Boy I botched that up pretty good.
1965 is a toss up for Cy Young.
Koufax road numbers doubled are:
24-10 2.72 ERA 348 k
Juan Marichal:
22-13 2.13 ERA 240 k
And for 1965 if we go to WAR for pitchers, Koufax INCLUDING HIS HOME GAMES is at 8.1 which was third in the league behind Marichal at 10.3 and Maloney at 8.2.
But just looking at the "traditional" stats they would have used back then a good argument could be made for either one.
If Koufax gets this third Cy I would agree he would be a HOFer in the traditionalist sense. If the third Cy instead goes to Marichal (as WAR says it should have anyway) then if Koufax gets into the Hall he squeaks in with a lot of help from a friendly BBWAA.
Last edited by btcarfagno; 07-22-2020 at 01:10 PM.
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