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Originally Posted by Stick50
If that's the case, why would his stuff be 112? His K/9 n the MLB was 5.4...doesn't seem like a 112 stuff to me (but i could be wrong).
Also, he COMPLETED 7 of the 26 games he started (27%) which is not horrible and... again i would think make for a stamina better then 31
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It may be from his PT 19 card when he had no negro league legend card and they wanted to try and represent him.
Also, despite his age and his long relief/spot starts, he was a pretty effective pitcher.
ERA+ of 168 in 1948
132 in 1949
Then he came back and pitched for some pretty terrible Browns teams and had an ERA+ of 93 (his only bad MLB year, not counting the 1965 publicity stunt year) and then bounced back with 127 and 119 despite being 45 and 46 years old and having been a barnstorming player for 30 years staying at terrible hotels and being broke most of the time eating a poor diet and getting substandard medical care and pitching with a sore arm a lot of the time because not pitching meant not getting paid.
He has highly effective despite his age.
I would think his peak card ratings are probably from his PT19 card when he had no negro league card. But peak cards are always a bit odd.
His negro league card in PT20 would be a better representation of him as starter.
It did not even dawn on me that he is one of the few players in PT with two peak cards.