Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If 2/3 of a season is too small a sample size to make any meaningful observations that exclude good or bad luck, as apparently is the case for Randy Johnson 1998 and his slightly elevated first 2/3 numbers, why is a full season really that much better? Maybe we should just junk the Cy Young award, since it's just rewarding randomness.

If it gets awarded to whoever has the best W/L record and the best ERA, then yes, it is borderline meaningless. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, the award has gone to countless pitchers over the years who clearly did not deserve it.

But it wouldn't be that difficult to make it meaningful. They just need to look at the right statistics. They finally figured this out for offensive players. Maybe they'll come around sooner or later with pitchers too? Who knows.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snowman

If it gets awarded to whoever has the best W/L record and the best ERA, then yes, it is borderline meaningless. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, the award has gone to countless pitchers over the years who clearly did not deserve it.

But it wouldn't be that difficult to make it meaningful. They just need to look at the right statistics. They finally figured this out for offensive players. Maybe they'll come around sooner or later with pitchers too? Who knows.

Sample size is just as small for all statistics, no?

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Snowman

IThey just need to look at the right statistics. They finally figured this out for offensive players.

Oh, really?