Rich said:
Of course no pitcher these days will get close to a career wins record. Too many scouting reports/videos of every players these days, too many pitchers are used as setup guys. Look at how many bullpen pitchers are used everyday as opposed to guys back in the days. Also many managers just use bullpen pitchers if they are rightys or leftys. Starting pitchers hardly ever pitch that many innings. Totally different era.
Look at the statistics of the older pitchers like Cy Young back in the 1890s. They said in a season he pitched 330ish innings in a season. That's 100 more innings than guys these days, with less games in a season back then too.
Look at the statistics of the older pitchers like Cy Young back in the 1890s. They said in a season he pitched 330ish innings in a season. That's 100 more innings than guys these days, with less games in a season back then too.
the reason it wont happen is simple because there are now 5 man rotations. in the past pitchers were going every 3 days, which means more starts and more decisions.
pitchers arms also weren't shot to hell as much back then because kids werent playing year round baseball being abused by obverzelous baseball coaches.
they played baseball, then they went on to whatever other sports it was time to play. so when they were 18 or so there arm wasnt overworked. they went longer without injuries.
thats just my take