| Juan Marichal | ||
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| Born: October 20, 1937 Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| July 19, 1960 for the San Francisco Giants |
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| April 16, 1975 for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss record | 243-142 | |
| Earned run average | 2. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 89 | |
| Strikeouts | 2,303 | |
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| Elected | 1983 | |
| Vote | 83. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award is given to the most outstanding player in each year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, 7% | |
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Someone who is right-handed will prefer to use this hand for everyday activities such as writing, maintaining personal hygiene, Cooking and so forth In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, dominating stuff and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Marichal also played for the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the final two seasons of his career. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA
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Playing career
Marichal's delivery was renowned for one of the fullest windups in modern baseball, with a high kick of his left leg that went nearly vertical (even more so than Warren Spahn's delivery). Warren Edward Spahn ( April 23, 1921 &ndash November 24, 2003) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Marichal maintained this delivery his entire career, and photographs taken near his retirement show the vertical kick only slightly diminished. The windup was the key to his delivery in that he was consistently able to conceal the type of pitch until it was on its way.
Marichal was discovered by Ramfis Trujillo, the son of late Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Lieutenant General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Martínez ( June 5, 1929 - December 27 1969 in Madrid, Spain) better known as Ramfis This article is about Rafael L Trujillo former dictator of the Dominican Republic Ramfis was the primary sponsor of the Dominican Air Force Baseball Team (Aviacion Dominicana), which Marichal pitched a 2-1 victory game in his native Monte Cristi. From the very moment the game ended, Marichal was a member of Aviacion Dominicana team, enlisted to the Air Force right on the spot by Ramfis' orders. [1]
Marichal entered the major leagues in 1960 with the San Francisco Giants as the second native pitcher to come from the Dominican Republic. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. He made an immediate impression: in his debut, on July 19, 1960, he threw a one-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies, walking one and striking out 12[2]. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He started 10 more games that season, finishing at 6-2 with a 2. 66 ERA. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched He improved his victory totals to 13 and 18 over the following two seasons, respectively, before finally cracking the 20-victory plateau in 1963, when he went 25-8 with 248 strikeouts and a 2. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes 41 ERA. Marichal enjoyed similar success through the 1969 season, posting more than 20 victories in every season except 1967, and never posting an ERA higher than 2. Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP 76. He led the league in victories in 1963 and 1968 when he won 26 games. The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit He and Sandy Koufax were the only two Major League pitchers in the post-war era (1946-present) to have more than one season of 25 or more wins. Each pitcher had three such seasons in their careers. Incredibly, despite winning more games during the decade of the 1960's (191) than any other major league pitcher, Marichal did not receive a single vote for the Cy Young Award during this time. In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National
Marichal finished in the top 10 in ERA seven consecutive years, starting in 1963 and culminating in 1969, in which year he led the league. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and During his career, he also finished in the top 10 in strikeouts six times, top 10 in innings pitched eight times (leading the league twice), and top 10 in complete games 10 times. He led the league twice in shutouts, throwing 10 of them in 1965.
Marichal exhibited exceptional control. He had 2,303 strikeouts with only 709 walks, a strikeout-to-walk ratio of about than 3. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes 25 to 1. This ranks among the top 20 pitchers of all time, ahead of such notables as Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Walter Johnson and Roger Clemens, who each have strikeout-to-walk ratios of less than 3:1. Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935 in Omaha Nebraska) is a former right-handed Baseball Pitcher for the Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired American Right-handed Pitcher in Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944 in Miami Florida) is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball, from to Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League Walter Perry Johnson ( November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946) nicknamed "The Big Train" was an American right-handed William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major Over his career, he led the league in the fewest walks per nine innings four times, and finished second three times -- totaling eleven years in which he finished in the top 10, all while also finishing in the top 10 for strikeouts six years.
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. Warren Edward Spahn ( April 23, 1921 &ndash November 24, 2003) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP 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. Willie Howard Mays Jr (born May 6 1931 is a retired American Baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants 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. Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired 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. Harvey Edward Kuenn ( December 4, 1930 – February 28, 1988) was an American player coach and manager The game, almost the innings-duration of two contests, lasted only 4 hours, 10 minutes. (Information courtesy of Retrosheet)
Johnny Roseboro incident
Marichal is also remembered for a notorious incident that occurred on August 22, 1965, in a game played against the Giants' arch-rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Retrosheet is a Non-profit organization whose website features major league baseball box scores and play-by-play narratives for almost every contest from 1956 to 2007 Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA [3] Batting against Sandy Koufax in the last of the third inning, Marichal felt that Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro's return throws had flown too close to his head. Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in John Junior Roseboro ( May 13, 1933 - August 16, 2002) was a Major League Baseball Catcher and coach. Words were exchanged, and Roseboro, throwing off his catcher's helmet and mask, rose to continue the argument. Marichal responded by hitting Roseboro's unprotected head with his bat. The benches cleared into a 14-minute brawl, while Giant captain Willie Mays escorted the bleeding Roseboro (who would require 14 stitches) back to the clubhouse. Willie Howard Mays Jr (born May 6 1931 is a retired American Baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants
Marichal was ejected, suspended for nine days and fined $1,750. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been He was also barred from attending the Giants' final series with the Dodgers, in Los Angeles on September 6-7. Photos of the incident (Official Baseball Guide 1966, Sporting News, p. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports 19) also show Tito Fuentes (who was in the on-deck circle) wielding a bat threateningly, but Fuentes did not actually hit Roseboro and was not ejected. Rigoberto "Tito" Fuentes Peat (born January 4, 1944 in Havana, Cuba) is a retired Second baseman who played for 13 seasons Roseboro sat out the next couple of games and returned to the lineup on the 25th. [4]
Roseboro filed a lawsuit against Marichal, but eventually settled out of court, supposedly for $7,000. Marichal and Roseboro would eventually go on to become close friends, reconciling any personal animosity and even autographing photographs of the brawl.
Many people protested the apparently light punishment meted out, but as it was it appeared to hurt the Giants significantly. They were in a neck-and-neck pennant race with the Dodgers and the race was decided with only two games to play. Marichal's nine-day suspension, along with being barred from the Los Angeles trip, cost him at least one pitching turn and forced the Giants to juggle their rotation to compensate. The Giants, who ended up winning the August 22 game and were down by 2 1/2 games afterward, eventually lost the pennant by 2 games. Marichal also lost his last three decisions. However, slugger Orlando Cepeda was gone for most of the year due to injuries, a factor which also hurt the Giants that season. Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (born September 17 1937 in) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman. (Sporting News Baseball Guide, p. 19)
1970-75
In 1970, Marichal experienced a severe reaction to penicillin which led to back pain and chronic arthritis. Marichal's career stumbled in 1970, when he only posted 12 wins and his ERA shot up to 4. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium 12, before straightening itself out with a stellar 1971 season in which he won 18 games and his ERA dropped below 3. Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at 00. It was his final great season, however, as he posted 6-16 and 11-15 records in 1972 and 1973 respectively. Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, He played briefly with the Boston Red Sox in 1974 and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1975 before retiring. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP He finished his career with 243 victories, 142 losses, 244 complete games, 2,303 strikeouts and a 2. 89 ERA over 3,507 innings pitched. His teams appeared in two postseasons (in 1962 and 1971) but were not victorious in either series against the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates, respectively. Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men's all-around champion Yuri Titov, USSR Between 1962 and 1971, The Giants averaged 90 wins a season, and Marichal averaged 20 wins a year.
All-Star performances
Marichal pitched a no-hitter on June 15, 1963, and was named to nine All-Star teams. In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League He was selected MVP in the 1965 game. His All-Star Game record was 2-0 with a 0. 50 ERA.
Honors
Juan Marichal was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. AT&T Park is an open-air ballpark, home to the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, His uniform number 27 has been retired by the Giants. In 1990, Marichal, who was working as a broadcaster for Spanish radio, was on hand to see his son-in-law, José Rijo, win the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0 José Rijo, MVP Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. José Antonio Rijo Abreu (born May 13 1965 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic) is a former right-handed Pitcher in Major League The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily-favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four
In 1999, he ranked #71 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports In 1999 MasterCard sponsored the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. He was honored before a game between the Giants and Oakland Athletics with a statue outside AT&T Park in 2005, and was named one of the three starting pitchers on Major League Baseball's Latino Legends Team. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. AT&T Park is an open-air ballpark, home to the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. The MLB season was the 105th season of Major League Baseball The season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the The Latino Legends Team was an all-time All-star Baseball team selected in 2005 to honor the history of Latin American players in Major League In 1976, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter," consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Marichal was the right-handed pitcher on Stein's Latin team.
Controversy
In 2008, Marichal was filmed at a cockfight in the Dominican Republic along with New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25 1971 in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher for the The incident caused controversy in the United States, but Martinez defended their attendance at the cockfight by saying "I understand that people are upset, but that is part of our Dominican culture and is legal in the Dominican Republic". He added "I was invited by my idol, Juan Marichal, to attend the event as a spectator, not as a participant. "[1]
Pronunciation
The popular media tended to pronounce his surname "MARE-i-shall". West coast broadcasters tended to pronounce his name more like proper Spanish diction, "mahr-ee-CHAHL".
See also
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
- List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
- List of Major League Baseball wins champions
- Top 100 strikeout pitchers of all time
- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
References
- ^ "Video showed Pedro, Marichal at cockfight" ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3234767]
External links
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| Preceded by Don Drysdale Mike McCormick |
National League Wins Champion 1963 (with Sandy Koufax) 1968 |
Succeeded by Larry Jackson Tom Seaver |
| Preceded by Johnny Callison |
Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player 1965 |
Succeeded by Brooks Robinson |
| Preceded by Willie Mays |
Major League Player of the Month May, 1966 |
Succeeded by Gaylord Perry |
| Preceded by Bob Gibson |
National League ERA Champion 1969 |
Succeeded by Tom Seaver |
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