Things I didn't know about Mel Stottlemyre

• "He threw 40 shutouts,

• had a career ERA of 2.97

• and pitched in five All-Star Games.

• As a rookie, Stottlemyre faced the Cardinals' Bob Gibson three times in the 1964 World Series.

• In one game against the Red Sox, he hit an inside-the-park grand slam, and in another against the Washington Senators, he went 5-for-5 and threw a two-hit shutout."

From Seattle P-I article by Jim Moore, "Stottlemyre returns to baseball with newfound perspective," 2/20/08

• (Good Luck, Mel). sm

P.S. I'm leaving out that he was a Yankee star as that would torpedo the value of his achievements.

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