This is sort of off-topic but feel free to post scans of either player. I'm a big Pirates fan with a writing job covering the team that I love(the job and the team) and I have a lot of free time to do time-wasting stuff like these articles. I broke down the career's of both Leever and Phillippe, showing how similar these two just really were. As mentioned in the story, baseball-reference says the most similar player ever to Phillippe is Leever and vice versa. That's not just pitching, that is as hitters too and both of them finished with the same fielding percentage as well. Amazing how that worked out for two long time teammates.
I mentioned in the story I thought both were worthy of Hall of Fame inductions but to be honest, neither is high on that list so if it were up to me they would be have a wait before I put them in. I actually like the one a year process, especially for the older players who have passed because the players don't get lost in a big group, like some of the Negro Leaguers did a few years back, when you put them in one at a time.
Anyway, here is the career breakdowns for both of them. I figured people here would enjoy seeing just how they did compared to the rest of the pitchers on their staff, against .500 teams and when matching up against Hall of Fame pitchers throughout their careers
Phillippe
http://www.piratesprospects.com/2011...e-numbers.html
Leever
http://www.piratesprospects.com/2011...e-numbers.html
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12-11-2011, 08:50 AM
Deacon Phillippe and Sam Leever
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