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Originally Posted by darkhorse
Only problem with posting raw numbers is lack of context. Without that, they lose a great deal of their meaning.
Koufax career DERA is 3.50 in 2,324 innings.
Martinez career DERA is 2.86 in 2,296 innings.
Pedro isn't just superior. He's much better.
DERA is a rate stat. Let's see how they compare on career value, with no adjustment for quality of league play.
Koufax career WARP1 is 66.9
Pedro clocks in with a career WARP1, to date of course, of 100.9 in virtually an identical amount of innings.
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Understood, but I think the argument centers around only the five years I posted. Koufax was admittedly "wild" in his previous years before that, and his shortened career makes it necessary to compare his best 5 years with Pedro's best five years. I have no argument that Pedro's "total value" as an SP is more because he had a longer career.