Fun with reference sites, part 1

Over at ACB, we were talking about the awesomeness of Bob Gibson. As these things tend to go, I spent the next half hour or so poking around b-ref and fangraphs looking at the careers of other big name pitchers. I'm not going to make an attempt to rigorously rank any of them vor various reasons (valuing peak v longevity is hard). I just wanted point out their awesomeness.

Bob Gibson

Gibson was a fantastic pitcher, and famous for his intensity. His numbers suffer a bit though, as he pitched in one of the most pitcher-friendly eras in baseball history.

Year	FIP	ERA+
1961	3.58	137
1962	3.02	151
1963	3.13	106
1964	3.02	127
1965	3.33	126
1966	2.76	148
1967	2.34	110
1968	1.77	258
1969	2.30	164
1970	2.29	132
1971	2.70	119
1972	2.54	139
1973	2.83	133
1974	4.17	95
1975	4.50	76
Career	2.89	127