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Originally Posted by jgannon
And I've never said that Chavez didn't help Koufax. But you ignore that he became a better pitcher outside of that. And none of his teammates achieved what he did at home.
People are arguing that Koufax's greatness was due largely to external factors, saying he had a great run soley because of those factors, and that he was just so-so on the road. His road E.R.A.'s were better than in the early part of his career. And 1.96 his last year.
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For ANYONE trying to minimize Koufax’s fantastic dominance over a 4/5 year period due to compiling a sensational W/L record vs. weak teams such as the Mets, etc, I totally beg to differ. Virtually all great pitchers have elevated their career statistics by throttling weaker opposition. Nature of the beast and it makes perfect sense. BTW, maybe we should look at the powerful 1963 Yankees....Koufax turned their bats into complete sawdust in the 2 games he won by embarrassing their hitters including a then record setting 15 strikeout performance!