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Originally Posted by G1911
Well, he pitched for 21 years which seems like a lot, but it was only 5,008 innings. The sample is just too small. Maddux was lucky. Also a bum because only K pitchers who played after Spahn, except for Koufax who is exempted because I don’t know, are any good.
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Maddux also pitched in the NL, in a pitcher's park, and with one of the greatest defensive center fielders of all time catching balls for him. His BABIP would be expected to be lower than MLB average. If you look at Smoltz and Glavine's numbers during the same time, they also both beat league average MLB BABIP.
Perhaps you should read up on BABIP? I somewhat excuse the level of ignorance on these topics by the non data savvy people in this thread because it's not exactly their job to understand numbers. But if you are serious about being a data analyst, your perpetual ignorance displayed throughout the entirety of this thread with respect to just basic statistics and simple statistical concepts is remarkably embarassing. You should be ashamed of yourself. Go read a book. Or three.