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Albie O'HanianI agree with MW-among these three I would pick Mathewson for game seven of a World Series. But I strongly disagree with the three of them ranking as the greatest pitchers in baseball. Depending on the criteria you use the rankings will vary but all three pitched in a era that was conducive to great pitching. For the same reason Bob Gibson's 1.12 e.r.a while certainly remarkable is less remarkable than Pedro's 1.74 e.r.a in 2000 their statistics are skewed (relative to other prominent pitchers) by time and place.