whos the best pitcher ever? now?

Answer 1

Best pitcher now: Santana. Maybe not this season, but over the last several years.

Best pitcher for career: Walter Johnson or Roger Clemens.

Best in terms of "peak" value: Pedro Martinez in 2000.

Here are some rather eye popping numbers for Pedro:

AL cumulative ERA, 2000: 4.91
2nd best ERA in league, 2000: 3.70

Pedro's ERA, 2000: _1.74_.

His ERA was not only under half of league average, but less than half the second best ERA in the league. Not even Gibson in '68 did that.

Other numbers:
AL league batting average, 2000: .276
Pedro's batting average against: .167 (a record, btw)

Gibson's WHIP (walks + hits divided by innings) in '68: .853
Koufax's WHIP in '65: .855
Guidry's WHIP in '78: .946

Pedro's WHIP in 2000: .737 (again, a record)

Answer 2

The best pitcher of all time was Walter Johnson also known as the Big Train. It is said that nobody threw harder than him. Johnson probably would have been even better if he could have thrown a curve.Thats right he only threw fastballs. He won 417 games had 530 complete games,110 shut outs, 3509 strike outs, a career era of 2.17, and a WHIP of 1.06. He had 2 MVP's and won the pitching triple crown(most wins,strikeouts, and lowest ERA) 3 times. The Cy Young award was not invented yet. When the baseball hall of fame was created he was among the first to be inducted. The only pitcher who comes close to comparing with Johnson is Chrisrty Matthewson.

And for all of these people who think it's Nolan Ryan or Sandy Koufax dont listen. Nolan Ryan pitched in four different decades and with Nolan he was either amazing or he got bombed. As for Sandy Koufax he pitched in a time where pitchers had major advantage over hitters. Why? Because the mounds were higher during the time he pitched so pitchers could throw downhill. They later changed it and shortly offensive numbers increased and pitchers decreased. go to baseball-reference.com and check it out they have awards and stats for every player.

The best pitcher in baseball right now is Johan Santana no doubt year after year he comes through with a great season.

Answer 3

The problem with this question is that pitching has changed tremendously with the conditions of the game. Prior to 1893, the pitching distance was 50 feet; it became 60 feet 6 inches. Prior to 1920, all kinds of trick pitches were allowed and balls that got dirty weren't replaced with fresh white ones, which helped bring about the Lively Ball Era. Prior to 1969, the pitcher's mound was 15 inches high, then it was lowered to 10 inches. And around 1990 or so, most teams went from four-man starting rotations to five-man rotations. To say nothing of the growth of relief pitching in the Divisional Play Era, since 1969.

Chances are, a Young, a Mathewson, a Johnson (Walter or Randy), a Grove, a Spahn, a Feller, a Koufax, a Carlton, a Seaver, a Clemens or a Maddux would be great in any era. But it's very hard to say who was the best ever because of the changing conditions.

Answer 4

In saying a pitcher is the best ever I have different answers depending on whether we're talking about a career or a pitcher being the most dominent ever at a given time. For a career the best ever is Walter Johnson. Had 38 complete game shutouts that he won by scores of 1-0. All the pitchers in MLB currently probably won't have a total of 38 1-0 shutout victories for their careers. Best ever at his Peak was Sandy Koufax.
Best now is probably Santana.

Answer 5

Johan Santana

Answer 6

Cy Young. Now Johan Santana

Answer 7

Ever: Nolan Ryan
Now: Johan Santana

Answer 8

Lefty Grove.

Today, Johan Santana.

Answer 9

ever has to be CY YOUNG there is a reason there is an award named after him

now is a much harder question to answer but i would have to say Johan Santana the others just arnt as consistent and the ones that are consistent arnt as good

Answer 10

johan santana. no question in my mind. he's untouchable in the second half. erik bedard and carlos zambrano are prolly seconds though, and so is chris young. (not to be confused with chris b. young the d'backs CF)

Best pitcher ever is probably Walter Johnson.