First off, I want to thank JD over at Reds Daily for the kind words about my first All Decade team. Thanks to him, more people came to the website then on any other day in the short existance of the blog. Hopefully you’ll keep coming back.

Don Gullett was a man on fire in 1975. He was held to only 22 starts because he caught a line drive on his thumb in mid-June. He had nineteen decisions in those 22 starts, going 15-4 on the season. He finished fifth in the Cy Young that year, his best finish ever. Over his career, he amassed a .686 winning percentage (109-50), which is good for eighth all time.

So where does Gullett fall out numbers wise? Let’s take a look….

Innings Pitched 159 2/3
Wins 15
Losses 4
ERA 2.42
ERA+ 259
WHIP 1.146
H/9 7.16
BB/9 3.16
SO/9 5.52
HR/9 0.62
Pitching Runs Above Replacement 51
Stuff 16

Brian tried to hedge himself by hesitantly deferring to Gullett, but in my opinion, it’s not even close. He had a better WHIP, ERA, and ERA+ then Petry did. If Gullett had a full season, he very well might have won 20 games, and won the Cy Young.

Scorecard 1975 Reds 6, 1984 Tiger 4

You can read Brian’s analysis of Dan Petry at Tigerblog.

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