, 2.98 ERA), after coming out of retirement to pitch for his hometown team, becomes the oldest hurler to win the Cy Young Award. The 42 year-old ‘Rocket’ has received the honor a record seven times and becomes the first to win the award with four different teams: Red Sox (1986-87, 1991), Blue Jays (1997-98), Yankees (2001), and the Astros (2004).
He recieves 23 of 32 first place votes. Former Astro Randy Johnson of Arizona finishes second. Clemens’ teammate Roy Oswalt, the league’s only 20-game winner, finishes third.
Milestones November 9
🎙️ Did you know? Teddy Higuera passed away November 9 . . . .
In 1983, Milwaukee Brewers scout Roy Poitevint discovered a pitcher named Ted Higuera from Juarez of the Mexican League. After the Brewers bought his contract from the team, stories of the great lefty who had led his league in wins, complete games, innings pitched, and strikeouts began to trickle into the United States. But no matter how flattering the stories, nobody expected Higuera to pitch as well as he did in his first season for the Brewers. Higuera ended up posting the best rookie record in Milwaukee history (15-8) and finished second in Rookie of the Year balloting in 1985.
The following season, Higuera became Milwaukee's first 20-game winner of the 1980s (and the first Mexican-born 20-game winner, beating Fernando Valenzuela by a matter of days) and finished second in the Cy Young Award voting. His 240 strikeouts in 1987 were the most by any pitcher in the city's history, surpassing Tony Cloninger's 211 with the 1965 Braves. Higuera was a workhorse through 1988, averaging 17 wins and just over 237 innings a year.
But in 1989, Higuera fell victim to injuries and wouldn't regain his mid-80's form again. In January 1989 he underwent surgery for a herniated disc and missed the first three weeks of the season. When he returned, he struggled for a month before notching his first win, and was then plagued by other injuries to his ankle and chest. He ended the season with 135 1/3 innings pitched and hoped to start the next year with a clean, healthy slate.
Higuera bounced back and gave the Brew Crew 170 innings and 11 wins in 1990. But after pitching just seven games in the majors in 1991, the Mexican hurler went down again, this time with a tear in his rotator cuff. He underwent reconstructive shoulder surgery in the offseason and after missing the entire '92 season. The next two seasons were roughly the same -- Higuera on the sidelines nursing his arm and shoulder. When he was healthy, he was relegated to spot-starting duties.
After a thoroughly unimpressive 1994, in which Higuera went 1-5 with a 7.06 ERA, the Brewers opted not to re-sign him. The Mexican lefty inked a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres, who were looking to expand their fan base to the south. When he failed to impress in spring training, San Diego released him.
Birthdays:
Notable: Teddy Higuera
Passings:
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ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA
TRIVIA ANSWER: DIZZY DEAN
- The 1934 WS champion St. Louis Cardinals featured Dizzy Dean & Daffy (Paul) Dean at the top of their pitching rotation. Dizzy’s record that year was 30-7; Paul (Daffy) had 19-11.
- #1 He made an erudite presentation at Southern Methodist University entitled, “Radio Announcing I Have Did”.
- #2 MVP voting: 1934 - 1st; 1935 - 2nd; 1936 - 2nd.
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