Comments on: Baseball Legends Revealed #8

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:25:26 +0000

I think he’s misremembering it, too, Johnny, but it is possible that Davis asked Torborg for what pitch was coming, in which case Drysdale might not have even known anything was up (as nearly any Major League hitter can do pretty well if he’s sitting on a fastball)!

By: Johnny Keane

Johnny Keane — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:04:27 +0000

The first major league game I ever saw was the Dodgers/Cardinals at the LA Coliseum. Drysdale pitching for the Dodgers; former Dodger, recently traded to St. Louis Bob Lillis playing second base for the Cardinals. Drysdale greeted his former teammate Lillis with a fastball off his wrist. Lillis stayed in the game a couple more innings but eventually had to leave the game. Drysdale also welcomed the Cardinals’ 19-year old shortstop Jerry Buchek to the big leagues with a similar bruising.

So do I think Drysdale deliberately grooved a fastball for a former teammate? No way! Do I think Tommy Davis would ever be dumb enough to ask Big D to groove one, even through an intermediary? No way! On the other hand, he might just remind a former teammate that he already had one broken leg, and ask him to not let Drysdale break any more bones.

By: Baseball Legends History

Baseball Legends History — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:52:04 +0000

[...] #8 – Tommy Davis’ former Dodger teammate Johnny Roseboro helped him bat over .300 in 1967. [...]

By: Ed Buskirk

Ed Buskirk — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:50:39 +0000

Bob Gibson’s 1.12 ERA in ’68 is extremely impressive, but it’s not even a record for the modern era, much less all-time.

Tim Keefe, 1880…0.86
Dutch Leonard, 1914…0.96
Three-Finger Brown, 1906…1.04
Bob Gibson, 1968…1.12