great web sites when pitchers were men

celesterussell · April 14, 2008 3:42AM

www.baseball-boxscores.com

and

www.thebaseballcube.com

FYI look up the game logs for pitchers like

G Perry in 1972
C hunter in 1975
W wood in 1972
L Tiant in 1968
D chance in 1964
B Gibson in 1968

etc. look ho these pitchers pitched some time 9, 10, 11, 12 and even 14 innings in a game

also, S. Lyle in 1977 pitching almost three innings in the 3rd playoff game vs Kc and coming into the game in the 4th inning the next day and finishing it, with the pennant on the line, and then closing out game 5 with no off days.

Goot · April 14, 2008 6:31AM

Can someone give me a "Spahn and Sain, pray for rain"? Those guys used to pitch complete games on two or three days rest and were still great.

This is my favorite of all time though...

(from marichal's wikipedia page)

<< <i>One regular-season game in Marichal's career deserves mention, involving him and Milwaukee Braves' Hall of Famer Warren Spahn in a night contest played July 2, 1963, before almost 16,000 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The two great pitchers matched goose-eggs until Giants superstar Willie Mays homered off Spahn to win the game 1-0 — in the 16th inning. Both Spahn and Marichal tossed complete games, something that almost certainly will never happen again in the big leagues. Marichal allowed eight hits in the 16 innings, striking out 10, and saddling eventual former career home-run king Hank Aaron with an 0-for-6 collar. Spahn permitted nine hits in 15 and one-third innings, walking just one (Mays intentionally, in the 14th, after Harvey Kuenn's leadoff double) and striking out two. The game, almost the innings-duration of two contests, lasted only 4 hours, 10 minutes. >>

By the way, when the game above took place Spahn was 42 years old!!!!!!

celesterussell · April 14, 2008 7:06AM

i believe that 97 out of his 1st 98 wins were complete games.

also did you know that had Cat Hunter pitched 13 more innings in 1975, he would have completed every game that he started.

check out these perforamces

1969 marichal vs mets in August 14 inning loss 1-0

chris short on 10/2/1965 15 innings no runs 18 k's

lindy mcdaniel in relief for yankees vs tigers 8/4/73 check it out

bigfische · April 14, 2008 7:14AM

Walter Johnson once pitched 3 shutouts in 4 days.

Estil · April 14, 2008 7:28AM

Also, Bert Blyleven, in addition to his 287 wins and 3701 K's, also has sixty career shutouts (who retired around 1992, 1993; so it's not like he was that old skool either). These days you're lucky if you even get more than two complete games a season, never mind a shutout. Which is all the more reason I believe every year that goes by w/o Mr. Blyleven getting in the HOF is a joke. Who cares if he doesn't have the name recognition? If he's got the numbers to back it up, he belongs in.

celesterussell · April 14, 2008 8:13AM

wilbur wood pitched 386 innings in the strike shortened season of 1972.

started both games of a DH at yankees stad. in 1973.

also believe it or not mel stottlemyre had 40 shutouts

TomGshotput · April 14, 2008 8:32AM

To me, these ones are far more amazing

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B08130CHA1975.htm

zep33 · April 14, 2008 11:12AM

wonder what the pitch counts were back then.

jimq112 · April 14, 2008 11:13AM

<< <i>wilbur wood pitched 386 innings in the strike shortened season of 1972.

started both games of a DH at yankees stad. in 1973.

also believe it or not mel stottlemyre had 40 shutouts >>

I don't think throwing the knuckler was as tiring as the fastball but that's a LOT of innings!

celesterussell · April 14, 2008 9:26PM

in 1977 vs yanks Nolan Ryan (on old timers day I believe threw 175 pitches.

I remember reading how Denny Mcclain threw 226 pitches in one game in 1965 or 1966.

also check out how many 1-0 games fergie jenkins lost in 1968, i believe it was 5.

great web sites when pitchers were men

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