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Originally Posted by BioCRN
Yeah, I wouldn't argue against including any of these guys and they are all-time legends, but guys from this era are almost impossible to compare.
Cy Young is obviously a legend, but if you were picking a single season to have someone go out and pitch for you would it be Cy Young or Roger Clemens? Would that season be 250-275ip or 400-425ip? Is the pitcher expected to throw 40+ complete games? At the very least you'd have to answer those 2 questions before you would pick one even though one is obviously superior based on the stuff coming out of their arm.
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Our statisticians have made a great effort to neutralize stats across eras to facilitate these sorts of comparisons, but in the end, not sure it really works, and even a numbers guy like Bill James ends up with lists reflecting his biases.