2007-05-08 09:42:24 · 12 answers · asked by Jail Blazer 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Three time triple crown winner Sandy Koufax. He had over 300 k's during each.
2007-05-08 09:55:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd take Clemens.
On career value, well, that's easy, Rocket has lasted much longer. And while the Sandy-fans don't like to mention it, the first half of his career was, well, to be kind, not very good.
Peak, I'd still take Clemens over Koufax. His best seasons (1997, 2005, 1990) are better than Koufax's by adjusted ERA, and he didn't have such a favorable park and era (scoring was down overall in the 1960s, leading to the lowered mound and, soon after, the DH in the AL).
Sandy earned his Hall plaque. Great pitcher. Lots of supporters.
Clemens is the best pitcher anyone alive today will ever see.
And not that it matters, but Koufax was one of the worst hitters ever. Clemens with the bat is no asset, but he can poke the occasional single.
If Koufax's career hadn't been cut short, it'd be a more interesting analysis. But that was not to be.
2007-05-08 10:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely Sandy Koufax...... Clemens definitely is up there but Koufax takes the Cake
2007-05-08 09:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Koufax
2007-05-08 09:45:42 · answer #4 · answered by erwafredsfdsfsdf 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Koufax
2007-05-08 09:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Matty-Fresh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Koufax.
Clemens had a much longer career, but Koufax was unhittable for a 5 year period
2007-05-08 09:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pedro Martinez. He lapped the sphere. Gooden in 1985: .965 WHIP ( blended walks + hits in conserving with inning pitched) Gibson in 1968: .853 WHIP Guidry in 1978 : .946 WHIP Koufax in 1965: .855 WHIP (his career low) Pedro in 2000: .737(!!!) WHIP Pedro's .737 WHIP is an all time checklist for starting up pitchers, and he set it in between the biggest offensive eras ever, regardless of smaller ballparks, gamers on 'roids, a decrease mound than Koufax, and the DH. And his a million.seventy 4 era, even as no longer checklist breaking, is merely as outstanding if no more effective so as Gibson's a million.12 in 'sixty 8, given those aspects. to positioned it in attitude, the positioned up-season WHIPs of Mariano Rivera and Josh Beckett are .750 and .743, respectively. So imagine 2 hundred+ innings of postseason Beckett or Rivera and that is one of those three hundred and sixty 5 days Pedro had.
2016-11-26 19:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clemens. He's done it year in and year out, and has actually won over 300 games. Koufax had some great years, but just not enough of them.
2007-05-08 09:51:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sandy Koufax without any doubt was a better pitcher than R.C.
don't forget by sandy K time they didn't have the big paydays not only he was better and play for less money then R.C.
2007-05-08 09:49:35 · answer #9 · answered by Filiberto J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Koufax is much better but neither of them compare to Walter Johnson, the best pitcher of all time. He was so good that he didnt even have a curveball which is unheard of now-a-days for a starter. If he had a curveball he would have won 600 games.
2007-05-08 09:51:52 · answer #10 · answered by I LOVE BARRY 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋