Jim Maloney already was on his way to one of his two best major-league seasons when he took the Wrigley Field mound on Aug. 19, 1965, to start for the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a Thursday doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.
The right-hander, already in his sixth full major-league season at just 25 years old, would finish the 1965 season with a 20-9 record, a 2.54 earned-run average and 14 complete games in 33 starts.