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Albie O'HanianAh, I love the Hall of Fame debate. Everybody has an opinion on who or what is and should be a Hall of Famer. Now, even the selection of Sandy Koufax is being called into question.
First, Koufax was helped greatly by the move to Dodger Stadium, true. However, he was hurt far more pitching in the Los Angeles Coliseum. His road numbers indicate he had already turned his career around by 1960.
Second, there is no pitcher with comparable numbers to Koufax between 1963-66 or even 1962-66. Not anytime in history. When Orval Overall posted a 1.68 era in 1907 he was fourth on his own pitching staff in era.
Third, if you study some of the great power pitchers of the last 30 years, (Seaver, Pedro, Clemens) their statistics through the age of 31 when Koufax retired are remarkably similar to Koufax including Koufax's alleged 5 years of mediocrity.
Historically, based on a five year stretch the only pitcher that compares is Pedro Martinez. His dominance of the American League is similar to Koufax's dominance of the National League. Other pitchers might have been equally dominant (Mathewson, Young, Johnson etc.) statistically but hardly in relation to the rest of the league.