100 Years Ago

Many people say that Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling and Derek Lowe give the Red Sox the best starting rotation in their history. Just for some perspective on how things have changed - 100 years ago the Boston Pilgrims (soon to be the Red Sox) had Cy Young, Bill Dineen and Norwood Gibson as their top three starters. That trio went a combined 66-44 with 106 complete games and 16 shut-outs.

Don't get me wrong - I agree that Pedro, Schilling and Lowe give the Red Sox their best rotation in history. I just wanted to give some perspective on on pitching has changed from 100 years ago.