Round Two (Players): Mickey Mantle versus Bob Gibson

[Fishercat]

Sandy Koufax (1959, 1963, 1965-1966)
Take out your dictionary, look up clutch and notice the picture of the great Sandy Koufax. What? It's not there? Alright then, find a picture and paste it in, it deserves to be there. Koufax led his Dodgers to three out of four World Series wins, posting a 0.95 ERA in 57 innings pitched, 61 strikeouts, 36 hits allowed and four complete games. In 1963, he topped Yankee great Whitey Ford with a World Series record of a 15 strikeout performance and thus earning the newspaper headline of 'K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-Koufax' which helped him to win his first World Series MVP. In 1965 (a year remembered for his physical pain, DOMINANT numbers and the Yom Kippur situation) against the Twins he put up a 0.38 ERA in 24 innings with 2 complete games. But yet the real story is that he pitched the do or die game 7 with the pain he was feeling and he did it on two days rest by clinching another Dodgers victory with a three hit shutout. Who says there is no such thing as clutch?

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Bob Gibson (1964, 1967, 1968) - He only had three postseason series, but he was the definition of dominant. In 9 World Series starts, he went 7-2 and averaged 9 innings per start, with 8 CG and 2 SHO. His 1.89 playoff ERA is a bit inflated by his 1964 appearance against the Yankees, where he had a 3 ERA over 27 innings. His WS against Boston in 1967 was likely his greatest, with 27 innings of dominant ball, a 3-0 record, 1.00 ERA, a win in the deciding Game 7, and a WHIP of .70. His team lost the next WS to the Tigers, but not after Gibson recorded 35 Ks in 27 innings and a 1.67 ERA. He even has two World Series homeruns.

[Kingdom]

Bob Gibson and Christy Matthewson are by far my favorite historical players.

[DirtyKash]

Every single Round Two matchup has at least one Yankee in it? Goddamnit.

[Fishercat]

Hey, you voted for Reggie over Curt

[Dry1313]

I love the Mick, but I think Gibson was the best postseason pitcher ever.

[Fishercat]

Got to make it interesting and take the Mick.