Who is the greatest overall major league pitcher ever?

Question

RHPs, LHPs, fastballers, precision pitchers, closers, all-in-all, who do YOU consider the best ever?

Answer 1

sandy koufax or bob gibbson.

Answer 2

Greatest pitcher of all time? There are so many choices, but I would have to go with the smartest pitcher of all time, Greg Maddux. I have to discout the old-timers because they played in an era where they didn't face the greatest of competition (segregation), so that rules out Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Lefty Grove, Lefty Gomez, Cy Young, etc. Satchel Paige gets left out of the equation, too (he didn't get a chance to pitch in the Majors in his prime, unfortunately). Why Maddux? He's a control artist (relying on painting the corners) who managed to win 333 games, post a hitter's era ERA of 3.07, and make over 3,000 batters look silly at the plate via strikeouts. The man has also won four Cy Young awards, 16 Gold Gloves, a World Series title (1995 Atlanta Braves), and has been an outstanding citizen.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Walter "Big Train" Johnson gets my Vote... Look at his stats (link Below) in his 21 year! career, and try to say theres sumone better. The guy won over 20 games 12 years... 10 of those 12 years IN A ROW! He won 30 games Twice, including a 36 win season in which he had a 1.14 ERA!!!. He has a career ERA of 2.17.... and has 3,509 strikeouts. He won 6 MVPs, Won 417 games, and had 110 career shutouts... he was a MACHINE.. and i dont think there is or ever was anyone better than him.. He is like Lou Gherig, you look at their numbers and go, are those misprints? but they arent.. but when you talk about best hitter or pitcher ever, you hardly ever hear either of their names mentioned. Koufax wasnt great for long enough for him to be considered close to Johnson.. and Noone else even approaches Johnson.. and that includes Randy, Clemens, Gibson, etc... I never saw the man pitch, im only 24.. but my Father and Grandfather both saw him pitch, and they both say it's not even close... They say, intergration or no intergrationm past or present, Johnson was as scarey and intimidating a thrower of the ball as there has ever been... My Grandfather insists the guy had to avg a 100mph fastball, and often just scared hitters into striking out lol.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnswa01.shtml

Answer 5

I'd say Nolan Ryan. No other pitcher has pitched 7 no-hitters in their career no one will ever again. He just dominated with his 100+ mph fastball and had a mean curve, too. If that's not enough to be greatest overall, his placement was precise. He could put it anywhere he wanted, and with velocity.

Answer 6

I’m a huge Steve Carlton fan; he is probably the only pitcher to win 50% of a teams win in a give year (1972). I’ve seen that slider strikeout the best that MLB had to offer. He did it in a time with a 4-man rotation. ERA, wins, Strikeout, innings pitches Steve could do it all, but the greatest pitcher has to be Roger Clemens, nobody has been as good for as long and as dominating as he has been and he is still going strong.

Answer 7

Cy Young. Otherwise they would have re-named the award for best pitcher a long time ago. More wins than anyone in the history of the game. How many games would he of won IF they used relief pitchers back then as they do today? Enough said.....lol

The measuring tool is wins over the years......and we know that no one is close to Cy Young.

Answer 8

Nolan Ryan??? Come on. Great Pitcher but not in this debate. Walter Johnson for the old timers. Clemens and Maddux for the more recent times. Both have great numbers during the steroid era and have numbers that are far and away the best in their era. And don't use Strikeouts for an arguement. Groundballs are outs too and runners could advance and Doubleplays happen too...

Answer 9

From the answers I can tell most of them are coming from youngsters. they are either looking at the record books or comparing the most dominant pitchers or the recent era. My vote would go to Bob Gibson meaning if I had to call on one pitcher to pitch in a critical series like the playoffs or world series Gibson's the man. his career spanned both the eras of the high pitching mound and the low pitching mound and was equally dominant in both. Gibson was the only Dominant pitcher of his time to do that which should tell you something. before you say that I am rooting for Gibson because I am cardinal fan I am not I am a born and bred Yank fan.

Answer 10

Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, or Roger Clemens

Answer 11

Probably Cy Young of Nolan Ryan