It's hard to say best pitcher of all time. If you look at the modern era and compare them to the early years of baseball there are vast differences like amount of games started, which in turns skews statistics. I would have to say Grover Alexander is the best pitcher of all time. He consistently won anywhere from 20-30 games a year - on horrible, horrible Phillies teams! Alexander won 30 games twice in his career, 20 games 6 times, and failed to reach 15 wins in only 4 seasons. Remarkable! In the modern era I think you can make great arguements for Sandy Koufax, Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan and Greg Maddox but let's not forget about Steve Carlton, Warren Spahn, Bob Feller, or even John Smoltz who is a first ballot HOF.
2007-07-29 05:29:18
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answered by Cory K 2
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Molly Pitcher
2007-07-29 11:54:45
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answered by comic_bob 4
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The best pitcher I ever saw was Sandy Koufax. He threw consistently at 100mph and probably had the best curveball the game has ever seen. When you have players such as Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Pete Rose, and others say he was the best they ever saw, who are we to say otherwise?
2007-07-29 12:00:35
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answered by Frizzer 7
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Greg Maddux. The man has to be the smartest pitcher in baseball history. He wasn't blessed with a power arm (or steroids like Roger Clemens), but he's been in the game longer because he has had outstanding command.
2007-07-29 12:00:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, or Roger Clemens
They are all great pitchers, they get strikeouts, and they win games even when they are old, they are AWSOME
1. Nolan Ryan
2. Cy Young
3. Roger Clemens
2007-07-29 11:58:23
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answered by yankeefan 2
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I don't really know. There have been some GREAT ones! I would say since the award is named after him, Cy Young would be my choice. Sandy Koufax was fantastic too. For me, the best I ever saw was Pedro Martinez. He was phenomenal for a time.
2007-07-29 12:20:28
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answered by Red Sox lover 6
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Sandy Koufax
2007-07-29 12:02:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Nolan Ryan
2007-07-29 13:02:36
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answered by alana5705 3
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A pitcher of ice cold beer friday after work.
2007-07-29 11:56:27
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answered by Tribe of benjamin 5
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Nolan Ryan
2007-07-29 11:57:51
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answered by legendaryplanets 3
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