A couple of stats I ran across and thought were worth posting:
The News posted the most successful pitchers in the wildcard era (1995+) during the playoffs. We think of Cliff Lee, but Curt Shilling started 15 post-season games, went 10-1, had an ERA of 2.12 and held opponents to a .212 BA. He's not quite a hall-of-famer for me, but these numbers make it close indeed.
From Jerry West's new book, among other things noted by Sports Illustrated in their recap: Jerry once had an NBA game where he was 16-17 from the field, 12 of 12 from the line for 44 points, plus had 12 boards, 12 assists, and 10 blocks! Retired for almost 40 years, West is still 4th among all retired players in PPG (27.0) and 2nd in career playoff scoring avg (29.1).
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Curt Shilling- I remember us sitting around and discussing he had a heavy ball like Nolan Ryan. He was incredible when his concentration level when up.
I sat with Mr. Fauber two weeks ago and talked about Jerry West. If you had forgotten, Mr G had grown up with West playing sports against him.
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