Better pitcher: Juan Marichal or Bob Gibson?

I saw both pitch many times and they were phenomenal in their best years. As you know, I grew up in LA as a Dodgers fan and they absolutely could not touch Marichal and he handled most of the Dodgers hitters with ease. However, in his best years Gibson was as good as it gets and he was a tremendous athlete. I use to get to the ballpark early when the Cardinals were in town because Gibson would put on a show juggling four a five baseballs at a time and then signing them and throwing the balls in the stands. He was a happy guy and always had a smile on his face except for the days he was pitching. Instead of juggling the balls for fun he switched over to throwing at the batters heads. Edge to Gibson.

Edit: I also have to tell you that I lost a lot of respect for Marichal when he went after John Roseboro, catcher for the Dodgers, and hit him in the head with a baseball bat. A few inches to the left or right and he could have killed him instead of just putting him in the hospital. There is no place in this great game for actions like that.

There is no question that if I had to manage a game 7 of the WS I would pick Bob Gibson. Marichal was considered a great pitcher although I believe there are different levels of greatness. Gibson falls into a much higher level of greatness.

Gibson won championships, Marichal didn't. Gibson won more games, had more K's, and so on and so on. And let's not forget Gibson's two Cy Young awards. Marichal "0". Clearly a no brainer!

After Gibson's amazing season 1968 with numbers of 22-8 with a 1.12 era don't think there is much that you can compair the two.

Gibson is the reason the mounds was made lower and if I recalled they moved them back a little also all because of one man.

Gibson from 1963 to 1970 put up 156-81 record won MVP's in 68 and 67 a Cy Young in 68 and 70.

Think the only thing these two had was there fire but while Gibson was able to keep his in check Marichal would just beat you with a bat.

Juan Marichal was the Rodney Dangerfield of pitchers.

He won more games during the decade of the 1960s (191) than any other major league pitcher, Marichal did not receive a single vote for the Cy Young Award during this time. His teams never made it to the World Series.

Both are HOF pitchers, and I consider them equal.

If I had both of them on my team I'd take Gibson for game 7 just because he's done that before.

Marichal was great at moving the ball around and his delivery was unique at the time (for those who never saw him pitch, he was the original Tijuana Tornado – emulated by Hideo Nomo 30 years later), but Bob Gibson was just plain mean. He had a wicked fastball & a curve that froze hitters that made him a very good pitcher, but I think Gibson was cut from a special cloth & was the last of his line. His combination of determination, toughness and his willingness to pitch inside intimidated hitters in ways that would be severely disciplined today. Would Gibson be the pitcher he was in today's mollycoddled league where bean balls are fined & pitching inside is a lost art? Say what you will about that style of baseball, but hitters were afraid when they stepped into the box. The glare, knowing that he could take their heads off on any given pitch & the ability to pitch in all situations makes Gibson my choice. Along with Nolan Ryan, he's probably the best pitcher I have ever seen in my lifetime.

Bob Gibson, but I'm a Cardinals fan so I'm biased. In the World Series, I would want Gibson because there has never been a better October pitcher. Both of them were great though.

Gibson is one of the only players to have two world series mvp's, so hes obviously the one i'd want pitching int he world series. His historic 1968 season where he went 22-8 with a 1.12 era, pitching over 300 innings was the greatest thing ive ever seen. Hell, the rules literally had to be changed after that, they lowered the mound JUST because Gibson was so dominating. Gibson is most likely the most intimidating pitching to have ever stepped on the mound.

Gibson

I would take Bob Gibson from the right and Sandy Koufax from the in a heartbeat over say Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson. Just to compare their generation to mine. That being said I guess the simple answer to your question would be Bob Gibson gets the ball in game 7 every single time and after he wins it'll give him 3 wins in the series.

Juan Marichal

People will say he never won a Cy Young Award

he Should of

And he was in the hardest era to Win won

He was Just Amazing

He could pitch 18 Innings if he wanted too

He was also Wickedley fast

He was really Undrrated

Juan all the Way