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Strikeouts and Walks, In Context

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I came across an interesting article at the Hardball Times, comparing pitchers with the league average in terms of strikeouts and walks. It is an interesting historical read.

 

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/...azzy-and-pedro/

 

In 1924, [Dazzy] Vance had the greatest single-season league-normalized strikeout performance ever. Fanning 262 in 309 innings - in a National League full of contact hitters, in which only one other pitcher struck out more than 86 batters - Vance's K+ for 1924 was 290. The burly right-hander had three other seasons that are among the top ten best K+ of all-time. Here are the Top Ten Single Season K+ performances, among pitchers throwing at least 200 innings:

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