I was poking around the All Time List this morning and noticed Sid Fernandez’ strikeout total. Then I sorted by wins…
Not sure if you can see that but…
Darling is 4th in Franchise wins with 99, Sid 98. Ron 257 games to Sid’s 255. Sid started 9 more games.
Ronnie a 3.50 ERA, Sid a 3.14
K’s Ronnie 1148 and Sid 1449 (in slightly fewer innings). Sid had a better WHIP.
And not to mention that whole Game 7 thing.
I found all this surprising. Not that I didn’t like Sid, but i have always considered Ron to be the Koosman to Doc’s Seaver. Sid is never talked about in these parts, but looks like he snuck in a heck of a Mets career while we were all looking at the front end of teh rotation.