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Originally Posted by packs
It's because Koufax went out on top. Very few players do. He finished his career winning a pitching Triple Crown and that's the last image you have of him.
Take Maddux for example. He finished his career being traded to the Dodgers for a player to be named later and finished his career going 2 and 4 for them with a 5.09 ERA.
I think Mussina's final season probably helped push him over the hump and into the HOF too. He went out a 20 game winner.
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Maddux never captured the public imagination even at his unhittable peak. People like power pitchers.
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