From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1962 Topps baseball card of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson. Gibson, who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win 2 World Series titles in the 1960s, is arguably the greatest righthanded pitcher in major league history. He played 17 seasons, was a 9-time All Star and won 2 Cy Young Awards as the best major league pitcher in an era when the award was not given to a picher in both leagues. Gibson’s 1968 season performance highlighted “The Year of The Pitcher”, as he was 22-9 (one of the 9 losses was a 1-0 game in which opposing hurler Gaylord Perry threw a no-hitter), had a 1.12 ERA, pitched 47 consecutive scoreless innings, and opposing hitters batted .184 against him for the season. He won both the Cy Young and National League MVP Awards that year, and his performance is widely cited as the reason baseball lowered the pitcher’s mound by 5 inches the following season to try to get more offense in the game. Gibson adjusted well to the new mound height – he won 20 games, threw 4 shutouts and had 28 complete games in ’69.