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Originally Posted by BobC
So true. And that is after Spahn missing probably over three years of his career at his prime because of WW II. Just think if he had those 3+ years back and didn't lose them to war service. Pretty easily talking 400+ wins, and now he's in the stratosphere with only Wajo and Cy. Here's a guy who pitched primarily after integration, and before expansion, so you can't readily throw those arguments against him either.
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Hard to call it his prime when he'd only had an unsuccessful cup of coffee before his service. Maybe he was a late bloomer, there's too many ifs to quantify his missed years.
Did it cost him some kind of counting numbers? Most likely. but it's not like Ted Williams or Pee Wee Reese or some other established player that has a baseline of numbers that you can extrapolate.