Greatest pitcher ever who never won 300 games?

Question

I would say Bob Feller. and give me some stats i like stats

Answer 1

Bob Gibson. the most terrifying pitcher of his generation. Those 17 strikeouts against the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 World Series was pretty awesome.

Answer 2

Sandy Koufax 165-87 with 4 no hitters including a perfect game.
Bob Feller 266 wins with 3 no hitters.
Dizzy Dean 150 wins and last National League pitcher to win 30 games in a season.
Bob Gibson 251 wins and 17 strikeouts in a World Series game.
Whitey Ford 236 wins and 10 World Series victories

Answer 3

Many great pitchers in the lineup so far but Nolan Ryan is not mentioned as by far the greatest pitcher i have ever seen.

FACTOID
Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher to strike out Roger Maris, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa.

No-Hit Facts
Ryan hurled a record seven no-hitters, and he is the only pitcher to hurl no-hit games for three different major league teams.

Team.........W L Pct ERA K
Mets........29 38 .433 3.58 493
Angels....138 121 .533 3.07 2416
Astros.....106 94 .530 3.13 1866
Rangers..51 39 .567 3.43 939

Total 324 292 .525 3.30 5714

Feats
Seven no-hitters... All-time strikeout leader... Ryan hit the first home run of his career on April 12, 1980, off future Hall of Famer Don Sutton in the Astrodome. Ryan hit two home runs in his career.

Honors
All Star (8): 1972-1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1989

And these are the stats to back it...300 game or not ... you cant talk about greatest pitching anything without his name being inshrined

Answer 4

Naturally it's all how you define "greatest." One definition of greatness involves longevity, and you'd look at guys who just missed 300 or who were denied that chance (Feller and Paige).

If you are talking dominance, that's another story. The two names that came to mind are Sandy Koufax and Pedro Martinez. Koufax had a stretch in the mid-60's where he was absolutely dominant. The catch was that he put up some big numbers in a pitchers' park. Pedro did almost as much in his heyday with the Red Sox, and did it in Fenway, which has a slight statistical edge to the batters. For one game, us against the Martians, you could do worse than take Sandy or Pedro.

Answer 5

You can easily argue Feller and he clearly deserves to be on the short list for consideration here. He missed 3 years in his prime to serve in World War 2. I think its fairly likely those 3 years would have given him the addtional 34 wins he needs to get him to 300. He threw 3 no hitters and had the record for the most strikeouts in a season until he got passed by Sandy Koufax, who is my choice for the answer to your question. Koufax threw 4 no hitters and was the best pitcher I ever saw. I watched him as a youngster and when he was on his game, and he usually was the hitters were helpless. I give Whitey Ford honorable mention here. 236-106, .690 winning percentage compares favourably to almost anyone. I'd have to look but I'd say he's the only pitcher in history to throw 2 shutouts in a World Series in which his team lost (1960 v. Pirates).

Answer 6

Another good candidate: Addie Joss. Joss was 160-89 with a career ERA of 1.89. He was 24-11 with an ERA of 1.16 for the Indians in 1908, the year he threw a perfect game against the White Sox. He won 27 games in 1907. It took a special exception to the ten-year rule to elect Joss to the Hall of Fame since he only played 8 1/2 seasons (1902-1910). When Joss died two days after opening day 1911 at the age of 31 the Cleveland Indians defied the league president and refused to play the next day's game so the entire team could attend his funeral.

Answer 7

Bob Feller is.He won 266 games and missed 3 or 4 years of his prime due to WWII.If he had not missed those years he would have definetly won over 300 games and would have won somthing like 350.He pitched 3 no hitters and 12 1 hitters and had over 3000 strikeouts.

Answer 8

How about the greatest pitcher that didnt even win 200? Sandy Koufax. In 1999, Sporting News ranked him #26 of all-time baseball greats. No other pitcher ranked higher than him on that list (except Satchel Paige, who played the majority of his career in the ***** Leagues) has less than 300 wins. Highest career winning percentage of all modern day pitchers. Without a question.

Answer 9

J.R. Richard
107-71
3.15 ERA
1493 Strikeouts
led the NL in strikeouts 2 times, fewest walks allowed 3 times, ERA 1 time, hits allowed 3 times, has the Astros record for strikeouts in a season(313).
His career was cut short by a stroke in 1980. At the time he was 10-4, 1.90 ERA, 119 SO.

Answer 10

Satchel Paige.He didn't start his MLB career until he was 42 years old.His win loss record was 28-31.Yet is in the hall of fame and considered to be one of the greatest pitchers ever.He previously pitched in the ***** leagues.