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Cy Young , 1901 season , 33-10 and 1.62 ERA not too shabby either
HuckerDown. Cy Young's 1901 season ERA was 226% of AL average that season.
I posted this on another thread some months ago, but it's worth another mention, especially for those who appreciate baseball, history, all-time pitchers. and great sportswriters. This article is so worth reading, and the facts are mind-blowing.
Tom Glavine won at least 20 games 5 times, he had an ERA below 3.00 6 times, he pitched at least 200 innings 14 times, he was better than some of you remember. His career ERA suffered in the his later years when he stayed around to get 300 wins. If he'd stopped where Pedro did his ERA would be close to 3.
Glavine was 42 years old the first time he went on The DL. If you don't think being available and eating 200 plus innings with quality ERAs year after year after year is special, you haven't paid attention.
Think about this. If The Braves signed a starting pitcher today who you knew was going to pitch 230 innings, have a 2.90 ERA and win 18 games for us, what would you think of our chances in the division ? That would be over 25 complete games or going 7 innings 33 times with a low ERA from just 1 roster position, that would be hugely valuable to the whole staff, to ANY STAFF.