Luis Tiant

The Cleveland Indians have had a terrible time this season with their pitching staff, which started off poorly and then got worse. During the last month the staff had only four complete games, and three starters had...

Cleveland's Luis Tiant used to have a problem with what ballplayers call "lollipops"—those soft pitches batters find so sweet to hit. In four major league seasons, Tiant, who looks like Brooklyn's Don Newcombe and...

NATIONAL LEAGUEWith Bob Gibson setting a record for ERA at 1.12 and pitching 13 shutouts, ST. LOUIS (3-2) easily swept to its second consecutive pennant, SAN FRANCISCO (3-2) has a streak going, too. The Giants...

Steadiness is the game of players like Bill Freehan (see cover). Only occasionally are they the stars, but without them the stars could not shine. Their hits sustain rallies. They throw to the right cutoff man, are...