2007-12-16 18:56:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Chief Bender
Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown
Ray Brown *
Jim Bunning
Steve Carlton
Jack Chesbro
John Clarkson
Andy Cooper *
Stan Coveleski
Candy Cummings
Leon Day *
Dizzy Dean
Martín Dihigo *
Don Drysdale
Dennis Eckersley
Red Faber
Bob Feller
Rollie Fingers
Whitey Ford
Bill Foster *
Rube Foster *
Pud Galvin
Bob Gibson
Lefty Gomez
Clark Griffith
Burleigh Grimes
Lefty Grove
Jesse Haines
Waite Hoyt
Carl Hubbell
Catfish Hunter
Ferguson Jenkins
Walter Johnson
Addie Joss
Tim Keefe
Sandy Koufax
Bob Lemon
Ted Lyons
Juan Marichal
Rube Marquard
Christy Mathewson
Joe McGinnity
José Méndez *
Hal Newhouser
Kid Nichols
Phil Niekro
Satchel Paige *
Jim Palmer
Herb Pennock
Gaylord Perry
Eddie Plank
Charles Radbourn
Eppa Rixey
Robin Roberts
Bullet Rogan *
Red Ruffing
Amos Rusie
Babe Ruth **
Nolan Ryan
Tom Seaver
Hilton Smith *
Warren Spahn
Albert Spalding
Bruce Sutter
Don Sutton
Dazzy Vance
Rube Waddell
Ed Walsh
John Montgomery Ward
Mickey Welch
Hoyt Wilhelm
Smokey Joe Williams *
Vic Willis
Early Wynn
Cy Young
Jimmie Foxx ***
2007-12-16 19:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by AnswerWhore 2 · 0⤊ 9⤋
My opinion of the 5 greatest pitchers are as follows:
1. Walter Johnson. Mostly just had a blazing fastball and played on mostly bad teams finished with 416 wins, 2.17 lifetime era and 110 shutouts.
2. Christy Mathewson. Had 373 wins in his great career mostly with the Giants. Was a clutch pitcher too well known for pitching 3 shutout complete games in the 05 Series.
3. Cy Young. Of course the award is named after him for good reason. Most wins ever at 511 will never be broken.
4. Grover Cleveland Alexander. 373 wins and 90 shutouts in his career. Once had 16 shutouts in one season.
5. Sandy Koufax. Career shortened by arthritis but a dominating pitcher over a short career. In a 4 year span pitched 4 no hitters (one a perfect game)
2007-12-17 00:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pedro Martinez (top adjusted ERA and 3rd in winning percentage and WHIP),
Lefty Grove,
Walter Johnson,
Greg Maddux,
and going out on a limb—Johann Santana. He is by far the best pitcher of his generation. Knock wood.
Gibson was a great pitcher, but he is not the only reason they decided to lower the mound again (Drysdale, Seaver, Jenkins, etc., Yaz winning a batting crown at .301).
He is definitely not one of the top five ever. He is nowhere near that level in wins
ERA (139), adjusted ERA (43), WHIP (109), strikeouts (13—his best showing)
winning percentage (140), or wins (44).
Nolan Ryan is tied for #287 in adjusted ERA. If you think he’s top five ever, you think too much of strikeouts and longevity.
2007-12-17 01:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Bucky 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satchell Paige
Walter Johnson
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Greg Maddux
Nolan Ryan
2007-12-17 01:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by Mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter Johnson
Roger Clemens
Warren Spahn
Sandy Koufax
Christy Mathewson
2007-12-16 22:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Addie Joss
Cy Young
Bob Feller
Walter Johnson
Tom Seaver
2007-12-17 01:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by alomew_rocks 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) Lefty Grove
2) Walter Johnson
3) Cy Young
4) Grover Cleveland Alexander
5) Tom Seaver
2007-12-17 01:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.) Cy Young (511 wins)
2.) Walter Johnson (417 wins)
3.) Bob Gibson (so good he literally changed the game, they lowered the mound 8 inches after his monstrous yr)
4.) Greg Maddux (347 wins, played in an era of steroids, small parks, and the huge run productions and was extremely successful)
5.) Christy Mathewson (373 wins, a 2.13 career ERA)
2007-12-16 19:05:19 · answer #8 · answered by wcbaseball4 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Greg Maddux has to be on this list. He has won over 300 games and he does not really have a fast ball to support his pitching.
Sandy Coufax because he was just that good.
Cy Young because he was good enough to get the most coveted award for pitchers named after him.
Roger Clemens has to be up on that list. He has done it all and steroids cannot stop him from being on this list because he played in a time of steroids and against people who were also on steroids.
The last would have to be Nolan Ryan the strikeout king.
2007-12-16 19:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by Ice 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Roger Clemens (yes, even so), Cy Young, Christy Mathewson.
Maddux ranks #6.
Depending on how they finish, Randy Johnson and (more likely) Pedro Martinez might shoulder their way into the top five.
2007-12-16 19:35:59 · answer #10 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bob Gibson, Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, and Curt Shilling.
2007-12-17 05:11:06 · answer #11 · answered by Nick B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋