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- He averaged more than
- 25 wins per season and
- struck out 767 batters
- over those three seasons.
-
- Bob missed four years of baseball because
- of World War II. While serving in the navy,
- he won eight battle stars. After the war, BobΓÇÖs
- dominance lasted only a few more seasons.
- When he retired in 1956, after playing for 18
- seasons with the Indians, he had won 266
- games and thrown three no-hitters. In 1962,
- he was elected to the National Baseball Hall
- of Fame.
-