Comments on: Cooperstown Chronicles – Jerry Koosman http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-jerry-koosman/ Helping you win your fantasy football, baseball, and basketball leagues. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Lester http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-jerry-koosman/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Ryan Lester Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:01:24 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=741#comment-1207 Winning % - Glavine .604, Koosman .515 All Star Games - G 10, K 2 Cy Youngs - G 2, K 0 20 Win Seasons - G 5, K 2 You can't compare the ERAs because Glavine pitched in the offense heavy steroid era, but he has the better adjusted ERA 119 (tied for 119th) to Koosman's 110 (tied for 309th) Top Ten ERA's G 8, K 5 Complete games and shutouts have gone down. That's just the nature of baseball today. Koosman is good, but Glavine is a notch higher. Winning % – Glavine .604, Koosman .515
All Star Games – G 10, K 2
Cy Youngs – G 2, K 0
20 Win Seasons – G 5, K 2

You can’t compare the ERAs because Glavine pitched in the offense heavy steroid era, but he has the better adjusted ERA

119 (tied for 119th) to Koosman’s 110 (tied for 309th)
Top Ten ERA’s G 8, K 5

Complete games and shutouts have gone down. That’s just the nature of baseball today. Koosman is good, but Glavine is a notch higher.

]]> By: Terry http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-jerry-koosman/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Terry Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:49:52 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=741#comment-1206 It would be interesting to compare Koosman with Tom Glavine. I bet you would find that the only glaring advantage Glavine has is wins, and that's obviously because of the great Braves teams he played on for so many years. In other important categories - ERA, Shutouts, and complete games, Koosman ranks better. Another side note on Koosman, which is important to Mets fans. He was traded for a very young Jesse Orosco to Minnesota at the end of his career. Orosco, as all Mets fans know, was instrumental in the 1986 pennant and World Series victories. It would be interesting to compare Koosman with Tom Glavine. I bet you would find that the only glaring advantage Glavine has is wins, and that’s obviously because of the great Braves teams he played on for so many years. In other important categories – ERA, Shutouts, and complete games, Koosman ranks better.
Another side note on Koosman, which is important to Mets fans. He was traded for a very young Jesse Orosco to Minnesota at the end of his career. Orosco, as all Mets fans know, was instrumental in the 1986 pennant and World Series victories.

]]> By: Ryan Lester http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-jerry-koosman/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Ryan Lester Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:02:15 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=741#comment-1205 Larry - Great points. There are a ton of guys who would have been better in diff't situations. That's why making the HOF is so difficult. Thanks for adding as usual. Larry – Great points. There are a ton of guys who would have been better in diff’t situations. That’s why making the HOF is so difficult. Thanks for adding as usual.

]]> By: Larry Novak http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-jerry-koosman/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Larry Novak Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:25:35 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=741#comment-1204 I was a big koosman fan with the Mets. I wanted him to have the ball in a Big Game, But he played on some medocre teams with both The mets and Twins, so he never got to play on big hitting teams, how he would have done if he played on the Big Red Machine. But I have to agree with you, No Hall of fame for him. But ask any mat fan and he is in their Hall Of Fame along with Ron Swaboda, Tommy Agee, Cleon Jones among many others in that magical 1969 year. I was a big koosman fan with the Mets. I wanted him to have the ball in a Big Game, But he played on some medocre teams with both The mets and Twins, so he never got to play on big hitting teams, how he would have done if he played on the Big Red Machine. But I have to agree with you, No Hall of fame for him. But ask any mat fan and he is in their Hall Of Fame along with Ron Swaboda, Tommy Agee, Cleon Jones among many others in that magical 1969 year.

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