Look at Fellers career. He was finished at a fairly young age.
His last big season was at age 32. I think if he hadn't missed time due to WW2, it would have been even earlier.
His career was fairly typical of the big inning pitchers from the 30's to 70's. Huge numbers before age 30, not much after that.
200 wins by age 30, only a handful after 30 was done a lot of times.
Now power pitchers continue to dominate well into their 30's due to fewer innings pitched.
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