Randy Johnson’s 300th Win
5 Jun 2009 / PE
Fellow Trojan Randy Johnson won his 300th game last night.
I miss the good old days when starting pitchers actually won games on the mound, not in the dugout after throwing six innings and handing it off to the bullpen . . .
MS
6 Jun 2009 @ 3:48 pm
The game has changed. Go with it. They even let blacks play in the majors now!
Maybe some Geritol will make you feel better.
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PE
6 Jun 2009 @ 7:28 pm
A guy goes out now and pitches six innings, gives up three runs or less and he gets a “quality start.” It used to be a guy pitched six innings and gave up three runs, he got cut.
When I grew up loving baseball, my favorite pitchers — Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson, etc. — would kick your ass for nine innings, not six.
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MS
7 Jun 2009 @ 12:33 pm
The way statistics are calculated hasn’t changed. An ERA is the same now as it was then, and at the end of last season Randy Johnson had a 3.26 lifetime ERA. This year will likely push that up a bit, and he will probably (should) retire at the end of this season.
Bob Gibson never reached 300 wins, and you should be glad St. Louis didn’t really cut guys with a 4.5 ERA or he would never have made it past his second season. His ERA for his final season wasn’t good either.
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