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Originally Posted by t206hof
But what happened to pitchers actually completing games? It's long gone, and saves are a joke.
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This is such a typical comment when looking only at statistics like IP, CG, etc.
The game has evolved. Guys like Matty and Johnson could pitch WAY MORE INNINGS because the fact is, during the deadball era, pitchers didn't pitch hard until someone got to second base. They were almost lobbing the ball up there until someone was in scoring position. Maybe they would bear down when they had 2 strikes on the hitter, but they mostly conserved there arm until they needed it. Small ball.
This made a defensive SS like Dahlen mega valuable to his team.