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Dave ReyIt is a fact that the 1930 Phils have, purely numerically, the worst team ERA of all time -- no surprise in that the 1930 season featured the highest league ERAs of all time...
The double triple crown thing is cool, but Klein's is kinda bogus, for the same reason the 1930s Phils bad ERA is kinda bogus -- the Baker Bowl. Put Klein in Shibe Park, where Foxx played in '33 and his numbers would've been about 15 percent lower...
Foxx's triple crown is totally legit -- Shibe Park was about the most park-effect neutral ballpark in baseball history.
In the case of the Phillies -- those years in the Baker Bowl were horrible for their franchise, as people didn't understand the effect the bandbox was having on the performance of the team.
It was the Coors Field of the 20s and 30s -- but because of dimensions, not altitude... It was only 280 feet to the right field fence...