I am think the Yankees early in the 2000's or the Braves of the 90's........or maybe I am way off...........
2007-08-20 19:58:21 · 9 answers · asked by littlemary 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Orioles had four 20-game winners in 1971. The four pitchers were Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson. That is a good rotation!
2007-08-20 20:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by Willy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the 1906 as the best pitching club of all time. They may have been a little ahead of their time with a 6 man starting rotation. All 6 won at least 15 games. Mordecai "three finger" Brown was the ace of the staff (26-6 1.04)
The 71 Orioles had a great rotation.
Just to add one of my favorites.
1954 Cleveland Indians
Early Wynn 23-11 2.73
Mike Garcia 19-8 2.64
Bob Lemon 23-7 2.72
Art Houtteman 15-7 3.35
Bob Feller 13-3 3.09
No pitcher on that staff that threw 40 innings or more had an ERA above 3.35. It's no wonder they were 111-43 a .721 winning percentage
2007-08-21 06:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by C_F_45 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1906 Chicago Cubs.
Starting pitchers - starts, records, ERA's:
Mordecai (Three Finger) Brown - 32, 26-6, 1.04
Jack Pfiester - 31, 20-8, 1.56
Ed Reulbach - 29, 19-4, 1.65
Carl Lundgren - 24, 17-6, 2.21
Orvie Overall - 14, 12-3, 1.88
Jack Taylor - 16, 12-3, 1.84
Fred Beebe - 6, 7-1, 2.70
Bob Wicker - 8, 3-5, 3.00
Jack Harper - 1, 0-0, 0.00
Total starts - 154. Total wins - 136. Total losses - 36.
Ties - 2 Team ERA - 1.76:
Trades:
Harper from Cincinnati on 5/7/06 for infielder Hans Lobert
Wicker and $2000 to Cincinnati on 6/2/06 for Overall.
Beebe and catcher Pete Noonan to St. Louis on 7/1/06 for Taylor.
2007-08-22 23:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by jpherling 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're asking about pitching rotations it's a very close call between the 1920 Chicago White Sox and the 1971 Baltimore Orioles. Both teams had four 20-game winners.
As a team the 1920 Sox won 96 games and the four pitchers won 87 of them for a .906 percentage.
The 1971 O's as a team won 101 games and their four pitchers won 81 of them for an .802 percentage.
It kinda up for grabs. To date these are the only two teams that finished the season with four 20-game winners.
2007-08-21 06:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by Jay9ball 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 1998 Braves with Maddux (18-9 2.22 ea), Glavine (20-6, 2.47), Denny Neagle (16-11, 3.55), John Smoltz (17-3, 2.90), and Kevin Millwood (17-8, 4.08) was very tough.
2007-08-21 03:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by harmonv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going by adjusted ERA for the entire pitching staff (and for the team I'm about to mention, there were no pure relievers -- and not that much relief pitching, as there was 125 complete games), and not going back into the 19th century, the best was the 1906 Chicago Cubs (winners of 116 games).
Followed by, respectively, the 1909, 1905, and 1907 Cubs.
The next 20th century team is the 1926 Philadelphia Athletics.
2007-08-21 03:56:28 · answer #6 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Early 90's Braves...
Maddux
Glavine
Smoltz
Avery
That's what I think at least...
Didn't follow baseball too much earlier than that except for my local teams...
2007-08-21 04:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by Your Olympic Hero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to with willy
the 1971 Baltimore Orioles with Jim Palmer and Dave McNally, etc
I know Palmer won at least 20 games and I think McNally won 30 games
2007-08-21 05:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by deadhead (Who Dat Nation) 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm speechless. A girl asking a real baseball question that doesn't start with "who do you think is cuter..." Wow.
2007-08-21 03:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋