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Originally Posted by alnorth
Fun Fact: In baseball's modern era, the greatest single season of all time as measured by WAR is Babe Ruth in 1923 (14.0). The 2nd-best is Dwight Gooden in 1985 (13.2).
That in a nutshell is one reason why people love WAR. How do you objectively compare the value of a given pitcher to a given non-pitcher who played in separate leagues over 60 years apart? That is really the only way.
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AL, I've got a "Fun Fact" for ya, In 1980, Matt Keough threw 187 pitches in a 14 inning complete game for Oakland. You'll never see that in today's MLB.