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This Cardinals Pitcher had a record 1.12 ERA in one season, and 24 HR and 144 RBI. Gibson was a Harlem Globetrotter and an All-American basketball player at Creighton. Tim McCarver was told by Gibson to go back behind the plate, because he couldn't hit, who was he to talk about pitching. I will cry when my hero and role-model dies one day. He is in his 80s.

I would pretend to be Gibson as a kid and couldt bring it. We had a softball game and the first man told me not to throw so hard. I loved doing that. Had an unassisted triple play in baseball. Pitched for the Tampa Cardinals semi-professional team. I had 8 homeruns.