Just think what they could have been with some pitching. That 1950 team finished four games out of first, despite having only one pitcher with an ERA under 4.00 (Mel Parnell, 3.61; next lowest was Joe Dobson at 4.18). The two previous years, carried almost entirely by two pitchers (Parnell and Ellis Kinder), they lost pennants by one game.
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Signed 1953 Topps set: 264/274 (96.35 %)
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