July 14, 2009

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.

YearFIPERA+
19613.58137
19623.02151
19633.13106
19643.02127
19653.33126
19662.76148
19672.34110
19681.77258
19692.30164
19702.29132
19712.70119
19722.54139
19732.83133
19744.1795
19754.5076
Career2.89127

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