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Originally Posted by Tomi
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?
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I think he just faded out. Interestingly, I've read that Al Lopez refused to start him in the 1954 WS, and when asked why not, said something to the effect of why the hell would I?