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Posted By: Judge Dred

Jason,

Those "sick" win totals (60 in one year alone) for Radbourn could be a little misleading. Could you imagine Walter Johson with a 45' or 50' pitching distance? I would figure that a few of those pitchers from way back might deserve some consideration for being pioneers but this thread has probably rightfully selected the top dead-ball era pitcher in Johnson. I'd still like to find out which pitcher hurled for the most futile team(s) in their career. The stat that someone brought up regarding Johnson losing over 50 games by a 1-0 score is amazing. Could you imagine Kevin Brown losing 50 games by a score of 1-0. He'd be crippled.

One more caveat for the 19th century pitching distances - being a catcher would have been a short lived career. How did they survive back then?