Word: gilliam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deep in his shoulder socket that robbed his arm of its power and left him in agony after every throw. He spent five weeks on the disabled list and completed only one game in twelve starts. But he kept coming back to give it another try Said Coach Jim Gilliam: "He is as great a competitor as I've ever seen. He is a pitcher who never quits...
Then came Drabowsky, who struck out Wes Parker, walked Junior Gilliam, and forced John Roseboro to foul out to retire the side. In the fourth and fifth innings, Drabowsky struck out the side, thus tying a 47-year old record of Cincinnati's Hod Eller, who struck out six straight batters in the 1919 World Series against the Chicago White...
...drive like Jim Gilliam's great...
...sixth inning, Dodger Third Baseman Jim Gilliam let a grounder by Zoilo Versalles run up his arm, over his shoulder, and halfway into leftfield for a two-base error. A sacrifice and two hits later, the Twins had a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers got back one in the seventh, and then, with the tying run on third, Manager Walt Alston made his move. He took Koufax out for a pinch hitter-Don Drysdale-who struck out on three pitches. After that the box score became a nightmare. The Twins won 5-1, with the aid of three Dodger errors...
When it comes to hitting a baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers are as gentle a bunch of fellows as ever donned knickers. They have just three .300 hitters on the roster-an odd lot made up of a grizzled player-coach (Jim Gilliam), a substitute outfielder (Lou Johnson) and a pitcher (Don Drysdale). As a team, the Dodgers have the fourth lowest batting average (.247) in the National League, have hit fewer home runs (37) than anybody in either league. Worse yet, they have, in three months, suffered 29 "disabling" injuries -meaning that each was bad enough...