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Masaichi Kaneda

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Masaichi Kaneda
Kaneda-san is another player that I wish I had a better correlation for, but I think we can come close. As Japan's leader in innings, wins, and strikeouts, he is a pretty close match for Cy Young. But Cy Young wasn't always dominating, getting a lot of his statistics because of longevity.

Walter Johnson didn't pitch in quite the games that Young did, but he was more dominating when he did pitch. If Kaneda tended to pitch for bad teams like Johnson did, maybe Johnson is a good correlation, since that did hold Johnson's win totals down.
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Re: Masaichi Kaneda
[ Author: Guest: Jim Albright | Posted: Jan 13, 2004 11:09 AM ]

Without checking, I'd think Kaneda's teams were even worse than W. Johnson's were. Kaneda's a lefty and Johnson right handed, and Johnson pitched a lot in a dead ball environment while Kaneda had to deal with at least a few guys on each team who could put a pitch in the seats. Even so, that choice is probably as good as it gets.

Jim Albright
Re: Masaichi Kaneda
[ Author: seiyu | Posted: Jan 14, 2004 6:57 AM ]

Kokutetsu Swallows were much worse than the Washington Senators. The Senators went to the World Series in back to back years in 1924 and '25, winning in '24. Kokutetsu was a perennial doormat.
Re: Masaichi Kaneda
[ Author: GottaHaveWa | Posted: Jan 14, 2004 1:05 AM ]

And I should have mentioned that we might have a very good Negro League correlation in Satchel Paige.
Re: Masaichi Kaneda
[ Author: Guest: Jim Albright | Posted: Jan 14, 2004 11:04 AM ]

I think I'd go with Satchel due to the fact Satch pitched in a live ball setting. Satchel was right handed, but otherwise he's a pretty fair match.

Jim Albright
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