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By: Gary Livesey

Gary Livesey — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:19:36 +0000

In response to Roger Maris, you did have a great year. Later in the season you were pitching for the L.A. Angels and anchored the final game of the longest (still) winning streak in Angel history- capping off a double header with the first game won by Bo Belinsky. You won the nightcap making it 13 straigth before the team lost the next day’s game, which ironically was pitched by Dean Chance, the American League’s Cy Young winner in 1964.

Not only did you want to play for that great organization, the New York Yankees- whch you did for four plus years- but that great organization wanted you to be a part of it.

Then in September you pitched against the league-leading Baltimore Orioles. In that game you took a no-hitter into the 8th inning. You tossed a complete game one-hitter but lost 1-0. You and Frank Bertaina, who also threw a 1-hitter, set the major league record for the fewest hits allowed in a major league game–2. In 1965 that record was erased by the great Sandy Koufax when he no-hit the Chicago Cubs and the Cubs Bobby Henley allowed 1-hit to the Dodgers.

But that game you pitched against the Orioles, on September 13, 1964 will most likely always be in the record books, as you held the Orioles to the fewest official times at bat in a 9 inning game–19. That total (19) eclipsed by one the major league record set by the Detroit Tigers in a game against the St. Louis Browns on April 27, 1915.

By: Bob Meyer

Bob Meyer — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:58:24 +0000

Gary, You know your baseball history, very impressive. Thanks for the kudos.

P.S. Bo Belinsky and I later pitched a game against one another in the Pacific Coast League (AAA). I had the good fortune to throw a no-hitter that historic night, which occurred in Hawaii Stadium. I say historic because it was the only no-hitter ever pitched in the 28-year history of the park. Interestingly, Al Michaels of Monday Night Football fame was the rookie broadcaster for the Hawaiian Islanders. Bill Melton was the final out of the game, two years later he led the American League in home runs.

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