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Juan Antonio Marichal
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher
Born: October 20, 1937, Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic
Signed: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before 1957 season
Major League Teams: San Francisco Giants 1960-73; Boston Red Sox 1974; Los Angeles Dodgers 1975
World Series Appearances: San Francisco Giants 1962
Hall of Fame Induction: 1983
Juan Marichal won more games than any other major league pitcher in the 1960s, dominating the league with a high leg kick and pinpoint control. A mainstay in the Giants' pitching rotation, Marichal was a 20-game winner in six seasons, and a 25-game winner in three seasons. He threw a no-hitter against the Colt .45s on June 15, 1963, and a few weeks later on July 2nd he matched up against the Braves and Warren Spahn, pitching a complete game, 16-inning shutout. He topped the league with shutouts in 1965 with 10 and had the best ERA in the league at 2.10 in 1969. Marichal never won a Cy Young Award and was frequently overshadowed by his contemporaries Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson (#200).
Reaching the postseason only twice (in 1962 and 1971), Marichal used the All-Star Game as his national stage. In eight All-Star games, Marichal went 2-0 pitching 18 innings while striking out 12 and pitching to an ERA of 0.50. He won All-Star Game MVP honors in 1965, pitching three shutout innings. Marichal's many pitching accomplishments are somewhat overshadowed by an incident that took place on August 22, 1965. At bat against Koufax and the rival Dodgers, Marichal incited a 14-minute brawl that started when he hit Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro (#218) over the head with his bat. Roseboro and Marichal would reconcile in later years, making public appearances together.
Marichal's career numbers are staggering - 243-142, 2.89 ERA, 244 complete games and 52 shutouts, and 2,303 strikeouts. The Giants' retired Marichal's #27 in 1975 and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983, his third year on the ballot. He became the first Dominican born player enshrined in the Hall, paving the way for his fellow countrymen Pedro Martinez in 2015 and Vladimir Guerrero in 2018.
Hall of Fame Induction: 1983
Juan Marichal won more games than any other major league pitcher in the 1960s, dominating the league with a high leg kick and pinpoint control. A mainstay in the Giants' pitching rotation, Marichal was a 20-game winner in six seasons, and a 25-game winner in three seasons. He threw a no-hitter against the Colt .45s on June 15, 1963, and a few weeks later on July 2nd he matched up against the Braves and Warren Spahn, pitching a complete game, 16-inning shutout. He topped the league with shutouts in 1965 with 10 and had the best ERA in the league at 2.10 in 1969. Marichal never won a Cy Young Award and was frequently overshadowed by his contemporaries Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson (#200).
Reaching the postseason only twice (in 1962 and 1971), Marichal used the All-Star Game as his national stage. In eight All-Star games, Marichal went 2-0 pitching 18 innings while striking out 12 and pitching to an ERA of 0.50. He won All-Star Game MVP honors in 1965, pitching three shutout innings. Marichal's many pitching accomplishments are somewhat overshadowed by an incident that took place on August 22, 1965. At bat against Koufax and the rival Dodgers, Marichal incited a 14-minute brawl that started when he hit Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro (#218) over the head with his bat. Roseboro and Marichal would reconcile in later years, making public appearances together.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
The Card / Giants Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
Marichal was again one of the best pitchers in the league, going 21-11 with a league-leading 2.10 ERA in 37 appearances. He just missed the 300-inning plateau, finishing with 299 2/3 innings pitched for the season. Marichal threw 27 complete games and led the league with eight shutouts. For the eighth year in a row, he was named a National League All-Star.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #417
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15): 1961-74, 2001
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2024 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JMA
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 1,118 in the Beckett online database as of 8/10/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
Building the Set / Card #345
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times. I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.
Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders. I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500. This card was the 53rd of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me a little over $4. Honestly, I was a bit shocked to find this Marichal card included in the common/semi-star binder, initially thinking the dealer had made a mistake.
This is one of three appearances by Marichal in the set, as he appeared earlier on the National League Pitching Leaders card (#10), and he'd appear later with teammate Willie McCovey (#440) on a Giants Heroes card (#572). Topps does its best to cram in as many highlights on the back as possible, but Marichal's line after line of impressive statistics do the job just fine.
Accuracy Index: Marichal's card scores a solid +5 as collectors hadn't seen this photo before.
Inserts: Marichal is included in the 35 card Topps Deckle Edge insert set, one of 11 Hall of Famers in the set.
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1969 Season
Marichal was again one of the best pitchers in the league, going 21-11 with a league-leading 2.10 ERA in 37 appearances. He just missed the 300-inning plateau, finishing with 299 2/3 innings pitched for the season. Marichal threw 27 complete games and led the league with eight shutouts. For the eighth year in a row, he was named a National League All-Star.
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First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #417
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15): 1961-74, 2001
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2024 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JMA
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 1,118 in the Beckett online database as of 8/10/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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