[Rummyfan]

Hit .379 with 8 RBIs in the 1968 World Series, which was also the last one for Hall of Famer Eddie Matthews.

And that was a heckuva Series. Tigers came back from down to 3 - 1 to win. Mickey Lolich outshone Bob Gibson over the length of The Series, even though Gibson pitched an absolute masterpiece in Game 1.

[yarddog]

I remember that series too. Denny McClain won 30 games that year but had a sore arm for the series. They gave him a shot of cortisone and he won the last game.

[Vigilanteman]

Lolich was a so-so pitcher most of his career (217-191, 3.44) which was mostly in the pitcher's era. He had a single homerun in his entire major league career, which just happened to come in the pivotal 7th inning of pivotal game 5 with the Tigers behind 3-2.

There was a man on base and that dinger gave them the lead which they held on to win, setting up his showdown with Bob Gibson in deciding game #7. You couldn't write a movie script for a mediocre pitcher doing that and facing down the guy who was probably the best pitcher in the game at that time for his 3rd win and Series MVP.

Lolich had a .110 career batting average and, as I pointed out, not another homerun in his mediocre 13 years as a MLB player.