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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

As has been stated: "ERA is an interesting stat and nice indicator, but baseball is about WINNING games. ERA helps you win games, but it's not the sole reason for winning them".

Morris' W-L record is 254-186. That is, the total number of games he won exceeds the total number of games he lost by 68. In an eighteen year career, that comes out to a production of less than 4 more wins than losses per year.

And it is obvious that a pitcher with a 3.90 ERA certainly won few games by himself.