Mathewson Vs. Johnson

oldjudge · #1 09-19-2018, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

In 2008, Eric Seidman wrote a very nice article entitled, "Why Cy ?" The Cy Young award started in 1956. So Seidman went back and statistically analyzed the pre-war greats to get a better fix on dominant pitchers. His results had Walter Johnson winning 8 Cy Young awards, Matty & Grove winning 7 each, G. Alexander nabbing 6 awards, and Cy Young hoisting 4 awards. Seidman thinks it should be called the "Christy Mathewson Award" and rightly so.

Then why not the Walter Johnson award?

Topnotchsy · #2 09-19-2018, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Then why not the Walter Johnson award?

+1

From a WAR perspective:

Times led a league in WAR:

Walter Johnson - 8
Cy Young - 6
Christy Mathewson - 3

Touch'EmAll · #3 09-19-2018, 10:28 PM

In reading the article, the author concludes that, "Mathewson was much more dominant than Cy Young during the career of Cy Young". Maybe he was matching up actual year-for-year comparisons. Johnson pitched a little later than both Matty and Young.

Throttlesteer · #4 09-19-2018, 11:03 PM

511 wins. Almost 100 more than WaJo and 140 more than Mathewson. Longevity does count for something.

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