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Rick Reuschel better than Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan?! I think I'll stick with Baseball Reference.
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Funny, that's exactly where I got my data.
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Always a tragedy to lose someone so young. A true throwback.
Last edited by Orioles1954; 11-08-2017 at 10:07 AM. Reason: Not to hijack thread any further. |
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Makes sense. I get Walter Johnson.
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Halladay W/L +98 (Playing for slightly above average teams over his career) -
do you know how hard it is to do that? Seaver was at +106 with a hundred more wins and a hundred more losses. Palmer at +116 with mostly great teams. Comparisons w recent HOFers: Blyleven +37 Smoltz +58 Glavine +102 Pedro +119 Maddux +128 The Big Unit +137 Ryan +32 - to me that is all you need to know in order to rank Ryan. |
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I came here to praise Roy Halladay, not to bury Nolan Ryan, but I think when people just look at the strikeouts and no-hitters and can't figure out why anyone would say Ryan was not one of the greatest pitchers of all-time, they aren't considering that getting out is the modal/default outcome when a batter steps up to the plate, so issuing a walk is a very bad thing for a pitcher to do (case in point, the 2017 World Series) but striking a batter out is only a moderately good thing to do (if your goal is to win games).
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I always thought the pitcher's job was to prevent runs. Isn't the winner of the game the one that scores the most runs and not the one that gets the most base runners. Nolan Ryan had a career ERA of 3.19 over 5386 innings. I don't see how anyone could rate another pitcher above him when they have a much higher ERA in a lot fewer innings. |
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K:Nolan Ryan::BB: ___________ The answer is Nolan Ryan. |
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