“Bob was just downright mean,” said ... three earned runs in three complete game victories. In all, Gibson pitched 255 complete games, including 13 shutouts in his phenomenal first Cy Young ...

Bob Gibson started the game with two strikeouts ... In 1969, Gibson had the same number of complete games (28), one more strikeout (269 over 268) and the ridiculous 1.12 ERA rose all the way ...

Complete games are nearly extinct. To compare the game today to 1968 is futile. The legacy of Bob Gibson is not bound within a statistic like the complete game. It is in the unparalleled fierce ...

Gibson pitched a complete game, two run ... Big time players step up in big time games. Bob Gibson proved that in 1967. Tarasenko or O'Reilly certainly fit the mold to prove it in this Game ...

Bob Gibson, a Hall of Fame pitcher who played ... In 1969, he recorded 28 complete games. In his World Series victories, Gibson picked up wins against the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

"Bob Gibson just shook my hand," said La Russa ... In Game 7 of the 1964 World Series, he pitched a complete game to beat Mickey Mantle and the Yankees. In 1967 against the Red Sox, Gibson ...

One of those is St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson, whose historic 1968 World ... having pitched three complete games, allowed just three runs in 27 innings, and hit a home run in Game 7.

He also pitched before bullpen usage was redefined by the creation of the save statistic, when complete games and aces pitching ... Jake Arrieta over 1968’s Bob Gibson is staggering.

Though he pitched a complete game that day — of course — Gibson ... No pitcher ever had a presence quite like Bob Gibson, the master of the big moment and a monument to prideful endurance.

Gibson extended his shutout streak to four games and pitched the third shutout in a row by a Cardinal Pitcher. Briles and Carlton had shut out the Cubs the two previous games. (AP Photo ...

you would get made fun of if you didn't complete that game. The whole mentality is different." Shutouts are nearly extinct. There have been 15 this year, and no pitcher has tossed two. Bob Gibson ...