Gibby was great, and one of my all time favorites the 13 shutouts that year is itself amazing especially compared to the norm the last 3 decades. He was such a good athlete, you wonder if he could have been more dominant longer without all those innings, but there was no way to pull him out during that era and really was a badge of honor for all pitchers.

The one comparison I would say to best ever year would be Pedro's 2000 year. A 1.74 ERA in the "Steroid Era" when the league average ERA was 4.76.

In 1968 "The Year of the Pitcher" the league average was something like 2.98. Lowering the mound wasn't just because of Gibson.

I still would choose Gibby's year, but understand the argument for Martinez.
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