In a year of assassinations, an angry Bob Gibson pitched his way into the record books 🔗 ⚾️ 🔴 ⚪️

Cardinals ace faced Denny McLain over 50 years ago in Game 1 of the World Series

For Gibson, the Series was the culmination of a historic season in which he won 22 games, struck out 268 batters, collected 13 shutouts and posted an ERA of 1.12, a number so low it hasn’t been equaled since. Even in the so-called ‘year of the pitcher’ — the season that hurlers allowed a stingy 6.84 runs per game, the lowest since the ‘dead ball era’ — Gibson’s season was otherworldly.