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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
By WAR, Johnson is something like 50 points ahead of Mathewson, but a few behind Young. By JAWS, Johnson is a bit ahead of Young, and hugely ahead of Mathewson. Mathewson of course pitched for a much better team and had more success, but I don't see it as even close. Maybe you could argue Young is the GOAT, it wouldn't be insane, but I would say Johnson..
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I would argue that saying Young is the GOAT would in fact be insane. He shouldn't even be in anyone's top 20.
WaJo was probably a little bit better than Mathewson though. But I think it's a little bit closer than most people probably do.