As a lifelong St Louis Cardinal fan and Stan Musial is the reason I batted (now golf) lefthanded even though I’m right-handed.
Bob Gibson was a hellava & feared pitcher AND batter...a few career highlights
MLB statistics
Win–loss record 251–174
Earned run average 2.91
Strikeouts 3,117
Career highlights and awards
9× All-Star (1962, 1962², 1965–1970, 1972)
2× World Series champion (1964, 1967)
NL MVP (1968)
2× NL Cy Young Award (1968, 1970)
2× World Series MVP (1964, 1967)
9× Gold Glove Award (1965–1973)
NL wins leader (1970)
MLB ERA leader (1968)
NL strikeout leader (1968)
Pitched a no-hitter on August 14, 1971
St. Louis Cardinals No. 45 retired
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction 1981
Vote 84.0% (first ballot)
Bob Gibson also played for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1957-1958.