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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
His strikeouts really fell off dramatically after 1946, like he lost a foot on his fastball or something.
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Pretty impressive before the strikeouts fall off that he led the league in strikeouts 4 years in a row, went to the military for 3 years, came back and pitched only 9 games the following year and then led the league in strikeouts 3 more years in a row after that. Just imagine those 4 full prime seasons.
Does anyone know if there was an injury in the later half of his career or did he just naturally decline?