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Originally Posted by rats60
I am shocked that any strike out records exist from that long ago. 100 years ago, everyone was a contact hitter and strikeouts were low. The last 50+ years, players have been chasing HRs and they don't care about Ks.
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It's largely because those guys threw 400-450+ innings... or more-- see Hoss Radbourn. Their K's/9 innings don't come close to modern era power guys like Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens... even Greg Maddux had a higher K rate than most of the older guys.