Juan Marichal
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchezis a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1937
CityLaguna Verde, Dominican Republic
CountryUnited States of America
We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to.
When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.
That man helped us so much. We stopped in some places to eat and that man used to go from the back door through the kitchen with us to make sure we had something to eat, ... I don't think without that help from Buddy Kerr we could have made it. We would never have come back.
In 1968, I won 26 games and completed 30 games, but I couldn't get one vote for the Cy Young, because Gibson had a 1.12 ERA, ... So, you know how big the rivalry was back then.
I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate.