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Ferdinand M. Schupp, So Soon Forgotten

Reader G.R. Turgeon, in his critique of Jim Murray’s column on Bob Gibson, mentioned a number of pitchers’ earned-run averages that were lower than Gibson’s 1.12 in 1968.

As a critic, however, he, too, proves human.

How else to explain his unforgivable omission of Ferdinand M. Schupp’s ERA of 0.90 for the 1916 New York Giants?

JAMES B. DOWLING

Torrance

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