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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Jeff, I agree, ERA+ works less than perfectly...

John Franco and Bruce Sutter, both of whom I think were really good pitchers, are ahead of"

Alexander
Mathewson
Koufax
Waddell
Hubbell
Plank


Way down the list, tied with Dave Stieb and Mike Mussina, at 122, is Babe Ruth. I'd have thought Ruth would have been in the top ten after all I read about how he was the greatest ballplayer in that thread with which I stirred folks up, a few weeks ago. Good old Ed Reulbach had a 123 rating, higher than the Babe's ERA+.


I don't think ERA+ is the best way to sort out the top 5 pitchers of all time.