Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez ( born October 20, 1937 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic ) is a former Dominican baseball player (on the position of the pitcher ) in Major League Baseball. His nicknames are Manito, Dominican Dandy and Mar.
Life
Juan Marichal made his debut in the National League with the San Francisco Giants on July 19, 1960. During the first game of his career he had against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 2-0 win only one Basehit to. In 1962 he won the championship with the Giants in the National League. Towards the end of the season he injured his foot and lost his last three games. There were playoffs against the Los Angeles Dodgers, where this violation set off again. So he came in the World Series against the New York Yankees only to one use, subject to the Giants in five games.
On June 15, 1963 he had a no-hitter against the Houston Astros in a 1-0 victory. On July 2, 1963, he defeated the Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn in 16 innings. From 1963 to 1969 Marichal get at least 20 wins every year except 1967. 1963 and 1968 he led the National League in wins and ERA had no higher than 2.76.
The negative peak of his career saw Juan Marichal on August 22, 1965 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Marichal was at bat, the pitcher the Dodgers had Sandy Koufax. The Catcher John Roseboro of the Dodgers threw a ball back to Koufax, but this was the opinion of Marichal to just past his head. A discussion followed, in which Marichal then with the bat to the head of Roseboro hit. This led to a fourteen- minute discussion of all players from both teams. Roseboro had to be sewn with 14 stitches, Koufax was dismissed, suspended for nine games and topped with a fine of $ 1,750. Roseboro wanted to take legal action against Marichal, what did not happen eventually. They both spoke out after this incident, and have even been close friends who even signed pictures of this incident together.
Nine times Marichal was appointed to the All-Star team in 1965, he was voted the MVP of the game. In 1971, he was with the Giants still win the title in the National League West, but in the National League Championship Series, they failed at the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After the 1973 season he left the Giants and even played one season for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. In Los Angeles it was used only in two games and ended his career on April 16, 1975.
His jersey number 27 will no longer be awarded by the San Francisco Giants. In 1983 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. After his career, he worked in the Dominican Republic as a sports minister. In 1990, he worked for the Spanish radio as a commentator as his son Jose Rijo won the title of World Series MVP. 2005, a statue of Juan Marichal was unveiled outside the Pacific Bell Park.