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1. Bob Gibson set a modern earned run average record of 1.12 and a World Series record of 17 strikeouts in Game 1,
2. Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers won 31 regular season games, the only player to reach the 30 win milestone since Dizzy Dean in 1934.
3. Don Drysdale of the L.A. Dodgers pitched 6 consecutive shutout games in May and June, ending with 58 2/3 scoreless innings.
4. Mickey Lolich won three complete games in the World Series, the last player as of today to do so.
5. Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians had the American League's lowest ERA at 1.60 and allowed a batting average of only .168, a major league record (since broken by Pedro Martinez in 2000).
6. Both MVPs for that year were pitchers.
7. The AL's collective slugging average of .339 remains the lowest since 1915 (when the game was still in the so-called dead-ball era)
8. The collective batting average of .230 is the all-time lowest.
9. The Chicago White Sox scored only 463 runs during the regular season and were shut out a league-high 23 times. Both those totals are still all-time records in the era of the 162-game season.
2. Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers won 31 regular season games, the only player to reach the 30 win milestone since Dizzy Dean in 1934.
3. Don Drysdale of the L.A. Dodgers pitched 6 consecutive shutout games in May and June, ending with 58 2/3 scoreless innings.
4. Mickey Lolich won three complete games in the World Series, the last player as of today to do so.
5. Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians had the American League's lowest ERA at 1.60 and allowed a batting average of only .168, a major league record (since broken by Pedro Martinez in 2000).
6. Both MVPs for that year were pitchers.
7. The AL's collective slugging average of .339 remains the lowest since 1915 (when the game was still in the so-called dead-ball era)
8. The collective batting average of .230 is the all-time lowest.
9. The Chicago White Sox scored only 463 runs during the regular season and were shut out a league-high 23 times. Both those totals are still all-time records in the era of the 162-game season.
