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Posted By: jay behrens

Peter, Koufax is one of my bugaboos when it comes to what defines a great player. I have a serious problem calling someone an all-time great when for the first half of their career they were barely a .500 pitcher.

For me, the all-time greats are the ones that did it for the vast majority of their career, players like Ruth, Cobb, Johnson, Mathewson, etc.

I think there is room in HOF for players like Koufax and others with great peak performance but lackluster numbers for the rest of their career, but I would never consider them for all-time great status. That should be reserved for those that were great their entire career.

Jay

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