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RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
by Colotiger
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 13:26 pm
by 12xu
Soft tossing lefty who throttled the Cardinals' offense in '68. Won over 200 games and struck out over 2800 batters in his career.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 13:33 pm
by sikeston bulldog2
Colotiger wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
Coming out show for lolich. Also saw that yesterday Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron passed at 83.
Jeremiah was a Bull frog.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 16:24 pm
by The Nard
He was another in the line of solid pitchers who throw a ton of inning, and he never had the TJ surgery. Strong legs, solid base helped immensely - like Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Jack Morris, etc. today’s pitchers could learn a lot from reviewing their films.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 18:44 pm
by HOUCARD
Colotiger wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
Yes he did. I was in 8th grade. We watched all the games on TV during school. Denny McLain was the guy everyone thought would dominate. He, to my knowledge, was the last 30 game winner (31-6).
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 18:48 pm
by sikeston bulldog2
Odd stats - in his last eleven seasons, he lost less than ten games one- 1968, and he lost nine that year. Twice after 1968 he led the AL in losses, 19 and 21.
Throw 12 consecutive seasons of over 200 innings, and 4 time over 300 innings, topping out at 371.
He never threw less than 144 innings in his career. Read that again.
He never won 30.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 18:49 pm
by sikeston bulldog2
HOUCARD wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 18:44 pm
Colotiger wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
Yes he did. I was in 8th grade. We watched all the games on TV during school. Denny McLain was the guy everyone thought would dominate. He, to my knowledge, was the last 30 game winner (31-6).
Two trivia questions from 68- last 30 game winner, and NL era record.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 20:57 pm
by zuck698
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 18:49 pm
HOUCARD wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 18:44 pm
Colotiger wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
Yes he did. I was in 8th grade. We watched all the games on TV during school. Denny McLain was the guy everyone thought would dominate. He, to my knowledge, was the last 30 game winner (31-6).
Two trivia questions from 68- last 30 game winner, and NL era record.
Dizzy Dean?
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 21:29 pm
by HOUCARD
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 18:48 pm
Odd stats - in his last eleven seasons, he lost less than ten games one- 1968, and he lost nine that year. Twice after 1968 he led the AL in losses, 19 and 21.
Throw 12 consecutive seasons of over 200 innings, and 4 time over 300 innings, topping out at 371.
He never threw less than 144 innings in his career. Read that again.
He never won 30.
I was talking about Denny McLain winning 30. And, he did in 1968.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 21:30 pm
by ScotchMIrish
May he rest in peace. I saw game 6. First, last and only world series game I will see.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 22:46 pm
by LewisL
As a kid collecting baseball cards, I remember being amazed at his stats, especially 1971 when led led the AL with 25 wins. Late 60's-early 70''s, he always seemed to be among league leaders in wins, K's, CG's, IP, etc.
I just looked in him up in Baseball Reference, and it surprises me to see he's not in the HOF
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 22:54 pm
by sp25
LewisL wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 22:46 pm
As a kid collecting baseball cards, I remember being amazed at his stats, especially 1971 when led led the AL with 25 wins. Late 60's-early 70''s, he always seemed to be among league leaders in wins, K's, CG's, IP, etc.
I just looked in him up in Baseball Reference, and it surprises me to see he's not in the HOF
Hall of Very Good
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 04 Feb 2026 23:35 pm
by 1983cougar
This was the World Series that we really should have won (and 1985 but we won't talk about that one). I saw game 1 that year which is the only ws game I have attended. As a 10 year old my vivid memory is of all the adult men wearing suits. Lolich had a great series , RIP.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 05 Feb 2026 02:12 am
by Cardinals1964
The Nard wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 16:24 pm
He was another in the line of solid pitchers who throw a ton of inning, and he never had the TJ surgery. Strong legs, solid base helped immensely - like Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Jack Morris, etc. today’s pitchers could learn a lot from reviewing their films.
[nonsense]. Different game. Pitchers are used differently.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 05 Feb 2026 02:15 am
by Cardinals1964
Colotiger wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:20 pm
He broke a lot of Cardinals fans’ hearts in 1968.
When you watched that series, what were you thinking at the time? Is it still clear to you to this day.
Re: RIP Mickey Lolich
Posted: 05 Feb 2026 02:45 am
by Clubmaker2
won complete game 7 on two days rest...