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Originally Posted by Tabe
Alright, let's go with that. Warren Spahn has a 92.5 career WAR. That's an average of 4.40 over 21 years. And his WAR was actually negative his rookie year. He had a 93 WAR over his last 20 seasons - 4.65.
Sandy's WAR per is 4.42.
So...12 years of 4.42 or 21 years of 4.40 (20 of 4.65)? Easy choice.
Also, FWIW, WAR says that Steve Carlton's 1972 was the best year for any lefty in the live ball era.
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I never said that I would choose Koufax over someone like Spahn. There or anywhere.
The point was that simply saying "he's not even in the top 20, just because of this cumulative career number" is not that logical and knocks him down too far. Not that I consider him higher on the list than a top 5 guy. Big difference