EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2004 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: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites