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Originally posted by Jason Moyer
Kid Nichols was awesome. It's a shame he didn't have Cy Young's longevity, because the first 10 years that they were contemporaries he was generally a better pitcher.
Jason
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Besides maybe Warren Spahn and Roger Clemens, I think
every pitcher wishes he had Cy Young's longevity. He was never quite the very best pitcher in the league, but virtually every year for 20 years or so he just went out and gave you a top-5 or top-10 performance in innings, wins, starts, complete games, and ERA.
Nichols was more like Jim Palmer. He gave you a ten-year run where he was incredible, but as you said, he didn't have the durability of Young or Spahn.