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kairos12

(12,862 posts) Wed May 2, 2018, 06:52 PM May 2018

Walter Johnson-Good news and Bad news

Won 38 1-0 games.
Lost 26 1-0 games.

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Walter Johnson-Good news and Bad news (Original Post) kairos12 May 2018 OP

Ah, yes. The old days with the lively ball. world wide wally May 2018 #1

That's still a 0.594 winning percentage! Moostache May 2018 #2

Ty Cobb on Walter Johnson: Brother Buzz May 2018 #3

Freight Train klook May 2018 #4

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

1. Ah, yes. The old days with the lively ball.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 07:03 PM

May 2018

Moostache

(9,895 posts)

2. That's still a 0.594 winning percentage!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 07:18 PM

May 2018

Over a 162 game season that would be 96 wins, good enough to make the playoffs nearly every year!
Statistically, that is a significant mark (6 games) over the 50-50 norm/expectation in such games!

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

3. Ty Cobb on Walter Johnson:

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 11:20 PM

May 2018

"His fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed."

klook

(12,157 posts)

4. Freight Train

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2018, 10:43 PM

May 2018

is a scary nickname for an opposing pitcher.

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