While he was among the top contact hitters of the s, his career simply didn't span long enough. He was inducted by the Veterans Committee in after failing to receive higher than Pitching alongside Sandy Koufax, Drysdale gave the Dodgers a potent one-two punch throughout the s as he won three World Series and appeared in two more during his time with the team. Drysdale won double-digit games each season from , but only topped the win mark twice and enjoyed the best season of his career in when he went with a 2.
Aside from that season, he went just with a 2. Perhaps the least-known pitcher in the Hall of Fame, Haines spent 18 seasons with the Cardinals and was in his prime during the s. He had 11 seasons with double-digit wins, but just three where he won over 20 games, as he was a solid starter but by no means an ace.
Hoyt paired with Herb Pennock to front the rotation for the great Yankees teams of the s, and from , he went with a 3. However, a career record and 3. Overrated is nothing new for players on the Yankees during the s not named Ruth or Gehrig, and Hoyt was one of the biggest beneficiaries of accolades thanks to the roster around him.
From , he won at least 20 games each season, and he helped lead the A's to three straight World Series victories before becoming the first marquee free agent when he signed with the Yankees.
His career compares very well with Kevin Brown, who is a great example of a pitcher who was good but not great. Never the ace of any staff he was on, there may be no more puzzling Hall of Fame selection than Marquard. To put it bluntly, Marquard was the definition of an average pitcher during the s, and he has absolutely no business even being in the discussion for the Hall of Fame, let alone being enshrined.
The last pitcher in either league to win 30 games, McLain won back-to-back Cy Young awards in and as he went with a 2. He was not nearly as dominant the remainder of his career though, as he went with a 3. Being the last pitcher to win 30 games will always boost his career in the eyes of baseball fans, but the simple fact is that McLain was an average starter outside of two terrific seasons.
The Hall of Fame case for Jack Morris has emerged as a major talking point over the past few years, as his voting support rose to an all-time high of The winningest pitcher of the s with victories, Morris racked up wins in 14 seasons with the Tigers to open his career. However, he'll always be best remembered for his inning shutout in Game 7 of the World Series.
That impressive single-game performance and sustained success over a fairly weak decade have left Morris overrated. His wins and 3. Nagy piled up wins during the s as the ace of an Indians team that had some of the best offensive lineups in recent memory. During the decade, he won at least 15 games six different times, making three All-Star teams and finishing in the top 10 in Cy Young voting three different times.
However, his ERA for the decade was 4. He is one of the best recent examples of why wins don't always necessarily paint the most accurate picture of how good a pitcher is. Palmer is a deserving Hall of Famer and was the unquestioned ace of an Orioles team that made the postseason eight times during his time with the team. He won games in the s, including eight plus win seasons and a trio of Cy Young awards, and as a result he is often lumped in with the likes of contemporaries like Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Fergie Jenkins and Gaylord Perry.
The simple fact of the matter is that his numbers do not quite stack up with those guys, and while he was great in his prime, he did not have as impressive a career as the above-mentioned guys.
Pennock came to the Yankees from the rival Red Sox in and had the good fortune of pitching for a team that featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and a number of other future Hall of Famers.
He did have eight seasons with plus wins and was an impressive with a 1. His career line of is good, but with a 3. One of the most popular pitchers of the s, Fernandomania was in full swing during his first full season in the Dodgers rotation in He went , 2. He continued that success over the first six seasons of his career, going with a 2. From there on though, he went just with a 4. For the most part though, all fans remember are those first six years.
Wynn enjoyed a terrific nine-year stretch with the Indians from , as he went with a 3. He would go on to win exactly games in his career, going with a 3. However, a closer look at his peripheral numbers 1. His longevity is impressive and his wins are nothing to scoff at, but he is no doubt overrated as many don't look beyond him reaching the win mark. When the award for each season's best pitcher in each league is named after you, it's safe to say that you had a fairly decent career on the mound.
Young went with a 2. However, he is also the game's all-time leader in losses and his career ERA ranks just 59th all-time. There is no question Young is a legend and one of the better pitchers to ever play the game. However, because the award is named after him he is often viewed as the best ever, and with the likes of Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson out there, that simply is not the case.
No, If his feats were so easy, why did nobody else in his time do them. Why does nobody else use ounce bats these days? You have to understand times were different back then. Dont knock on one of the founders and great ambassadors though deceased of this game. You need a life buddy or a better job. I forgot one big thing we can be sure of BigE Senior Member.
Sort of agree with you that he was the best hitter of his time and era and that was amazed people is that it came so easily for him - almost as if he didnt even have to try at times. You have to give the man credit for his accomplishments. Other factors to consider is the ball that they play with today compared to the ball technology of that era? I would have to guess that the ball today goes a little bit farther kind of like evolution of golf ball maybe?
Also, I dont believe that the ball parks of that era were any smaller than today's on average? So, he was hitting the ball about as far as today's players. Something tells me that he could hit a few home runs in todays game! But was he a better all-around player than Pujols or ARod?
I dont think so either. He was probably slower and weaker defensively than say a player like Adam Dunn. Just imagine if the Babe had the Batts these guys use today So the pitchers are better??
These pussies today struggle to pitch 9 innings without suffering some Gaybo injury. Dont tellme these old timers dont compare.
Thats a bogus statement. Why isnt babe ruth as good an athlete?? Sure the game is different, but who knows, ruth may have hit more off the trash pitchers todays game has. By the way. They also did not have body armor.
Just look at CLOSER-and every single one is vastly overpaid Wow some are better than others at getting 3 enitre outs every couple days!!! I just think you have to judge a player within his era. Example: would Barry Bonds have accomplished what he has in the s?.. No big salerys having to actually have a job to live and play ball afterward, no personal trainers, no real training routine,travel by train or bus?
I am saying if someone hit a ball that landed in the ballpark, and then bounced out, it was called a home run. Are you disputing this or just trying to downplay it?
Whatever you do, I hope you don't try to say I didn't share a fact. And what about the other part? Are you going to suggest minorities weren't good until after Babe retired? How many of you were aware that Babe Ruth wanted to gain an unfair advantage so badly, that Babe Ruth injected sheep testicles believing it would help him with more power in his swing? Sammy Sosa, guilty of corked bat and suspended multiple games, links to steroids Barry bonds, linked to steroids Mark Mcguire, linked to steroids All 3 had some of the most incredible home run hitting years of all time.
All 3 have very questionable purity baseball morals. Babe Ruth had one of the most incredible home run hitting years of all times. How many are now thinking there was some fuckery going on? In the same genre, an entire TEAM was found guilty of rigging the most important games in baseball, the World freaking Series!!!
The game was extremely crooked back then. Proof an entire team rigged a world series. Proof Babe Ruth injected sheep testicles. I am almost convinced Babe Ruth, like Bonds, like Sosa, like Mcguire, more than likely cheated his best seasons. Also, look up Roger Maris's career stats on baseball reference. Look at his career home run 's and notice one particular year, he had one crazy year and then back to mediocre for his standards.
One incredible legit year? Or some fuckery? Brown-Sequard began to inject himself with a liquid extract derived from the testosterone of dogs and guinea pigs. He attempted this only once, and it made him incredibly ill; the Yankees covered the story by telling the press that the Babe just had one of his famous bellyaches.
Six seasons in the MLB and two times hit more than 25 home runs. All of a sudden he smashes 61 in one season, then his 's go right back down. Did he have one miraculous season, or did he cheat this season? Jan 16, 27, 39,
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