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Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937), nicknamed " the Dominican Dandy ", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francisco Giants.
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- Sweet 16. July 2, 1963. Given the way pitchers are handled these days, it’s safe to say that there never will be a game like this again. Marichal and Milwaukee ace Warren Spahn, the starting pitchers on a typically blustery evening at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, maintained a scoreless tie for 15 innings.
- Dynamic debut. July 19, 1960. In 1958, Marichal won 21 regular-season games at Class D Michigan City and two more in the playoffs. This prompted his Dominican countrymen to nickname him “Juan Vientitres,” since the pope at the time was John XXIII.
- Toughest when it counted most. 1960-73. It’s a measure of Marichal’s excellence that he performed at or near his best against the Giants’ chief rival: the Dodgers.
- From rancor to respect. Circa 1980. Most fans know that Marichal used his bat to club Los Angeles catcher John Roseboro on the head during a particularly pressurized Giants-Dodgers game on Aug.
Juan Marichal made his major league debut for the Giants against the Phillies on July 19, 1960. He retired the first 19 batters, and carried a no-hitter two outs into the eighth inning, limiting the Phils to one hit en route to a 2-0, complete game victory with 12 strikeouts and just one walk.
Feb 19, 2013 · Except for Sandy Koufax, who was otherworldly, Juan Marichal was the best pitcher — certainly the best right-hander — of the 1960s. His 191 wins exceeds Bob Gibson’s second-place 164 by a huge margin. Indeed, he won more games than Gibson in each season of the decade.