Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by G1911

This is 100% exactly why park affects in modern statistics are a thing! You are ignoring the other posts with Koufax's ERA on the road in all years but 1966. How about 1964? In most seasons after his alleged change, he continued to perform similarly on the road as he had the two seasons before. We are back at the beginning because A) you keep using the same points that are not supported by verifiable facts B) keep using these points to argue against an allegation that has not been made by anyone in this thread, even though you keep insisting they have.

To basically prove your point, here are Drysdale's splits. They also show a huge Chavez Ravine advantage:

Drysdale splits 1962-1968

1962 Home: 2.16 Away: 3.68
1963 Home: 2.45 Away: 2.81
1964 Home: 2.02 Away: 2.33
1965 Home: 2.45 Away: 3.09
1966 Home: 2.25 Away: 4.65
1967 Home: 2.17 Away: 3.44
1968 Home: 1.39 Away: 3.25

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Mark17

To basically prove your point, here are Drysdale's splits. They also show a huge Chavez Ravine advantage:

Drysdale splits 1962-1968

1962 Home: 2.16 Away: 3.68
1963 Home: 2.45 Away: 2.81
1964 Home: 2.02 Away: 2.33
1965 Home: 2.45 Away: 3.09
1966 Home: 2.25 Away: 4.65
1967 Home: 2.17 Away: 3.44
1968 Home: 1.39 Away: 3.25

And the #3 and #4 Dodgers pitchers in 1962, everyone in the rotation who pitched over 100 innings:

Johnny Podres
1962:
Home: 3.08
Away: 4.60

1963
Home: 3.49
Away: 3.60

1964:
Pitched 2.2. innings, not a relevant sample size

1965:
Home: 2.90
Away: 4.22

1966
Recorded 1.2 innings before going to Detroit



Stan Williams:
1962:
Home: 3.68
Away: 5.54

Traded to Yankees at end of 1962 season



It's the exact same story, which is of course expected. Extremely friendly pitching park + expansion + widened strike zone = some impressive numbers and better performances at first glance than is actually the case in context. However, no mountain of evidence that Sandy's home park produces highly abnormal home statistics for everyone (him most of all, because he was the best on the Dodgers) and that on the road 2 of these 3 factors were still producing a very low run environment across the entire league will be ignored in favor of nostalgia, anecdote, and gaps in logic big enough to plow a small moon through.