Word: mathewson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Samuel Earl ("Wahoo Sam") Crawford, 88, baseball's turn-of-the-century Hall of Fame outfielder who set slugging records in the difficult days of Christy Mathewson, Rube Waddell and the dead ball; of a stroke; in Hollywood. "Now the game is all different," complained the Wahoo, Neb., whiz. "Then it was strategy and quick thinking, and if you didn't play with your noodle you didn't play at all." Through 19 years in both major leagues, Wahoo Sam hit enough balls that were lopsided, soaped, sanded and tobacco-stained to win league home...
...into the center-field stands. When the statisticians added up, his Series record came to 27 innings of brilliant pitching, with 14 hits and a thin total of three runs for Bos ton. That was enough to put Bob in the books, tied with another oldtime idol, Christy Mathewson, for winning the most games in a single Series. And it was more than enough to earn Gibson the outstanding-player award, plus the sports car that goes with...
...built a respectable 4-4 record and moved into a tie (360 victories) with Kid Nichols as the sixth most successful pitcher in baseball history. Now he wanted to overtake Jim Galvin at 365 and then to pass Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander (both 373), leaving only Walter Johnson (416) and Cy Young (511) ahead of him as the record holders...
...Phenomenon. Fat chance. The next year Koufax finally learned where the plate was, wound up with 18 victories and broke Christy Mathewson's 58-year-old National League record by striking out 269 batters. Last season he threw a no-hitter against the New York Mets and struck out 18 Chicago Cubs in one game. By midseason his record was 14-4, and he was leading the National League in earned run average (2.06) and strikeouts...
...With Maris and Mickey Mantle behind him in the Yankee lineup, Ford led the American League in victories (25). Other top pitchers: Washington's steady Dick Donovan, whose 2.40 earned-run average was the best in the American League; Los Angeles' fireballing Sandy Koufax, who broke Christy Mathewson's 58-year-old record by striking out 269 batters...