Submitted by David Tate, May 17, 2007 11:42

Isn't it also true that pitch counts per inning were lower back then, so that 300 IP by Bob Gibson wasn't actually more *pitching* than rather fewer IP by Curt Schilling? I don't have Retrosheet data at my fingertips, but I thought I'd heard that somewhere. If true, it would help account not only for the apparent loss of stamina compared to The Golden Age, but also longer game elapsed times and other annoyances.

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