The Best-Looking Stat Ever
I’m not writing, here, about the stat that looks the best on your fantasy team’s roster. I’m writing about the most aesthetically-pleasing number that has ever appeared on the back of a baseball card. And here it is.
(Scan discovered at jeffscards.net. Click to embiggen.)
See it? I am of course referring to the bold, italicized 2.76 ERA that Jimmy Key led the American League with in 1987. It’s fast. It’s confident, but not arrogant, as if to imply “I know didn’t have to face George Bell and Jesse Barfield this season.” It even sounds good when spoken out loud: “two-seventy-six.”
Got something better? I don’t think a better looking number can be unearthed, but if you think you have one, leave it in the comments.
Patrick Newman is a veteran enthusiast of Japanese baseball who happens to write about it at npbtracker.com, and on Twitter @npbtracker.
This is what I come to fangraphs for. SMH.
You, my friend, have wandered into NotGraphs. This is EXACTLY what people are looking for here.
This isn’t exactly what I come to notgraphs for. But, certainly, something of this general sort.
Speak for yourself, I opened up my browser with the burning question of “what is the best-looking stat ever”, and immediately thought NotGraphs would provide the answer.