[CardSharpCook]

The only study I've read is from "Baseball Between the Numbers," I believe, and I don't recall the particulars of it (ie, what years they were looking at). I'd be curious to see such. Remember though, just because pitchers were able to pitch 120 pitches doesn't mean it was good for them. Also, I believe you brought up the point of the lowered mound having a negative impact on pitcher health which I've certainly heard before from many sources. I believe that was immediately following Gibson's '68 season? I'd also like to see a study of pitcher career length based on decade with an eye out for pitchers who left the game due to injury or decreased effectiveness. Of course, decreased effectiveness is often a function of wearing down the arm.