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Originally Posted by rats60
Not true. There is a large percentage of great pitchers who were worse in the postseason. You can't just assume that Johnson would have excelled on the big stage. Matty, we know did with a .97 era and 4 shutouts in 11 games.
As far as who people at the time would have picked. The closest we have is the first hall of fame vote. Matty recieved more votes than Wajo. I believe that the reason was Matty's postseason performance.
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Greg Maddox is another post season example of underperformer.
As for HOF votes, maybe playing in New York nuanced the vote?
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Last edited by drmondobueno; 06-15-2016 at 09:00 AM.
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