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Originally Posted by sansterre
3) No strikeouts. League average k/9 is around 3.2. Average K/BB is around 1.3.
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The average should be a bit higher than that for the NL. The AL still hadn't adopted the foul-strike rule, so the ratio there was close to 1-to-1.
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Originally Posted by sansterre
4) Starting pitchers are super-valuable, but not in the way you'd think. The best pitchers of the era pitch a ton, but are not as dominant as modern starters. A top starter in 1901 may pitch 29% of their team's innings (17% is unusually high these days) but on a per-game basis aren't as good as modern starters because their strikeouts are so low.
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Well, I'm not sure that's the proper measure for a good starter.