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Old 11-26-2021, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by G1911 View Post
Ignoring until after age 25, Spahn was far, far, far more valuable to his team than Koufax was. Every prominent baseball statistician recognizes this in their rankings. Koufax didn’t even pitch 1,500 innings after his age 25 season. Showing up is a key part. While Koufax was sitting on his ass, Spahn was producing effective innings.
+ 1,000

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