1971

Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton reaches 20 wins in final game with the Cardinals: 9/8/1971

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Steve Carlton made sure his final start for the St. Louis Cardinals was a milestone game in more ways than one. The Cardinals’ September 28, 1971, win over the New York Mets marked not only Carlton’s final appearance wearing the birds on the bat, but also clinched the first 20-win season of his career. Coincidentally, it […]

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Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson pitches his ‘greatest game’ with no-hitter: August 14, 1971

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Gibson said, “It was a high fly ball, and I knew if it came down Cruz would catch it. If it didn’t come down, it was going out of the park. Somehow I always felt it was going to come down, though.”[9] That play didn’t worry Gibson as much as a high chopper in the

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