Im going with Nolan Ryan the strikeout king. Threw a blazing 100+ mph fastball, and racked up 7 no-no's through his career
2007-12-01 02:17:33 · 16 answers · asked by Aaron M 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Though Ryan and Koufax were equally great in their day, I still have to go with Cy Young and his 511 victories. After all, that award was named after him.
2007-12-01 02:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by no1nyyfan55 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well 7 no hitters is certainly great, but consistency and winning are also needed to be taken into account. Tom Seaver for my money is the best.
One Seaver record that hardly gets any mention is his amazing feat of striking out 10 batters in a row, the third out in the sixth inning, striking out the side in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings too. I will mention also that Ryan's only World Series appearance was with the Mets in 1969 as a bullpen pitcher. He couldn't break into the starting rotation.
2007-12-01 03:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by joenyny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nolan Ryan
2007-12-01 05:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as there are actually not any set minimum standards for get entry to into The corridor of popularity, Who knows of? proper at this evaluate time, i could say that Mussina has a minimum of a seventy 5% possibility. merely 3 greater years of a minimum of 15 wins in keeping with 365 days could get him to someplace very close to to 3 hundred wins. There are some pitchers in the corridor that did not even get to 2 hundred wins. Sandy Koufax includes recommendations, yet having pronounced that, he did have those completely dominant 5 seasons.
2016-10-10 00:08:11 · answer #4 · answered by smyers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim P: Koufax struck out 15 of my beloved Yankees in the 1963 series.
Regarding favorite HOF pitchers, I would go with Bob Gibson, right hander, and Whitey Ford, left hander. Whitey has the highest winning percentage in modern day of .690.
2007-12-01 05:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tom Seaver. There are few you could argue as a better blend of consistency and greatness aside from perhaps Clemens and Maddux, and neither of those guys are in the Hall yet, nor are they Mets.
There is only one other player in HISTORY aside from Seaver with 300 wins, 3000 strikeouts, and an ERA under 3.00.
His name is Walter Johnson. That says it all, doesn't it?
2007-12-01 04:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by koreaguy12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phillies fan here so i have to go with Steve Carlton. Robin Roberts and Sandy Koufax(even though he didn't pitch for the Phils) are a close 2nd and 3rd.
2007-12-01 03:20:57 · answer #7 · answered by feenafee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi aaron m,
In my lifetime, Sandy Koufax, left hander for the Los Angeles Dodgers....He could really bring it...I believe he struck out 17 or 18 Yankees in the World Series....Sorry, I don't remember the year...I go off of memory...If you get a chance to see any clips of him pitching, look closely at his kick off leg, his shin is almost always touching the ground...Look it up...That's the trademark of a hurler that's using his whole body and not just his arm to pitch.......Enough said.
2007-12-01 04:45:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lefty Grove.
Ryan was always a good show. I got to watch him on TV many times and in person several, and you knew that the game would be entertaining, and possibly historical.
2007-12-01 02:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best I ever saw was Sandy Koufax
2007-12-01 02:28:40 · answer #10 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋