Did you know? Hurled an immaculate inning, striking out three Cleveland Indians on nine consecutive pitches, on August 11, 1967 ... won Comeback Player of the Year in 1971, winning a career-high 20 games and tossing a league-leading five shutouts in first season as a Dodger, finishing third in the Cy Young Award voting ... surrendered Hank Aaron's 715th home run on August 8, 1974.
Post-game: Worked as an analyst on cable-television and radio for three decades, including the Dodgers from 1980-87 and 2005, and thereafter joined the Dodgers' Speakers Bureau.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Los Angeles Times, 4/9/1974; mlb.com, accessed, 12/25/2022; Sports Collectors Daily, 4/11/2014.
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