by JONCHUCKERY » Tue May 10, 2011 10:29 pm
[quote:4d158f578b="hallerose"]You need to understand context. He pitched in a very favorable pitchers park throughout his career, he had teams like the Indians and Brewers in his division to pitch against all the time, and most importantly he had the best defense in baseball behind him (Belanger 1ss, Brooks 1 3b, Blair 1 cf, Grich 1 2b, etc.), all of which makes his strat card underperform its numbers.[/quote:4d158f578b]
All very good points but he also had Fenway Park, Tiger Std, and Yankee Std (where as a RHP no lefty bat ever sat) in his division. He also pitched most of the 70's with the DH in place, and in real life never surrendered a grand slam in his career...its all about the eye test...a guy who won 3 Cy Youngs in the decade, had the most wins in the decade, and was a HOFer should perform better