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Old 02-19-2022, 03:26 PM
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It's very hard to exclude a guy with 7 No Hitters and 12 1-Hitters. When he was on, he was on. No one on the list comes close to that.
Yes, but he was often off. His control was not that good. His bb/9 was awful, almost 5. Read Bill James' discussion of him, it's IMO pretty enlightening. 29th ranked pitcher by JAWS. I think Bill James in 2003 ranked him around 20th or maybe even lower.
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