on and off field by Tom Verducci.
Staggering numbers, what a great season. 18 complete games. He was such a joy to watch. Hard to believe 30 years have passed.
And also started the spiral down with drugs almost immediately after.
1985: Summer of Doc by Tom Verducci - (
New Window )
There might have been other similarly dominant seasons (Guidry's 1978?) but I didn't follow them as closely.
I went to many Pedro games during that 1999 season and it was fun to watch.
Gooden I was limited to TV but he was filthy.
Main difference is Gooden was 20 years old in 1985 Pedro was 27 in '99, so with Gooden there were very high expectations after that.