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					Originally Posted by PolarBear  Brown had a 1.04 in 1906. | 
	
 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.