I was thinking the same thing, remembering some Barfield cards from the
past, I believe he and others have a -5 over the years. I didn't see
Clemente in person, but watched him on TV and I felt his strong arm was
as much due to his positioning and momentum - a true ballplayer. I do
believe there have been guys who have had stronger arms, and guys who
have stronger stats, but Clemente throwing home was really a -9 in my
book. I think I have a "Bobby Clemente" baseball card in my collection
somewhere...

tinman wrote:
>
> Also, a bad year for him was -5.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tinman
> To: stratmat@yahoogroups.com <mailto:stratmat%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [SPAM] [Stratmat] best strat-o-matic throwing arm rating
> ever?
>
> I play in a retro league (currently 1970) and this conversation stream
> spurred me to contact strat.
>
> Here is their one sentence answer.
>
> "The game only supports -5 as a maximum rating, there is no such thing
> as a -6. That is just Steve being Steve.....
> SOM"
>
> So don't start changing your ratings, throwing arm is very subjective.
> Mays had great arm and some -5's, Colavito was there once or twice,
> and I think dave parker and Furillo. Although Mays and Colavito are
> the only ones who may have been Roberto's equal. It seems some of
> Clemente's reputation stems from his having retained a great arm for
> longer than most.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Christie
> To: stratmat@yahoogroups.com <mailto:stratmat%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 4:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [SPAM] [Stratmat] best strat-o-matic throwing arm rating
> ever?
>
> I think this was Hal's way of playing tribute to Clemente. He is the only
> player ever to get a -6 arm.
>
> From: stratmat@yahoogroups.com <mailto:stratmat%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:stratmat@yahoogroups.com <mailto:stratmat%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf
> Of Eric Lutzker
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:45 PM
> To: stratmat@yahoogroups.com <mailto:stratmat%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [SPAM] [Stratmat] best strat-o-matic throwing arm rating ever?
>
> i recently got the '71 cards that they just last year redid for
> super-advanced and looking at the pirates i see that roberto clemente's
> arm is a -6. now i don't remember seeing anything better than a -5
> before (am i just remembering poorly). i guess if anyone deserves it it
> is clemente. so how about it? has strat ever assigned anyone a -7? and
> has anyone else ever gotten a -6. would anyone ever try to send a
> runner on this guy? thanks, e
>
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