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And a Globe Trotter to boot.

Bob Gibson finished his career with 251 wins and 255 complete games. Read that again. He completed more games than he won. In today's game, a starter who goes seven innings gets a standing ovation. Gibson went the distance as a default setting.

That stat tells you everything about who he was on the mound. He didn't pitch to a number. He didn't look to the bullpen. He took the ball and he kept it. Across 17 seasons in St. Louis, Gibson set the standard for what it meant to be the guy. Two Cy Youngs, two World Series MVPs, a 1.12 ERA in 1968 that literally changed the rules of the game. And through all of it, he finished what he started.

255 complete games. That number belongs to a different era. It also belongs to a different breed.

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