Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player and sportscaster
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937), nicknamed "The Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, variety of pitches, arm angles, and deliveries, pinpoint control, and durability.Marichal also played for the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the final two seasons of his career. Although he won more games than any other pitcher during the 1960s, he appeared in only one World Series game and he was often overshadowed by his contemporaries Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson in post-season awards. Marichal was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.