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T ESpahnnie was a war hero, a war which, as has been pointed out, cost his career in the bigs several seasons. Clearly he would have been well past 400 wins. That makes it awful tough to deny him a place in the pantheon. I am bugged by his inability to beat the Dodgers (that 0-5 combined record in '57 and '59 really stands out), but I have to admit that I came into this thread biased based on that, and that everything else presented stacks up mightily against my bias.
The guy is a war hero, losing four years in which he could have become the second winningest pitcher of all time, a couple of Cy Youngs, a couple of no-hitters, a decent WS record, lead the league in strike outs and era several times...
So the answer to Peter's original question is, "No, he does not receive enough glory."
By the way, the one pitcher on the Braves staff who beat the Dodgers consistantly in the late 50s was Bob Buhl...
And Dennis is right that Koufax did clean up against the Mets and Astros and Cubs, but even without those teams, his winning pct is over .700 against the rest of the league in that span. And he was damn tough in big spots.
I only have a few old green books to go on. Does anybody know an online resource that gives a breakdown on pitchers lifetime records vs opponents? I searched Baseball Almanac and came up empty.