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John/z28jdJeff there are plenty of pitchers who were very good whos careers were cut short but when i hear stories of how great a pitcher Koufax was and then i see his stats it was one of the most disappointing sights ever as far as stats go.He had a great run but like i said
IF YOU REVERSED HIS CAREER HE WOULDNT BE A HALL OF FAMER
There are plenty of pitchers who had great 5 year runs who dont even get a hall of fame mention and thats because they didnt go out on top,their arm injuries cut their careers short and they tried to pitch thru it or had to retire or whatever.If Koufax didnt hurt himself and tried to pitch thru it and struggled bad for another 5 years and had a regular length career he probably wouldnt have made the hall of fame.People would be saying he was so good for a stretch,too bad he hurt his arm
You have to realize for the amount of talk about him his first 8 years of a 12 year career he was average at best and seeing that for the first time really made me think what the heck are people talking about with him.It was the most unimpressive thing ever
If some guy hit between 10-20 homers a year for 8 years and then ran off 4 straight seasons of 60 homers and then retired because of a bad back and then people started calling him the best home run hitter ever id wonder what the hell they were smoking
Like i said he had a great stretch but when a guys career wins total doesnt even sniff the top 100 of all-time i have a real hard time calling him one of the top pitchers ever.He might be your one game pitcher but last time i checked 1 game doesnt make a career,ask Jim Paciorek
No explaining of certain situations would change my mind on this,ive read a baseball encyclopedia cover to cover,im on baseball-reference.com more than anyone here gauranteed,i read baseball books more than most people,i spend ALOT of time reading baseball history from pre National Association till now,ive formed my opinion based on that research and no ill-will towards Koufax because theres no reason for me to not like him.So i can safely say FOR ME,Koufax is the most overrated pitcher of all-time.No way around that.There was no other pitcher ive read/heard about who when i saw their career stats i was as SHOCKED as when i saw his.PERIOD