Mel Stottlemyre, PSA 8, 1969 NY Yankees, AL All-Star, World Series Champion

Description: He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, all for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons, for the Yankees, New York Mets, Houston Astros, and Seattle Mariners. He was a five-time MLB All-Star as a player and a five-time World Series champion as a coach. Called up midseason in 1964, Stottlemyre went 9–3 to help the Yankees to their fifth consecutive pennant while being on the cover of The Sporting News. In the 1964 World Series, Stottlemyre faced Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals three times in the seven-game Series. Stottlemyre bested Gibson in Game 2 to even the series, and got a no-decision in Game 5, but lost the decisive Game 7 as the Cardinals won the Series. Stottlemyre was named to the American League's (AL) roster for the 1965 Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game, though he did not appear in the game. He won 20 games in the 1965 season, and led the AL with 18 complete games, 291 innings pitched. He appeared in the 1966 MLB All-Star Game. Stottlemyre won 20 games in the 1968 and 1969 seasons. He also started the 1969 MLB All-Star Game. Stottlemyre threw 40 shutouts in his 11-season career, the same number as Hall of Fame lefty Sandy Koufax, which ties for 44th best all-time. Eighteen of those shutouts came in a three-season span from 1971–73. Stottlemyre retired with 164 career wins and a 2.97 ERA. Known as a solid-hitting pitcher, on July 20, 1965, Stottlemyre hit a rare inside-the-park grand slam. On September 26, 1964, he recorded five base hits in five at bats. In 1977, Stottlemyre re-emerged in baseball as a roving instructor for the Seattle Mariners. He spent five seasons in that position, and was hired by the New York Mets as their pitching coach in November 1983. In that role, he oversaw Dwight Gooden's National League Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award seasons in 1984 and 1985. Stottlemyre served in the role for ten years (including the 1986 World Series championship team) and then followed that by serving a two-year stint as the Houston Astros pitching coach. In 1996, Stottlemyre joined the Yankees coaching staff along with the incoming manager Joe Torre. Under Torre, from 1996 to 2005, the pitching staff was regarded as a major factor in the team's dynasty years, when they won four World Series Championships in five years.

Price: 66 USD

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia

End Time: 2024-08-10T03:38:45.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD