Dizzy Dean, the top dog of the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff during the 1930’s attracted baseball fans from all over the country. His overpowering fastball dominated the game. Dean was a feared pitcher in the National League, achieving four consecutive strikeout titles and he had four seasons where he had 20 or more wins. In his 17 years in the major leagues, he pitched a total of 1,967 innings and struck out 1,163 batters. Dean was not only an outstanding pitcher, but he also made a spectacle of himself bringing a mass of people to the stadiums. Once, he said he would strike a batter out four times in one game. The batter struck out three times and on his fourth at-bat he hit a pop-up to the catcher but Dean told him to drop it.