Why did they give it an extra day instead of just saying 365 days?
88-90, ERA 4.48 rest of career, quite touchable
The Mets touched him in the 2015 NLCS
Greinke
Bob Gibson had a 34 games stretch over 415 days between 1967-1968 where he went 27-4 with a 0.96 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 28 Complete Games (13 Shutouts) over 305 Innings Pitched.
Tony Gwynn batted .401 over a 365 day period. IIRC it was his 1994 – early ‘95. He batted .394 in ‘94.
Cubs fan, I watched every one of his starts. Most dominant stretch i ever watched unfold live. Seemed like would throw a no hitter every time out.
Give me prime deGrom
In 1968, Bob Gibson pitched a 1.12 ERA (258 ERA+) across 304.2 IP, with 28 complete games and 13 shutouts out of 34 starts. He also averaged 7.9 K/9.
Peak Arrieta in 2016? 31 starts, just 1 complete game, 1 shutout, an ERA+ of only 135. He did average 8.7 K/9,but when you rarely face the order a 3rd time…
For the record, an ERA+ of 135 is well below 500th on the top single season ERA+ list. 258 puts Gibson’s ’68 season at 30th all-time. #1? One Robert Keyes of the ’44 Memphis Red Sox with a 504. Top of the post-integrations list? 2000 Pedro Martinez, with a 291 at #19. He did *that* at the height of the steroid era. And, yes, he did face Bonds, with a stat line of 11-33, with 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 BB, and 8 K, in 43 plate appearances across 16 games.
1999 Pedro was Mozart on a mound
Sandy Koufax (1965-1966)
Dates: 1965 season and early 1966
Stat Line (1965 season):
Games Started: 41
Wins: 26
ERA: 2.04
Strikeouts: 382 (single-season record at the time)
Complete Games: 27
Shutouts: 8
Koufax’s dominance continued in 1966 with a 1.73 ERA, 317 strikeouts, and a Cy Young Award, marking an unmatched stretch in pitching.
There were a couple years where he was great but it didn’t last long.
yes, that 2 year prime 😂😂😂
The league has gone through a **shift** since he was in his prime. The bases were enlarged. Jake’s era had more influence on numbers than steroids did.
Peak Pedro was absolutely gross for 4+ years.
I don’t know what the *best* 366 days is but it’s gotta be similar.
I think Big Time Timmy Jim burned brighter for a little longer, but flamed out at the end. Two Cy youngs
Schilling, Randy johnson, Pedro had a few different periods like this.
Either Gibson in 67 or Pedro mowing down the entire steroid era in 2000 are the closest contenders.
Was one of my favorite pitchers to watch when he was on fire them couple years
one year isn’t a prime. it’s an outlier
I was saying this to my wife. She ain’t understand his skill.
The only pitcher I think can win that pitching duel would be MadBum in the postseason… that mf was historically different when the games mattered most.
Zack Greinke was better that year and lost the Cy Young due to a dumb narrative hype around W-L records and the Cubs being media darlings
As a Cleveland fan, this dude was fucking unreal in the 2016 WS.
I don’t know how many days it was but the best second half of a season has to be CC Sabathia for the Brewers.
11–2 across 17 starts with a 1.65 ERA and a 1.003 WHIP, striking out 128 batters against just 25 walks in 130+2⁄3 innings, and throwing seven complete games (three shutouts).
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Steroids certainly helped.
*waits for downvotes*
Degrom imop
Why did they give it an extra day instead of just saying 365 days?
88-90, ERA 4.48 rest of career, quite touchable
The Mets touched him in the 2015 NLCS
Greinke
Bob Gibson had a 34 games stretch over 415 days between 1967-1968 where he went 27-4 with a 0.96 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 28 Complete Games (13 Shutouts) over 305 Innings Pitched.
Tony Gwynn batted .401 over a 365 day period. IIRC it was his 1994 – early ‘95. He batted .394 in ‘94.
Cubs fan, I watched every one of his starts. Most dominant stretch i ever watched unfold live. Seemed like would throw a no hitter every time out.
Give me prime deGrom
In 1968, Bob Gibson pitched a 1.12 ERA (258 ERA+) across 304.2 IP, with 28 complete games and 13 shutouts out of 34 starts. He also averaged 7.9 K/9.
Peak Arrieta in 2016? 31 starts, just 1 complete game, 1 shutout, an ERA+ of only 135. He did average 8.7 K/9,but when you rarely face the order a 3rd time…
For the record, an ERA+ of 135 is well below 500th on the top single season ERA+ list. 258 puts Gibson’s ’68 season at 30th all-time. #1? One Robert Keyes of the ’44 Memphis Red Sox with a 504. Top of the post-integrations list? 2000 Pedro Martinez, with a 291 at #19. He did *that* at the height of the steroid era. And, yes, he did face Bonds, with a stat line of 11-33, with 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 BB, and 8 K, in 43 plate appearances across 16 games.
1999 Pedro was Mozart on a mound
Sandy Koufax (1965-1966)
Dates: 1965 season and early 1966
Stat Line (1965 season):
Games Started: 41
Wins: 26
ERA: 2.04
Strikeouts: 382 (single-season record at the time)
Complete Games: 27
Shutouts: 8
Koufax’s dominance continued in 1966 with a 1.73 ERA, 317 strikeouts, and a Cy Young Award, marking an unmatched stretch in pitching.
There were a couple years where he was great but it didn’t last long.
yes, that 2 year prime 😂😂😂
The league has gone through a **shift** since he was in his prime. The bases were enlarged. Jake’s era had more influence on numbers than steroids did.
Peak Pedro was absolutely gross for 4+ years.
I don’t know what the *best* 366 days is but it’s gotta be similar.
I think Big Time Timmy Jim burned brighter for a little longer, but flamed out at the end. Two Cy youngs
Schilling, Randy johnson, Pedro had a few different periods like this.
Either Gibson in 67 or Pedro mowing down the entire steroid era in 2000 are the closest contenders.
Was one of my favorite pitchers to watch when he was on fire them couple years
one year isn’t a prime. it’s an outlier
I was saying this to my wife. She ain’t understand his skill.
The only pitcher I think can win that pitching duel would be MadBum in the postseason… that mf was historically different when the games mattered most.
Zack Greinke was better that year and lost the Cy Young due to a dumb narrative hype around W-L records and the Cubs being media darlings
As a Cleveland fan, this dude was fucking unreal in the 2016 WS.
I don’t know how many days it was but the best second half of a season has to be CC Sabathia for the Brewers.
11–2 across 17 starts with a 1.65 ERA and a 1.003 WHIP, striking out 128 batters against just 25 walks in 130+2⁄3 innings, and throwing seven complete games (three shutouts).