Who is the greatest pitcher ever?

Answer 1

that big red kool-aide pitcher that breaks down peoples walls and goes "OOOHHH YEEEAAAHHHH!!!!"

Answer 2

CY Young is a logical choice. Although, CY Young played during a time where pitchers pitched every other day. The game was much different than it was couple more years ahead. A while back they did some type of inflation type chart which projected how many of his 500+ wins would equal by today's standards and it was something like 270 wins.

He was part of the dead ball era. Really not much offense. Pitchers era was common/average to be right under 2.00.

In many cases Baseball historians will not classify him as the best ever because of the time which he played in. Baseball is big on it's past. That is why he had the award dedicated to him. This is also why you see many historians lead to Sandy Koufax or Roger Clemens when it comes to the best ever.

You just can't look at the total amount of Wins and give some one the honor. As much I hate to admit it, ( Giants fan ) I think Sandy Koufax is the best pitcher ever!

Answer 3

Cy Young has the carrer record for Wins, but back in the early days of baseball pitchers pitched once every two days!

In the early days of baseball the best pitcher in baseball is Cy Young.

In our generation the best pitcher is Roger Clemens.

350 Wins 182 Loses

118 Complete Games 46 Shutouts

3.11 E.R.A. 4868.7 Innings Pitched

4,638 Strike Outs.

1.1.7O W.H.I.P.

Allowed 1683 Earned Runs.

Answer 4

10 Nolan Ryan
9 Warren Spahn
8 Bob Gibson
7 Steve Carlton
6 Bob Feller
5 Cy Young
4 Lefty Grove
3 Sandy Koufax
2 Christy Mathewson
1 Walter Johnson

Answer 5

Bob Gibson. He was the most dominate of his time. But if you want to copy someone, copy Dave Stewart. His motion is acutually used by medical companies to teach younger players how to preserve their arms. But to categorize one person as the greatest is imposible - you would have say that the only stat that counts is wins, that is the ultimate goal of all games. And that is Cy Young. Does that make him the best pitcher? Not really, but he helped his team win more games than any other pitcher - after all, who cares how many hits you give up if you score more runs and get a W? He has more W's.

Answer 6

Cy Young
Roger Clemons
Christy Matthewson
Sandy Koufax
Nolan Ryan

Answer 7

what defines greatness? Wins? then its Cy Young
strikeouts/no hitters? Ryan
single season dominance? perhaps Gibson

i think it's worthy to mention guys like grover cleveland alexander, who arguably would have been more productive had he not had PTSD from WW1. Satchel Paige had a good MLB career despite being really old. Babe Ruth still holds MLB pitching records (and hitting records) which is why he is the greatest to have ever played the game (pitching AND hitting records).

Answer 8

I love stats as much as the next person but i think the best pitcher of all time is Greg Maddux. 340 wins and a sub-3.20 ERA are good enough for a HOF nod, but the way Maddux gets the most out of his God given ability is unprecedented. The way he can out-think any hitter and manipulate the way the ball flies through the air to homeplate is down right disgusting.

Answer 9

I'll go with Cy Young
511-316 record 2.63 era. Also all time leader in wins, innings pitched, complete games and games started.

One other thing the award given out to the best MLB pitcher every year is named after him.

Answer 10

If Babe Ruth had remained a pitcher, it would have been him. I would say Walter (the Big Train) Johnson. Cy Young was good, but he never even won his own award!

Answer 11

Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, or Roger Clemens, depending on what you want "greatest" to represent -- but all three of these men had very long careers with continuous league-leading seasonal performances, with very little competition among contemporaneous pitchers (they each stood well above anyone else).

Luckily we continue to be privileged to watch one of them.