Bob Gibson, perhaps the most dominant pitcher of the late 1960s has died. He was 84. When I started watching baseball in 1967, The Cardinals were one of baseball's best teams.
In 1968, Gibson posted an earned run average of 1.12. He also won 22 games that year, leading the St Louis to it's second straight World Series. The Cardinals lost in 7 games that year.
Gibson also played year with Basketball's Harlem Globetrotters .
In today's baseball world of the designated hitter, people have probably forgotten that Gibson was also a good hitter and hit a home run in both the 1967 and 1968 World Series
He was one of the great ones.
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