Rube Waddell 408 Ks

Curve Ball Dave · 06-11-2013, 01:46 PM

I love to make fictional leagues combining great from the past with players from the present. That's how I can have Mike Trout face Dazzy Vance or Don Drysdale.

A young Rube Waddell is in my current league pitching for the Pirates. In my latest completed season he struck out 408 National League hitters. Sandy Koufax is also in this league. He struck out "only" 391. Doc Gooden's 388 seems almost low in comparison.

Before you think my settings are way out of wack, Stephen Strasburg was fourth with a pokey 315 Ks so it's not as if everyone is breaking Nolan Ryan's record of 383.

In all of my leagues I've never had a pitcher strike out over 400 batters. Gooden would have done it the previous season but he got hurt with two weeks left in the season.

Oh, Waddell went 23-5 with a 1.86 ERA. But should he get the Cy Young? Koufax was 20-7 with a 1.60 and Gooden was 19-9 with a 1.53. (Again, before you think everything is out of wack, JR Richard was fourth in ERA with a 2.58)

Who would your NL Cy Young vote go to?

VanillaGorilla · 06-11-2013, 03:42 PM

Dave, it is not your settings that anyone suspects of being whack.......

How can anyone, except the local writers for Gooden and Koufax, cast a ballot for anyone other than Waddell, here?

Curve Ball Dave · 06-11-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by VanillaGorilla

Dave, it is not your settings that anyone suspects of being whack.......

Well, that's a given

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How can anyone, except the local writers for Gooden and Koufax, cast a ballot for anyone other than Waddell, here?

They didn't. Waddell won the Cy Young. 408 Ks were too many to ignore.

06-11-2013, 01:46 PM	#1
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,393	Rube Waddell 408 Ks I love to make fictional leagues combining great from the past with players from the present. That's how I can have Mike Trout face Dazzy Vance or Don Drysdale. A young Rube Waddell is in my current league pitching for the Pirates. In my latest completed season he struck out 408 National League hitters. Sandy Koufax is also in this league. He struck out "only" 391. Doc Gooden's 388 seems almost low in comparison. Before you think my settings are way out of wack, Stephen Strasburg was fourth with a pokey 315 Ks so it's not as if everyone is breaking Nolan Ryan's record of 383. In all of my leagues I've never had a pitcher strike out over 400 batters. Gooden would have done it the previous season but he got hurt with two weeks left in the season. Oh, Waddell went 23-5 with a 1.86 ERA. But should he get the Cy Young? Koufax was 20-7 with a 1.60 and Gooden was 19-9 with a 1.53. (Again, before you think everything is out of wack, JR Richard was fourth in ERA with a 2.58) Who would your NL Cy Young vote go to? __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

06-11-2013, 03:42 PM	#2
VanillaGorilla All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,371	Dave, it is not your settings that anyone suspects of being whack....... How can anyone, except the local writers for Gooden and Koufax, cast a ballot for anyone other than Waddell, here?