The Dominance of Bob Gibson

In 1968, Bob Gibson didn’t just dominate hitters… he terrified them. That year,

Gibson posted a 1.12 ERA — the lowest in modern baseball history. 13 shutouts.

22 wins. And only 38 earned runs all season. Every pitch looked like it was thrown

in anger — and that’s because it was. In Game 1 of the World Series,

he struck out 17 batters, setting a World Series record that still stands.

Pitchers were too dominant in ’68 — Gibson’s ERA, Denny McLain’s 31 wins,

league batting averages plummeting. MLB had to act. The very next year, they lowered the

mound to give hitters a chance. That’s how powerful Bob Gibson was. He won the Cy Young