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For me it is joy and amazement. I love perusing baseball stats.

Walter Johnson - One of the first to enter the Hall of Fame in 1936. From 1912 to 1915 he won 124 games. He started 152 games and completed 131 games. - Do you think the Senators had a strong bullpen? Also pitched in 196 games from 1912 -1915. He had 10 years with an era of under 2 and had a lifetime era of 2.17.

Pedro Martinez - Third highest lifetime winning % of all pitchers. 2653 strike outs in 2296 innings - an average of 10.39 strike outs per game. 321 starts - 42 complete games.

Christy Mathewson - His initial three years he had a record of 34-37. His next three years - 94-34 - He discovered spinach? Lifetime era - 2.13. He pitched in a total of 11 World Series games. His era was .97 yes .97 in those World Series games. He finished with 79 career shutouts.

Babe Ruth - Won 47 games in two year period of 1916-1917. He has 15th best era lifetime. 671 winning % is 10th highest.

Sandy Koufax - In his last two years he won 53 and lost 17 games. When most players careers lose steam at the end he had his best years. In one two year period he struck out 699 batters. Greatest pitcher I ever saw.

Grover Cleveland Alexander - From 1914-1917 he pitched at least 355 innings per year and won 121 games. From 1915-1916 he had 28 shutouts. In his career he completed 437 of 599 games he started - He didn’t trust many people, most of all his bullpen. He had six straight years of era under 2.00

Nolan Ryan - Won 71 games from the ages of 40 to 46. From 1972-1974 Struck out 1079 batters. He had 15 seasons of 200 or more strikeouts.

Randy Johnson - Six years over 300 strikeouts. Plus three years with between 290-299 strikeouts. In his first six Majhor League years his record was 56-61. From ages 29-40 he compiled a 190-67 record.

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