Tuesday, May 21, 2013
JM Catellier: Is Pedro Martinez a First Ballot Hall of Famer?
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Welcome back, JM Catellier…and his “own unique statistical formula”!
Read More...The average 20th century Hall of Fame starting pitcher has 258.3 career wins. That number is dragged down by Sandy Koufax’ 165 victories, but he can’t be omitted from this exercise as I consider him the best starting pitcher to ever throw a baseball.
Former Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez retired following the 2009 season with just 219 wins and only two 20-win seasons. Is it possible that he’s a first ballot Hall of ...
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1. spycake posted on January 18, 2013 at 05:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Nice. Greg did a lot of fine research and was a pleasure to interact with on r.s.bb.
Here's a piece he wrote on pitching to the score for Baseball Prospectus in 1997. Everything on Baseball Prospectus is free today, so it's your chance to read away.
as he was in person.
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