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Originally Posted by earlywynnfan
If you're only comparing peak, Grove wins ERA+ and WAR by fairly significant margins. Hence, vehement Koufax supporters saying WAR is a "garbage stat." I'm sure they'll consider ERA+ to be useless, also. They only want to count specific counting stats in a vacuum, with no allowances for differences in era, defenses, parks, or anything else. Kinda like the people who say Pete Rose is a better hitter than Ty Cobb because he got more hits.
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False, Koufax had 3 seasons with a higher fWAR than any season Grove had. From 1961- 1966 Koufax had more fWAR than any 6 seasons you want to cherry pick from Grove's career even with Koufax missing time due to injury.