2007-09-23 11:30:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Sandy Koufax for his part of it. Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson pitched the whole decade. Don Drysdale was a little bit good, too! Whitey Ford was no slouch. Koufax would get the ribbon in a contest, I suppose, but the others are pretty darn good, too.
2007-09-23 12:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1960's Statistics
Sandy Koufax
7 seasons in the 60's:
137 Wins
2.35 ERA
1910 Strike Outs
1304 Hits Allowed
1963, 1965, 1966 Cy Young Award
1961, 1965 and 1966 All-Star
1963 and 1965 WS MVP
1963 NL MVP
Whitey Ford
8 seasons in the 60's
115 Wins
2.83 ERA
1041 Strike Outs
1425 Hits Allowed
1961 Cy Young Award
1961 WS MVP
1960, 1961 and 1964 All-Star
Bob Gibson
10 seasons in the 60's
164 Wins
2.48 ERA
2071 Strike Outs
2227 Hits Allowed
1968 Cy Young Award
1968 NL MVP
1964 and 1967 WS MVP
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969 Gold Glove
1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969 All-Star
Who's the best pitcher of the 1960's? Most would say Bob Gibson, since he pitched the entire decade and was the most successfull.
2007-09-23 13:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's really two different questions. For one game or year, Sandy Koufax was the best pitcher of the decade. He was absolutely dominant and put up some fabulous numbers. However, his injuries retired him by 1966.
As a body of work, then, I would lean to Gibson as the Pitcher of the Decade. Juan Marichal may have won more games, 191-164, so he's in the argument, but Gibson sure was good from 1964-69.
By the way, great trivia question -- name the six pitchers who won more games than Koufax in the 60's. Marichal, Gibson, Drysdale, Bunning, Kaat, and surprise, Larry Jackson.
2007-09-23 12:42:51 · answer #3 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the whole decade, it certainly isn't Koufax. He was not good in 1960, above average but not great in 1961, and then the team moved to Dodger Stadium and he became the Sandy Koufax people prefer remembering but was gone after 1966, so delivers no value at all for 1967-69. But if you want a peak, sure, it's Sandy.
For the whole decade, I'd take Gibson, but Marichal, Bunning, Drysdale, Wilhelm, or Chance are all reasonable choices.
2007-09-23 12:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax
2007-09-23 13:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax - That dude dominated the game of baseball like no other left hander has done before.
2007-09-23 11:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by #1 New York Yankees Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Koufax
2007-09-23 11:36:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax... Yep
2007-09-27 08:57:10 · answer #8 · answered by Shana_Banana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax without question.
2007-09-23 11:37:15 · answer #9 · answered by Geoff C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax, easily.
2007-09-23 11:35:44 · answer #10 · answered by iknowball 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋