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Old 06-23-2006, 03:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by plannine
This is just my guess:

Larsen would have been the 5th or 6th starter (in a 4 man rotation era):
Tom Sturdivant 28/22 games started/decisions
Johnny Kucks 23/18
Bob Turley 23/19
Bobby Shantz 21/16
Don Larsen 20/14
Whitey Ford 17/16

For Lew, he has the worst era of the 4 primary starters, the 5th starter is better then him for the season. As long as it didnt pass him over for Red Murff.
Burdette started 30+ games the previous three seasons. He was coming off a 19-win season in 1956. How is he not a starter at the beginning of 1957? I don't get it.

Here's the NYY rotation: Turley - Ford - Grim - Shantz
Kucks is sitting on the Reserve Roster
Sturdivant is listed as the Closer!

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