Wonderful Footage... Reds/Cubs 1965. Jim Maloney's No Hitter!
 

Here is some riveting mid-60s footage from a classic Reds-Cubs matchup. A great opportunity to see Banks, Williams, Santo, Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson and Pete Rose (all in their primes). And oh, those gorgeous Reds' Unis!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2OiRIaC10


Just thought this clip would appeal to lots of us here... especially Cubs + Reds collectors and of course Chris G and Scott G.

Jim Maloney was such an underrated pitcher. In 1965, he threw two 10 inning no-hitters that went for losses, one of which happened against Mets just prior to this game. This was Maloney's first of two official no-hitters (which actually counted in the books).

I was in attendance for Maloney's second no hitter at Crosley Field. Amazingly, his second no-no was countered the very next night by the Astros' Don Wilson who returned the favor.

Hope you find this great footage to be enjoyable!

Great footage, and yes those Reds uniforms are outstanding.
One thing that strikes me is that with one out and a man on first, a future HOF'er didn't even try to work a tired Maloney, grounding in to a fairly weak DP. Maybe he had his mind on playing two. LOL

Yeah, good observation. I think that many things have evolved since then, with regard to more refined strategies. Not to mention Maloney had thrown close to 200 pitches at that point in the game!

They did play two that day, in the second game Don Landrum hit a two out, two run walkoff homerun to split the doubleheader. I think it was the last homerun of Landrum’s career.

Awesome footage Mark and in living color!

Hi Mark,
Thanks for sharing this, it was awesome to watch. Love it!
188 pitches for Jim Maloney in this no-hitter- yikes! :eek:
He also walked 10 in this game, which was the most ever given up in a no-hitter.
It looked like Maloney's fastball had a lot of movement late in the game, probably contributing to the high walk count....

I love the stirrup socks, the lack of (some) batting helmets, Pete 'Alpha Dog' Rose, and especially the way the announcer exclaims "Cau-aughhht by Billy Williams with his shoulders against the vines!!!!!" on Coleman's long fly. Frickin' awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now I'm hungry for a Baby Ruth bar.

Wow!
 

Amazing!

Banks also bailed him out swinging at that low "ball" to end the 8th!

I felt bad for Maloney watching him struggle in that inning and also in the 9th. Just out of gas but he persevered.

188 pitches. Absolutely amazing!

Love the camera from behind the plate so you can see how fast the pitches were!

Thanks!

Mike

Scott-

Pretty darned cool that you happen to have a Ticket from that very game (and signed, no less...) Very impressed!

A different era for sure... Sure, they used relief pitchers, but this was well before the advent of the "set-up man" and the "closer". I bet you could count on the fingers of one hand, the number of managers who would let Maloney even finish that game today... Probably none!

Thanks Mark.
Absolutely none! Are you kidding?
His command wasn't even good enough to warrant keeping him in.
Additionally, a manager wouldn't risk his job by creating the possibility of damaging a starting pitchers arm with the contracts given out today.
188 pitches, c'mon. LOL

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Thanks for sharing the clip Mark! You were so lucky to witness all of those players in their prime! I love those old pitching styles! We use to emulate those windups while playing backyard baseball. Great memories!

10 walks in a no hitter...yikes indeed. I think I remember that A.J. Burnett had 9 BB's and a hit batter, and Doc Ellis had 8 and a hit batter for runner up status. Although, come to think of it, Ellis was on LSD so he's lucky he didn't walk more.

I'll see Scott's signed ticket, and raise him a signed scored scorecard...

Doug,
Nice scorecard with a bonus vintage Maloney signature!

I was stunned that in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and runners on first and second, the Cubs let pitcher Larry Jackson hit! The winning run was on second base and you send your tired pitcher to the plate. And then amazingly, he walked to load the bases!
So great to see starting pitchers go so deep into the game, but that at bat sure was strange.

Greg

Greg,
That's a pretty astute observation.
Not only is pitcher Larry Jackson batting, but he is only a .128 hitter in 1965. Ouch!
Did you also note that both Larry Jackson and Jim Maloney wore uniform #46?
Weird...

Sweet, Doug...

Love that scorecard... especially with the red ink Maloney sig. You and Scott really have this collecting thing wired!