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Originally Posted by rats60
He had a very strong 4.5 year prime, won 20+ games each season. He finished 1st, 2nd, 2nd and 7th in MVP voting. The next season he was injured in the AS game and struggled with injuries the rest of his career. Those 4.5 seasons he averaged 25+ wins per season. So, yes he did a lot more than have a one season career. He got very strong support from the baseball writers who saw him play and elected him.
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Also Dean was a larger than life character as a player. He was constantly generating publicity for the game (and himself).
His period of domination was about the same as Koufax who was certainly Hall worthy.