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Posted By: identify7

Actually, with Delahanty @ .346 and Kittredge at .219, the 19th Century players have a higher curve (based on that statistic), than that of Cobb and Bergen.

Similarly, looking at ERA: Ward at 2.10 and Sullivan at 5.14 is tighter than the 20th Century counterparts of Walsh at 1.82 and Hogsett at 5.02.

Unless the above information is faulty, it does not appear consistent to conclude that the talent spread of ballplayers has changed in a predictable pattern.

Of course, any analysis of all of the players since the formation of the National League, based on so few items of information is deserving of criticism. However, the purpose here is not to establish a theory, but to question one.