[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Seven

Peter,

Sorry I must have missed that, when working my way through the pages of discussion.

Statistically speaking I believe the advantage is Perry. Could I fault someone for taking Nolan Ryan though? No. Both were extremely dominant pitchers, Ryan from a pure power standpoint is tough to beat, but, I think you give it to Perry though for the consistency that he managed over the course of his career though. I think Ryan would fair better in todays game with how velocity has trended and his durability, but this is a moot point since we can't plop players from one era to another.

Agree. I could see it going either way, but I certainly don't think it's self-evident that Ryan was better and it's certainly not true that no one would think otherwise. People do think otherwise!!