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Originally Posted by tedzan
You could say that Barney Pelty was a "hard-luck" guy pitching for the St Louis Browns (1903 - 1912). His career ERA is better than many......2.63
Better career ERA than Sandy Koufax (2.76), Tom Seaver (2.86), Juan Marichal (2.89), Bob Gibson (2.91), Carl Hubbell (2.98), Lefty Grove (3.05).
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Ted, it seems to me that you are comparing apples to oranges when you compare a dead-ball-era pitcher's ERA to a post-War-live-ball-era pitcher's ERA. It makes more sense to me to compare Pelty's 2.63 ERA to the likes of Joss-1.89, M. Brown-2.06, Matty-2.13, Waddell-2.16, Plank-2.35, etc.
Val
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