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re: IYO, who had the greatest peak in sports history?
Posted on 3/1/17 at 5:48 am to Jcorye1
Posted on 3/1/17 at 5:48 am to Jcorye1
All the Pedro fanboys need to look up Sandy Koufax. Koufax's final four seasons before retiring at age 30.
1963 27 LAD NL 25 5 .833 1.88 40 40 0 20 11 0 311.0 214 68 65 18 58 7 306 3 1 6 1210 159 1.85 0.875 6.2 0.5 1.7 8.9 5.28 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1964 28 LAD NL 19 5 .792 1.74 29 28 1 15 7 1 223.0 154 49 43 13 53 5 223 0 0 9 870 186 2.08 0.928 6.2 0.5 2.1 9.0 4.21 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1965 29 LAD NL 26 8 .765 2.04 43 41 2 27 8 2 335.2 216 90 76 26 71 4 382 5 0 11 1297 160 1.93 0.855 5.8 0.7 1.9 10.2 5.38 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1966 30 LAD NL 27 9 .750 1.73 41 41 0 27 5 0 323.0 241 74 62 19 77 4 317 0 0 7 1274 190 2.07 0.985 6.7 0.5 2.1 8.8 4.12 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
Some of you need perspective. Lou Gehrig set 3 of the 6 all-time single-season RBI records between ages 24 and 28. He averaged 150 RBIs per season in the 154-game season era over the course of ELEVEN SEASONS. Between ages 21-32, Jimmie Foxx AVERAGED 44 home runs and 137 RBIs. By comparison, Albert Pujols highest RBI output in a season WAS 137.
1963 27 LAD NL 25 5 .833 1.88 40 40 0 20 11 0 311.0 214 68 65 18 58 7 306 3 1 6 1210 159 1.85 0.875 6.2 0.5 1.7 8.9 5.28 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1964 28 LAD NL 19 5 .792 1.74 29 28 1 15 7 1 223.0 154 49 43 13 53 5 223 0 0 9 870 186 2.08 0.928 6.2 0.5 2.1 9.0 4.21 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1965 29 LAD NL 26 8 .765 2.04 43 41 2 27 8 2 335.2 216 90 76 26 71 4 382 5 0 11 1297 160 1.93 0.855 5.8 0.7 1.9 10.2 5.38 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1966 30 LAD NL 27 9 .750 1.73 41 41 0 27 5 0 323.0 241 74 62 19 77 4 317 0 0 7 1274 190 2.07 0.985 6.7 0.5 2.1 8.8 4.12 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
Some of you need perspective. Lou Gehrig set 3 of the 6 all-time single-season RBI records between ages 24 and 28. He averaged 150 RBIs per season in the 154-game season era over the course of ELEVEN SEASONS. Between ages 21-32, Jimmie Foxx AVERAGED 44 home runs and 137 RBIs. By comparison, Albert Pujols highest RBI output in a season WAS 137.
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Posted on 3/1/17 at 5:57 am to lsutigers1992
who cares, pedro did it during the steroid ERA and Koufax did it in an ERA where guys did pushups for their weightlifting programs. Pedro did it with a short home run fence at fenway to left and right field + he had to face a DH nightly(koufax didn't) + he faced a league where 37 guys hit over 33 home runs in 2000 while koufax pitched at a time when 11 guys hit over 33 bombs in his final season.
It's like all the purists who think bill russell or bob cousy would be just as dominant today. Sure Russell has 11 rings, but didn't the NBA have like 8 teams or something back then? Bob Cousy would get utterly destroyed by even a guy like shaun livingston, a backup pg today. You can't compare guys from 50 years ago bc they're nowhere near the athletes we see today. Pedro did it all at literally the height of baseball when most players were cheating and did it with a small frame. I'm not overlooking koufax completely but Pedro was ridiculous, I don't think you remember him.
It's like all the purists who think bill russell or bob cousy would be just as dominant today. Sure Russell has 11 rings, but didn't the NBA have like 8 teams or something back then? Bob Cousy would get utterly destroyed by even a guy like shaun livingston, a backup pg today. You can't compare guys from 50 years ago bc they're nowhere near the athletes we see today. Pedro did it all at literally the height of baseball when most players were cheating and did it with a small frame. I'm not overlooking koufax completely but Pedro was ridiculous, I don't think you remember him.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 8:02 am to lsutigers1992
quote:You need to look up Pedro's 1999-2003 seasons.
All the Pedro fanboys need to look up Sandy Koufax. Koufax's final four seasons before retiring at age 30
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