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Steve Carlton passes Bob Gibson atop the NL's all-time strikeout
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Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts
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Every uniform number ever, ranked by value
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Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts
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The day Bob Gibson whiffed 17 Tigers on the way to World Series
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Have two or more baseball Hall of Fame pitchers been on the same
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The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All-Time: Player Capsules
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The 100 Greatest MLB Players of All Time
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Steve Carlton passes Bob Gibson atop the NL's all-time strikeout
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Spencer Strider
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Who had the better slider: Steve Carlton or Bob Gibson?
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Which pitchers have the most career strikeouts for every MLB