Ok, one final comment - and I'll leave it at this. Below is a side-by-side comparison of Pedro's best 5 years (plus his injury year) versus Koufax's best 5 years. Some noteworthy differences...
Koufax 100 CGs and 33 SHOs compared to Pedro's 31 CGs and 11 SHOs.
Pedro's 1,555 Ks (in less BFPs) to Koufax's 1,444 Ks.
Tell me, considering how equal these two guys are from a stats standpoint, why is it that us "old guys" are simply wallowing in memories while you are convinced your right? It seems to me there's a valid argument on both sides, and it could easily come down to nothing more than valid opinions.
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Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP ERA
PEDRO
1997 25 MON NL 17 8 31 31 13 4 0 0 241.3 158 65 51 16 67 305 9 3 947 1.9
1998 26 BOS AL 19 7 33 33 3 2 0 0 233.7 188 82 75 26 67 251 8 9 951 2.89
1999 27 BOS AL 23 4 31 29 5 1 1 0 213.3 160 56 49 9 37 313 9 6 835 2.07
2000 28 BOS AL 18 6 29 29 7 4 0 0 217 128 44 42 17 32 284 14 1 817 1.74
2001 29 BOS AL 7 3 18 18 1 0 0 0 116.7 84 33 31 5 25 163 6 4 456 2.39
2002 30 BOS AL 20 4 30 30 2 0 0 0 199.3 144 62 50 13 40 239 15 3 787 2.26
104 32 172 170 31 11 1 0 1221.3 862 342 298 86 268 1555 61 26 4793 2.196020634
SANDY
1962 26 LAD NL 14 7 28 26 11 2 2 1 184.3 134 61 52 13 57 216 2 3 744 2.54
1963 27 LAD NL 25 5 40 40 20 11 0 0 311 214 68 65 18 58 306 3 6 1210 1.88
1964 28 LAD NL 19 5 29 28 15 7 1 1 223 154 49 43 13 53 223 0 9 870 1.74
1965 29 LAD NL 26 8 43 41 27 8 2 2 335.7 216 90 76 26 71 382 5 11 1297 2.04
1966 30 LAD NL 27 9 41 41 27 5 0 0 323 241 74 62 19 77 317 0 7 1274 1.73
111 34 181 176 100 33 5 4 1377 959 342 298 89 316 1444 10 36 5395 1.947712418