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KieranI was up at the HOF a few weeks back and actually had this same discussion with a few of the old boys. We talked about ranking hitters and of course it became impossible - the talk of steroids and the advances in nutrition and working out came up. I think they are still yelling at each over how is better Bonds or Ruth.
Thankfully, pitchers are easier in a certeain sense. Every top pitcher faced the best hitter of there era..Cobb, Ruth, Williams, Gehrig, Jolt'n Joe, Mantle, Aarron, Mays - all the way up to a bonds or Pujols. With that said how do you judge who is the best pitcher? I think this is where you have to look at EVERY stat. If a great pitcher is on a bad team he might have a low win total but his ERA should be good...and of course great winning pitchers could have bad ERA's.
So with that comes this fans top 11 pitchers of all time.
1) Walter Johnson
2) Roger Clemens
3) Christy Mathewson
4) Cy Young
5) Lefty Grove
6) Greg Maddux
7) Satchel Paige
8) Warren Spahn
9) Pedro Martinez
10)Pistol Pete Alexander
11) Nolan Ryan
"I have had balls thrown at me my whole life. When I turned 30 I started to really hate balls - I didnt like the smell, feel or taste!"
Yogi Berra - 1975