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The durable right-hander spent 16 of his 23 Major League seasons with the Dodgers and became the franchise's all-time leader in wins with 233, games pitched with 550, innings pitched with 3,814, strikeouts with 2,696, and shutouts with 52. A four-time All-Star, he pitched in three World Series with the Dodgers in 1974, 1977, and 1978, led the National League in shutouts with 9 in 1972, was the NL ERA leader with 2.21 in 1980, and won 21 games in 1976. He made his big league debut with the Dodgers in 1966, stayed with the team through 1980, then left before rejoining the club in 1988. He finished his career with 324 wins and 3,574 strikeouts and was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
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