re: IYO, who had the greatest peak in sports history?

Posted on 3/1/17 at 8:05 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger

Posted by lsutigers1992

Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 3/1/17 at 8:05 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger

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The pitching was not as consistent back then as it is now. The pitchers didn't get as much rest and treatment. Guys were throwing 50 complete games a year

Doesn't that make 3 out of 4 seasons in a row with an ERA under 2 even more impressive, when you throw in complete games and a bunch of more innings?

Grady Little is a punch line because he let Pedro pitch the 8th in Game 7, a season at the end of his peak.

In 1965, Sandy Koufax won games 5 AND 7 of the World Series with COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUTS.

Sure it was a different time. But Goddamn that's shocking and unprecedented for big-game baseball in any era.

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Posted by OneMoreTime

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Posted on 3/1/17 at 8:13 am to lsutigers1992

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Doesn't that make 3 out of 4 seasons in a row with an ERA under 2 even more impressive, when you throw in complete games and a bunch of more innings?

To show how impressive it is, you can look at how it compares to the other pitchers in those seasons using ERA+

Brief description of this below

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The average ERA+ is set to be 100; a score above 100 indicates that the pitcher performed better than average, while below 100 indicates worse than average. For instance, imagine the average ERA in the league is 4.00: if pitcher A has an ERA of 4.00 but is pitching in a ballpark that favors hitters, his ERA+ will be over 100. Likewise, if pitcher B has an ERA of 4.00 but pitches in a ballpark favoring pitchers, then his ERA+ will be below 100.

Koufax's ERA+
1963: 159
1964: 186
1965: 160
1966: 190

Not bad

Pedro's ERA+
1997: 219
1998: 163
1999: 243
2000: 291 (2nd highest all time to a guy who pitched 12 games in 1880)
2001: 188
2002: 202
2003: 211

Insane

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