Really! Some nertz on ESPN called him "one of the 5 greatest left handers" and I'm thinking - ARE YOU NUTS?? He was THE GREATEST lefty of all time BY FAR - 360 odd wins - well, here's baseball-reference.com's entry:

\n Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  GF  CG SHO SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA *lgERA *ERA+  BFP \n+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+-----+\n 1942 21 BSN NL   0   0   4   2   0   1   0  0   15.7   25   15   10   0   11    7  5.74  3.35   58    79\n 1946 25 BSN NL   8   5  24  16   7   8   0  1  125.7  107   46   41   6   36   67  2.94  3.45  117   514\n 1947 26 BSN NL  21  10  40  35   4  22   7  3  289.7  245   87   75  15   84  123  2.33  3.90  168  1174\n 1948 27 BSN NL  15  12  36  35   1  16   3  1  257.0  237  115  106  19   77  114  3.71  3.84  103  1064\n 1949 28 BSN NL  21  14  38  38   0  25   4  0  302.3  283  125  103  27   86  151  3.07  3.80  124  1258\n 1950 29 BSN NL  21  17  41  39   2  25   1  1  293.0  248  123  103  22  111  191  3.16  3.85  122  1217\n 1951 30 BSN NL  22  14  39  36   3  26   7  0  310.7  278  111  103  20  109  164  2.98  3.68  123  1289\n 1952 31 BSN NL  14  19  40  35   5  19   5  3  290.0  263  109   96  19   73  183  2.98  3.62  121  1190\n 1953 32 MLN NL  23   7  35  32   3  24   5  3  265.7  211   75   62  14   70  148  2.10  3.94  188  1055\n 1954 33 MLN NL  21  12  39  34   2  23   1  3  283.3  262  107   99  24   86  136  3.14  3.75  119  1175\n 1955 34 MLN NL  17  14  39  32   7  16   1  1  245.7  249   99   89  25   65  110  3.26  3.75  115  1025\n 1956 35 MLN NL  20  11  39  35   3  20   3  3  281.3  249   92   87  25   52  128  2.78  3.47  125  1113\n 1957 36 MLN NL  21  11  39  35   4  18   4  3  271.0  241   94   81  23   78  111  2.69  3.49  130  1111\n 1958 37 MLN NL  22  11  38  36   1  23   2  1  290.0  257  106   99  29   76  150  3.07  3.52  114  1176\n 1959 38 MLN NL  21  15  40  36   3  21   4  0  292.0  282  106   96  21   70  143  2.96  3.55  120  1203\n 1960 39 MLN NL  21  10  40  33   5  18   4  2  267.7  254  114  104  24   74  154  3.50  3.42   98  1110\n 1961 40 MLN NL  21  13  38  34   3  21   4  0  262.7  236   96   88  24   64  115  3.02  3.75  124  1064\n 1962 41 MLN NL  18  14  34  34   0  22   0  0  269.3  248   97   91  25   55  118  3.04  3.78  124  1088\n 1963 42 MLN NL  23   7  33  33   0  22   7  0  259.7  241   85   75  23   49  102  2.60  3.22  124  1037\n 1964 43 MLN NL   6  13  38  25  11   4   1  4  173.7  204  110  102  23   52   78  5.29  3.54   67   759\n 1965 44 NYM NL   4  12  20  19   1   5   0  0  126.0  140   70   61  18   35   56  4.36  3.54   81   543\n         SFG NL   3   4  16  11   2   3   0  0   71.7   70   34   27   8   21   34  3.39  3.61  106   303\n         TOT NL   7  16  36  30   3   8   0  0  197.7  210  104   88  26   56   90  4.01  3.56   89   846\n+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+-----+\n 21 Yr WL% .597 363 245 750 665  67 382  63 29 5243.7 4830 2016 1798 434 1434 2583  3.09  3.65  118\n+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+-----+\n 162 Game Avg    17  11  36  31   3  18   3  1  251.7  232   96   86  20   68  124  3.09  3.65  118  1035\n Career High     23  19  41  39  11  26   7  4  310.7  283  125  106  29  111  191  2.10  3.94  188  1289\n+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+-----+\n                 W   L   G   GS  GF  CG SHO SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA *lgERA *ERA+  BFP \n\n* indicates the value is park adjusted\n\n

13 20-win seasons! 363 wins! He didn't play in his early years, because he was in the damn war!! 5200+ innings!! He basically carried the Braves to 2 world series. He did all this with brains, not brawn. He never bitched and moaned or took drugs. He was the best lefty ever. And he's almost unknown.