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Posted By: jay behrens

You also need to look at run support. You can play for a bad team and still get run support. The media does a pretty good job of pointing these players out nowdays. When Ryan was pitching for Houston he was among the league leaders for ERA, yet his team was incapable of scoring runs for him. Walter Johnson also suffered from this problem as evidenced by his 59 (Not sure if it's the right number but he does hold the record) games he lost 1-0.

I love stats as much as the next person, but it's true that you can make stats say just about anything you want them to, especially when taken out of context or not used with supporting material.

Jay