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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Dead ball era, apples and oranges. Compare Gibson's 1.12 to the next best ERA since, say, 1920. I think the next best is probably Maddux at something like 1.60. Gooden had something close too I think. In any case that's a huge gap.
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Not apples and oranges. They're both in the "modern era" of baseball. In fact, they changed pitching rules in 1969, the year after Gibson's 1.12, because of the favorable pitching conditions.