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Shadow Knows · 04-14-2013, 06:51 AM

What immediately stands out is the lack of longevity. All-time greats should be playing much longer, and the career records relative to the season records suggest they're also cratering before the end. It's just not plausible that so many players could routinely hit 45-50 home runs in their primes, yet average less than 30 over short careers. It basically requires a Griffey-esque coda, which there isn't time for when playing only 14 or 15 years.

Same story for pitchers. There are only two who have the kind of career length you'd expect from the greats, and even they didn't manage to sniff 4,000 innings. Given the record 262-inning season and the strikeout leaderboard, it obviously isn't that they're limited to 160-190 innings a year, it's that they're not sustaining 210-240 for as long as they should.

04-14-2013, 06:51 AM	#11
Shadow Knows Bat Boy Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 19	What immediately stands out is the lack of longevity. All-time greats should be playing much longer, and the career records relative to the season records suggest they're also cratering before the end. It's just not plausible that so many players could routinely hit 45-50 home runs in their primes, yet average less than 30 over short careers. It basically requires a Griffey-esque coda, which there isn't time for when playing only 14 or 15 years. Same story for pitchers. There are only two who have the kind of career length you'd expect from the greats, and even they didn't manage to sniff 4,000 innings. Given the record 262-inning season and the strikeout leaderboard, it obviously isn't that they're limited to 160-190 innings a year, it's that they're not sustaining 210-240 for as long as they should. Last edited by Shadow Knows; 04-14-2013 at 06:53 AM.