Nope. Morris pitched against much better competition. And in the biggest game, he threw that shutout against the Braves. Keep in mind, my beef is that Morris was better. Just the same as Denver's Gradishar is better than Pittsburgh's Lambert. Maddux also had the Jordan halo rule on his side when pitching. I do have a problem with he earned that call.
Nick, Morris better than Maddux is not a defensible position to take.
Maddux 5,008.1 IP, 355-227 W-L, 3.16 ERA, 132 ERA+
Morris 3,824.0 IP, 254-186 W-L, 3.90 ERA, 105 ERA+
The difference in innings pitched is huge. Maddux has 101 more wins. That's huge. There's a huge gap in ERA and ERA+. Maddux won four Cy Young Awards, Morris won zero Cy Young Awards. And check this out. Both pitchers walked 1,390 batters but Maddux pitched almost 1,200 more innings.
And during Maddux's prime he was like 500% better than Morris. Check out Maddux's 1994-95 seasons. He has back-to-back ERA's of 1.56 and 1.63. The last time a pitcher had such low ERA's was Walter Johnson in the Dead Ball Era. That Maddux was doing this in the mid 1990's, one of the highest scoring eras in baseball history, is amazing. Check this out.
1994
Maddux 1.56 ERA
NL 4.21 ERA
1995
Maddux 1.63 ERA
NL 4.18 ERA
As for Morris' fabulous 1991 Game 7 that's a point in his favor. But in the 1992 postseason he was garbage. In the 1992 ALCS he was 0-1 with a 6.57 ERA. In the 1992 World Series he was even worse going 0-2 with a 8.44 ERA.
