What year and what team specifically is generally regarded as having the best pitching staff of all time for a single year?
2006-07-26 07:02:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
a couple of other contenders might be the 1971 Orioles, the only staff in history with FOUR twenty game winners (Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cueller, and Pat Dobson). Dobson was not really a 'great' pitcher, but he benefited greatly that year from the Orioles outstanding offense AND outstanding defense.
The Pirates had to face a 20 game winner in all seven World Series games that year, but still managed to win the series, thanks to the heroics of Roberto Clemente.
The Oakland A's of the same period had three pitchers that each won 20 games a number of times... Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue and Ken Holtzman. With Rollie Fingers coming out of the bullpen, that was an awesome pitching staff as well.
Hunter won 20 games for the A's in 1971, 72, 73 and 74, also winning the Cy Young award in 1974.
Blue won 20 games for the A's in 1971, 73 and 75, winning both the Cy Young and MVP awards in 1971.
Holtzman won 19, 21 and 19 games for the 3 World Champion A's teams in 1972, 73 and 74.
I'm thinking that the Braves staff of the 90s, with Smoltz, Galvine and Maddux is probably the best ever, year in and year out pitching staff, even though they only won one World Series.
2006-07-26 08:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Single season ... 1971 Baltimore Orioles had 4 20-game winners (Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson).
2006-07-26 07:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by The Dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a number of years in the 60s in LA when the Dodgers had Koufax and Drysdale, and Johnny Podres. Also, the 90's when the braves had maddux, glavine, and smoltz in their primes where a pretty impressive rotation. But still, can't be don drysdale and sandy koufax.
2006-07-26 07:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nate d o double g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 01:24:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about the Atlanta braves of the 90's with...
smoltz
glavine
Maddox
although i hate to say it...they were the best team in ball for the past 17 years...if you look at how many years they made it strait into the playoffs...always a given until this year....
2006-07-26 11:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by waynes8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion I think it was the 1971 Baltimore Orioles. THey had 4 20 game winners.
Check it out here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1971.shtml
2006-07-26 07:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by mike d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
koufax, drysdale, and podres!
2006-07-26 11:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by lou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋