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Originally Posted by slotdirt
Antitrust, you do realize that stats like ERA+ are attempting to quantify exactly what you are saying? And based on the adjusted stats (read: adjusted for park/league factors, etc.), Halladay isn't in Maddux's league, and isn't likely to ever get there. Maddux had six seasons with ERA+ numbers higher than Halladay's 2009 season, and those seasons came in the steroid hey-day of the early 1990's. You question whether or not Halladay would have similar numbers to Maddux during his peak years; I question whether Halladay would have had the same success pitching against a bunch of guys on the cream and the clear for the majority of his career.
Of course, that isn't to say Halladay's not a Hall of Famer - he is - but he's unlikely to have career value on the same par as Maddux when all is said and done.
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if that is the case... hopefully he'll have more hardware.
If Halladay does what he did this past year for the next 4 years, there career value will be on a very similar par.
Doc Halladay is still in the midst of his prime and is on a very good baseball team. poor guy.. been the best pitcher in baseball the past decade and had to spend it on the Blue Jays.