Dick Ruthven pitched the lat two innings of the 1980 NLCS, and picked up the win.
The Cubs last victory in the playoffs was in Game 4 of the 2003 NLCS when they defeated the Florida Marlins 8-3. The winning pitcher in that game was Matt Clement.
The last MLB pitcher to throw 300+ innings in a season was Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies who threw 304 innings in 1980.
Roberto Clemente played his last game in the NLCS, on October 3, 1972.
On August 2, 1980, Yankees pitcher Rudy May defeated the Milwaukee Brewers. He pitched six innings and Rich "Goose" Gossage pitched the last three innings for the save.
Brian KingMan back in 1980. Despite a very low average of 3.83 era.
The question has an error it. It was the 1980 World Series I was thinking of My apologies.
1988 ... the Mets lost in the NLCS to the Dodgers and the Yankees finished 5th in the AL East.
October 10, 1972 off Ross Grimsley of the Cincinnati Reds in Game 4 of the NLCS.
the last pitcher he faced as a batter: Mark Calvert the last pitcher (Teammate) he caught for: Bill Scherrer
Roberto Clemente's major league career spanned 1955-1972, all with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
probably during the boycotts of 1980 and 1984
Right fielder Jerry White who grounded out to second to end Game 5 of the 1981 NLCS.