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Dan Mathewson...when relying on stats, and comparing Matty and Johnson to later day players.
Matty and Walter didn't get to pitch 3 or 4 or 5 innings, then go rest and and have a hot dog.
They started a game, they finished a game. Unless they were having such a crap day that their throws were going into the dugout, they didn't get pulled off the field. They pitched all nine innings.
I'd wager that Big Six and Big Train would BOTH show better "percentage stats" if, in their day, they were pulled after a few innings upon showing even the slightest fatigue...