Bob Gibson

Gibson, who won two Cy Young Awards and threw 56 career shutouts, was one of baseball’s most dominating and intimidating pitchers.

Bob Gibson, the Baseball Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinals pitcher known for his intimidating fastball, died of pancreatic cancer in Omaha, Neb. at the age of 84. For full obituary and coverage from Le

Eight-time MLB All-Star, two-time Cy Young winner and 1968 MVP Bob Gibson turned 81 years old on Nov. 9, 2016. Standing tall on the high pitching mounds of the 1960s, few pitchers insisted on owning the inner half of the plate the way Gibson did. In his a

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St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Bob Gibson. Photograph, ca. 1960s. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints collections. Irving A. Williamson Collection. n33947.

St. Louis Cardinals Bob Gibson in action, pitching vs Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Neil Leifer X12713 ) Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

(Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 2, 2018. Bob Gibson died on Oct. 2, 2020, at the age of 84.) Fifty years ago, on Oct. 2, 1968, Cardi…