Bob Gibson says he has pancreatic cancer



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Hall of Fame right-hander Bob Gibson, who won the Cy Young and MVP National League Awards in 1968, sent a letter to the Living Hall of Fame to inform him that he is fighting against pancreatic cancer.

Gibson, widely regarded as one of the biggest pitchers of all time, was diagnosed with cancer several weeks ago, said his longtime agent, Dick Zitzmann, at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Zitzmann told the newspaper that he had spoken to Gibson and that chemotherapy should begin Monday in Omaha, Nebraska, the home town of the pitcher. Gibson, who turns 84 in November, has been hospitalized in Omaha for the past two weeks.

"We all know which competitor it is," Zitzmann told Post-Dispatch.

Gibson went 22-9 and led the majors in the ERA (1,12), shutouts (13) and battles outs (268) in 1968 for the St. Louis Cardinals. The previous year, he had come the distance in three games, all won, and St. Louis had beaten the Boston Red Sox in seven games in an epic series.

In 1969, the Major League Baseball lowered the pitcher's mound from 15 to 10 inches in the hope of reinforcing the attack. Gibson remained dominant, winning 20 games for the fourth time and completing 28 games in 33 decisions.

Gibson, who has spent his entire career with the Cardinals, has won 251 games in 17 seasons. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981.

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