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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
As you know, WAR is a comparison vs. a theoretical replacement player. It doesn't compare across different eras or years.
So I am confused as to what you mean by "WAR directly reduces the value for 19th century pitchers".
Individual season WAR leaders ARE dominated by 19th century pitchers.
Just look at this list: https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...h_season.shtml
ALL of the top 28 single season WAR leaders for pitchers were from the 19th century, with exception of 4 seasons (2 by Walter Johnson, one by Cy Young, and 1 by Dwight Gooden). |
I also don't understand the comment about pitchers with respect to career totals, since Nichols rates 4th, Keefe 15th, and Clarkson 19th.