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Originally Posted by packs
What about Jack Chesbro on the pitching side? His claim to fame is his insane 41 win season. Outside of his 41 win season his career is pretty mild compared to his contemporaries. Not even 200 wins. A 110 ERA+.
Hard to see him getting any serious consideration or induction without his single out of this world season on the mound. His 41 win season accounted for more than 20% of his total career wins.
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I would say same category. Like Hack (who held 4 home run crowns) and Roger (who won another MVP) he wasn’t a one trick pony, he had other star seasons like 1901, 1902 and 1905, but without that one marquee year he wouldn’t be sniffing Cooperstown.
Dizzy Dean is close to this. He was great for 3 or 4 years. Take 1 of them out and they probably couldn’t have justified him. He’s pushing it as is.