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Phoebus began his major League career with the Baltimore Orioles, pitching complete-game [[shutout]]s in his first two starts,<ref name=Sun_obit /> on September 15 and 20, [[1966 in sports|1966]], against the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Angels]] and [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City A's]]. He became just the fourth [[American League]] pitcher ever to do it. In 1967, Phoebus finished 14–9 with 179 [[strikeout]]s and a 3.33 [[earned run average|ERA]], en route to being selected [[The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Rookie of the Year]].
On April 27, 1968, Phoebus [[no-hitter|no-hit]] the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] 6–0 at [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Keenan |first1=Jimmy |title=April 27, 1968: Tom Phoebus throws Orioles' 3rd no-hitter |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-27-1968-tom-phoebus-throws-orioles-3rd-no-hitter |website=sabr.org |accessdate=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=Sun_obit /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19680428&id=KwEzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7178,4182313&hl=en |title=Tom Phoebus Hurls No-Hitter At Red Sox: Robinson Saves Hit |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=[[Associated Press]] (AP) |date=April 28, 1968 |page=1 (Sports) |accessdate=September 6, 2019}}</ref> Converted [[outfielder]] [[Curt Blefary]] was the [[catcher]]. Meanwhile, [[third baseman]] [[Brooks Robinson]] helped with the bat and made a great catch to rob a [[hit (baseball)|hit]] from [[Rico Petrocelli]] in the 8th inning. Phoebus won a career-high 15 games in that season, and 14 in 1969, including the [[American League]] Eastern Division clincher over [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland]]. He also won Game Two of the [[1970 World Series]] as a [[relief pitcher]] in the 3rd and 4th innings.<ref name=Sun_obit /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19701012&id=XDIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VSgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4758,1643851&hl=en |first1=Larry |last1=Whiteside |title=History Says Reds Cannon Win Series |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |date=October 12, 1970 |page=10 |accessdate=September 6, 2019}}</ref> Orioles teammate [[Boog Powell]] recalled that Phoebus had such an impressively arced curveball that even though his pitching motion tipped batters that a curve ball was coming, "It didn't matter because they couldn't hit it anyway."<ref name=Sun_obit />
Although Phoebus could not hit for average, batting .170 (57-for-335), he hit his two major league home runs against [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|all-stars]] [[Jim Coates]] (1967) and [[Jim Kaat]] (1968).
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