1971

September 28, 1971: Steve Carlton reaches 20 wins in his final game with the Cardinals

'70s

Steve Carlton’s 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 also marked […]

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Bob Gibson

August 14, 1971: Bob Gibson pitches his ‘greatest game,’ no-hits the Pirates

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Bob Gibson predicted many times throughout his career that he would never throw a no-hitter.[1] Before taking the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 14, 1971, he still had never thrown one. Not in college. Not in the minors. Not even in the 1968, a season dubbed the “year of the pitcher,” in no

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