I started following baseball in the 80's. Then starting pitchers did not worry about their pitch counts. Good Starting pitchers averaged between 20-30 complete games a year. Now, it is rare if a starter has more than 2 or 3 complete games a year. Back in the day, pitchers were encouraged to pitch more innings to build up arm strength and develope a "rubber" arm. See Nolan Ryan stats. Pitchers did not develope more arm injuries then they do now. If I was a MLB owner and was paying millions to a starting pitcher. I would expect more than 3 or 4 complete games a year...
2007-02-17
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