"Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me pitch knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world," said Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, a Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher not lacking in confidence. Dean may have been exaggerating a bit, but in his prime, he was one of the best pitchers of his time, and in the pantheon of the all-time great hurlers. Offered is a 1959 Dizzy Dean St. Louis Cardinals' Old-timers Day uniform pants. Dizzy pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1930 & 1932-37), Chicago Cubs (1938-41), and St. Louis Browns (1947). Dizzy is most remembered for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals, particularly the 1934 season when he led the wild "Gashouse Gang" team to the National League Pennant and a World's Championship win over the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. Dizzy went 30-7 in '34, leading the Major Leagues in wins and strikeouts, and becoming the NL MVP. In the 1930s, America was struggling with the Great Depression, and as baseball's southernmost and westernmost team, the St. Louis Cardinals were heroes to many southern and western fans, and Dizzy was joined in the Cardinals starting rotation by his brother, Paul "Daffy" Dean, who went 19-11 in '34. The colorful Cardinals, whose players included Ducky Medwick, Pepper Martin, and Dazzy Vance, had great national appeal and their antics as the "Gashouse Gang" helped to divert their many fans from Depression hardships. When pitching in the 1937 All-Star Game, Dean was pitching against Earl Averill, of the Cleveland Indians, when Averill hit a line drive back to the mound that broke Dean's toe. Dizzy tried to come back too soon after the injury, and he altered his motion to avoid coming down hard on the toe and he injured his right arm, and he never again regained his earlier superb form. Later, he became a radio and television baseball announcer, famous for such ungrammatical expressions as, "He slud into third." As for his use of non-standard English, Dean opined, "Let the English teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There are a lot of people in the U.S. who say isn't who ain't eating." The offered pants are cream-colored. There is a Rawlings Hall of Fame manufacturer's tag on the back waist. Under the Rawlings' tag is a box tag reading, Set 1 1959. Also, on the rear waist is a size 48 tag as well as a tag with washing instructions. Under the above-mentioned tags is an embroidered tag in red thread that reads, "Dizzy Dean 34." The Rawlings tag exhibits some small partial tears. The fly on the pants has four white buttons and each of the two pockets in back has a white button. A thin, red stripe runs down each pant leg. The pants show light wear, with some loose threads. Overall, the uniform pants are in excellent condition. Dizzy finished his Major League career with a record of 150-83, with a 3.02 ERA. If not for his mid-season injury in '37 when he was only 27 years old, Dean was on track to become a 300-game winner, for in the three years before the injury he averaged 25.5 wins a season. Dean never wound up as how he described, as "The greatest pitcher in the world," but in his prime, for a short time, maybe he was right.