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Originally Posted by TonyJ
Koufax DERA
1962 - 3.32
1963 - 2.77
1964 - 2.64
1965 - 3.32
1966 - 2.71
WARP3
1962 - 5.4
1963 - 10.8
1964 - 8.7
1965 - 10.9
1966 - 12.1
Pedro DERA
1997 - 2.51
1998 - 2.90
1999 - 2.13
2000 - 1.71
2002 - 2.88
WARP3
1997 - 11.0
1998 - 9.8
1999 - 12.8
2000 - 13.8
2002 - 9.1
Not much doubt by looking at the adjusted statistics that Pedro was better in his peak years than Koufax was in his. Whether the numbers are trumped by "I was there, you weren't" fallacies is up to the reader.
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Well, I'm not using the trump card to diminish yours, or anyone else's, opinions
It's just an added variable I have to work with which may or may not be valid. I can't argue the stats, since they tend to certainly lean toward PM, so I won't go there.
I am, however, curious as to DamnYankee's comment concerning the variances of the time periods and the related diminishing returns concept. There is, likely, a threashold that should be considered, regardless of how small it might appear at first glance.
Got me thinking... let's see if I can find some time to crunch some numbers....