These included Gaylord Perry, who pitched a no-hitter with the Giants in 1968 ; Juan Marichal, a pitcher with a memorable high-kicking delivery ; McCovey, who won the National League MVP award in 1969, and Mays, who hit his 600th career home run in 1969.

Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2. 50 or less six times.

Larsen won the deciding game of the three-game playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, relieving Juan Marichal in the eighth inning.

Marichal won more games during the decade of the 1960s ( 191 ) than any other major league pitcher, but did not receive any votes for the Cy Young Award until 1970, when baseball writers started voting for the top three pitchers in each league rather than one per league ( or, until 1967, only the top pitcher in MLB ).

But then the Dodgers won 15 of their final 16 games ( after Marichal had returned ) to win the pennant.

He was the catcher for two twenty-game winners in 1966, as Juan Marichal won 25 games and Gaylord Perry won 21 games.

Alex Rodriguez also played for the team in their first year as the Rainiers in 1995, before becoming a superstar, as did baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal.

Twice in the first three innings, Marichal had thrown near the head of Dodger leadoff batter Maury Wills.

Marichal was passed over for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame during his first four years of eligibility, by all accounts because the Baseball Writers Association of America voters still held his attack on Roseboro against him.

He got his first hit off another Hall of Famer: Juan Marichal.

With the Reds trailing Juan Marichal and the Giants 4 – 3 in the eighth inning, catcher Johnny Bench tied the game on a solo home run.

Ramfis was the primary sponsor of the Dominican Air Force Baseball Team ( Aviación Dominicana ), against which Marichal pitched a 2 – 1 victory game in his native Monte Cristi.

From the very moment the game ended, Marichal was a member of Aviación Dominicana team, enlisted to the Air Force right on the spot by Ramfis ' orders.

Marichal is also remembered for a notorious incident that occurred on August 22, 1965, in a game played against the Giants ' arch-rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roseboro was involved in an altercation with Dominican pitcher Juan Marichal during a game between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park on August 22,.

Earlier in the game, Marichal had knocked down Dodgers Maury Wills and Ron Fairly with brushback pitches.

In a game at Candlestick Park, Giants pitcher Juan Marichal had hit two Dodgers batters with brushback throws.

The game-winning shot came in the eighth inning off San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal in the final game ever played at the ball park.

In 1970, Marichal experienced a severe reaction to penicillin which led to back pain and chronic arthritis.

Nevertheless, in 1964 he was given the opportunity to join the starting rotation, finishing with a 2. 75 ERA and a 12 – 11 record, both second best for the Giants that year behind Juan Marichal.

Perry and Marichal became known as a " 1 – 2 punch " to rival the famous Koufax / Drysdale combination of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Marichal enjoyed similar success through the 1969 season, posting more than 20 victories in every season except 1967, and never posting an ERA higher than 2. 76.

Juan Marichal finished 4th ( 2. 48 ).

* Carlos Marichal Performance Hall – dedicated to a respected Puerto Rican set and costume designer, the hall features seating for 210 guests in an intimate arena-styled theater.

Marichal was ejected, suspended for nine days and fined $ 1, 750 ( equivalent to $ as of ).

After the incident, NL president Warren Giles suspended Marichal for nine games, fined him $ 1, 750, and also forbade him from traveling to Dodger Stadium for the final, crucial two-game series of the season.

An outstanding control pitcher, his career average of 1. 84 walks per nine innings pitched places him behind only Robin Roberts ( 1. 73 ), Carl Hubbell ( 1. 82 ) and Juan Marichal ( 1. 82 ) among pitchers with at least 3000 innings since 1920.

He is one of ten San Francisco Giants to appear on the cover, along with Kelly Downs, Rick Reuschel, Willie Mays ( nine times ), Alvin Dark, Juan Marichal, Will Clark, Tim Lincecum ( twice ), Brian Wilson, and Buster Posey.

* January 12-Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame.

Among the outstanding MLB players born in the Dominican are: Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, José Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Juan Marichal, Rafael Furcal and Sammy Sosa.

Marichal missed much of the 1967 season with a leg injury, and Perry was thrust into the role of team ace.

On the facing of the upper deck along the left field line are the retired numbers of Bill Terry, Mel Ott, Carl Hubbell, Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Jackie Robinson, Willie McCovey, and Gaylord Perry as well as the retired uniforms, denoted " NY ", of Christy Mathewson and John McGraw who played or managed in the pre-number era.

*** The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Juan Marichal.

Spahn was known for a very high leg kick in his delivery, surpassed perhaps only by eventual Giants teammate Juan Marichal.

That year, he became the seventh player to hit 500 career home runs, becoming a member of the 500 home run club coming off pitcher Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants.

He was joined by fellow Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda in the pre-game ceremony.

Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez ( born October 20, 1937 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic ) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters ' helmets.

Marichal also played for the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the final two seasons of his career.

Marichal was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

Juan Marichal was born on October 20, 1937 in the small farming village of Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic, the youngest of Francisco and Natividad Marichal's four children.

His father died of an unknown illness when Marichal was three years old.

As a child, Marichal worked on the farm daily, and was responsible for taking care of his family's horses, donkeys, and goats.