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Originally Posted by Yoda
How about pitchers:
1. Young
2. Matty
3. Johnson
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Two pitchers come to mind that caused MLB to change the rules while they were still playing.
Amos Rosie threw so hard that the league moved the pitchers box farther back in 1893, to its current 60' 6".
Bob Gibson was so dominant that the league lowered the mound in 1969 from 15 inches to 10 inches.
Neither rule change affected their subsequent performance.