Thread: Survey: Who is the most underrated deadball era pitcher?
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Old 09-29-2004, 09:34 PM
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Default Survey: Who is the most underrated deadball era pitcher?
Posted By: PeterP

Here's one for you, Al Spalding. Granted he was pre-modern and really even pre-National League, but check out these numbers:

7 Seasons (6 full)
253 Wins
65 Losses
.796 Winning Pct.
2.14 ERA

Lifetime .313 hitter to boot.

I also agree that Ruth is underrated because mostly, the only mention of him pitching is when people marvel that a great pitcher became a great hitter. But if you actually look at his best years, he was almost as good as Walter Johnson.

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