Nobody doubts Maddux, Clemens, Randy Johnson and Pedro will make on the first ballot. But which one will get the best percentage of votes.
Will any of them pass Tom Seaver as the highest ever?
Maddux. 16 straight seasons and a total of 17 with 15 or more wins. Impecable control, with 3 more seasons averaging 11 wins he will pass Christy Mathewson as the 3rd in victories. 16 Gold Glove awards
Clemens. One of the most durable starters ever. 2 pitching Triple Crowns. 350 victories and counting
Randy Johnson. Probably the most devastating combination of pitches. Highest K/IP ratio ever.
Pedro Martinez. The best winning percentage for somebody with 200 wins and did not play before 1900. Lifetime ERA is only 2.81.
2007-07-11 09:26:18 · 15 answers · asked by M. Diego 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Clemens should justifyably be the highest vote getter here. but baseball writers will find a way to mess that up too, by saying he was not fan or writer friendly at the end of his career.
they need to find another system other than letting writers vote on this, most of them never played after high school, if they even did that at all. they have no concept of what it takes to play this game at that level for an entire career.
and for those two writers that believe no ballplayer should get a yes vote on the first try, (if they're even still voting) why do we even let them vote? just get rid of those two or don't send them a ballott the first time, we know their votes anyway.
2007-07-11 10:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by rob c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of then will top Tom Seaver's Pct of 98.8% (425 out of a possible 430 votes).... and today there are a lot more voters. 2007 inductees Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn are universally loved by all. -- yet even they fell short. Cal got 537 out of 545 (98.5%) and Gywnn got 532 of 545 (97.6%).
Pedro, it seems has the worst chance. Whenever Roger and Pedro both had a great season, the Cy Young voters picked Roger.
Although Clemens has the best credentials, there are at least a handfull of guys in the group that will choose to vote for someone else. The same is probably true for Randy.
Maddux has ticked off the fewest voters and actually has been the most durable of the bunch. Although Roger holds the edge at the moment, when the final numbers are in Greg will have most Starts, IP, Wins, ...
The final percentages will likely depens on who else is eligible. If Maddog can retire later than the others, he may face little voting competition.
2007-07-12 08:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by harmonv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with Maddux. Martinez has a way of rubbing people the wrong way and after the Don Zimmer incident, he may lose a couple of writers' votes there. Clemens too is an interesting personality that may have rubbed a media voter the wrong way for the first ballot. Johnson may also have hurt his percentage by being so standoffis with the media especially in New York.
2007-07-11 16:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Zim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's funny the way we treat some of our iconic stars. While Seaver was certainly a great pitcher, he wasn't better than Koufax, Spahn, and a few others.
He most certainly wasn't as good as Clemens, Maddux, Johnson, or Pedro.
On the other hand, who are the boneheads who felt Seaver didn't belong? Who would NOT vote for Maddux, Clemens, Pedro or Johnson?
2007-07-11 17:08:24 · answer #4 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Maddux is the best pitcher of all of them, but I think that the highest percentage will be from either Clemens or Johnson.
Clemens is a power pitcher, which the voters tend to appreciate over a finesse guy like Maddux. He also played in major media markets of New York and Boston, and has the postseason success as a Yankee, which impresses the Hall voters.
Randy Johnson will get a high percentage because of his great power pitcher status, and because of his elite status among left handed pitchers.
2007-07-11 16:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greg Maddux without a doubt. The other three have their issues with some of the people who vote. Clemens has a somewhat checkered past and some allegations of steriod use. Randy Johnson is just plain surly. Pedro has had some issues in the past and his numbers aren't as impressive as Maddux's. Don't get me wrong, Pedro's numbers are great but Maddux has shown himself to be one of the most durable and consistently outstanding pitchers of all time.
2007-07-11 16:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kealii A 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roger Clemens hands down.
Maddux will be close but he isnt as "sexy" as Clemens because of Rogers post seasons.
Pedro has his injuries.
Randy has K's
Clemens has two rings and is 12-8 in the post season overall.
Maddux is 11-14 with a ring in 95
Johnson is 7-9 with a title in 01
Pedro is 6-2 with a title in 04
So none of these guys have had great post season careers but Roger has the Yankees and his now 350 wins.
2007-07-11 16:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by browns_86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clemens will be unamimous into the HOF, without doubt. 7 Cy Youngs, period!! Next will be Johnson and Maddux with about 95 and then Pedro at maybe 88. Petey was great, but he doesnt have the same kind of career numbers as those others. But they all get in first ballot, no doubt.
2007-07-11 17:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by david s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Roger Clemens
2007-07-11 16:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by dusmul78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now that Ripken's election is past, Clemens is the only future candidate I can imagine getting an unanimous return from the writers.
I do not think he will, but he's the only possibility foreseeable.
So I expect he will be the highest percentage of any of them, and will likely have a top-seven all time return.
2007-07-11 16:31:30 · answer #10 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋