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Originally Posted by bk400
Number is going to be retired by the Mets. Good on Stevie Cohen for remembering the guys who got it done before the Mets started to suck. Prime Dwight Gooden is the best starting pitcher in the history of the game.
If I had to pick one guy the start Game 7, it would be the 1985 version of Dr K. Nolan Ryan -- whatever. Randy Johnson -- whatever. Dwight Gooden was the Lawrence Taylor of baseball.
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That would be Walter Johnson for me.
In 1913, Johnson was 36-7 with a 1.14 ERA. His WAR of 15.1 that season is the best single-season total for any pitcher in the modern era (post 1900). Johnson's 13.2 WAR in 1912 is second on that list.
Or Bob Gibson.
In 1968 he went 22-9 with a sparkling ERA of 1.12 to go along with 268 strikeouts, 13 shutouts, 15 consecutive wins and a stretch of 95 innings in which he gave up just two runs.
And a card.
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