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ali_lapointsmokey joe was a great pitcher, no doubt. but i don't think its overstating to say that koufax's great years blew away wood's single great year in which he won 34 games. aside from that year his next highest total was 23. look at the differences between koufax's ERAs his final 6 seasons when compared to the league average. it's just incredible. not to mention koufax finished his career by going 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA and a Cy Young award. i just don't see any comparison at all between their careers. even though wood had a few good seasons, so did a lot of pitchers during his playing days. in the year he won 34, johnson won 33 and ed walsh won 27 and there were 8 other pitchers who won at least 20 games. i just don't think there is much of a comparison.