Greatest Pitchers Ever ?

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

I think you have to consider the NUMBER of overall victories AND the career winning percentage in order to get a TRUE idea of how good a pitcher was. They must have proved themselves over a LONG period of time, not just a short stint.

Phil Neikro had 300+ wins... but had 274 losses.

Sandy Koufax only had 6 dominating seasons.

Whitey Ford had the benefit of the Yankee lineup giving him run support.

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BUT.....

there are only THREE pitchers in HISTORY who have won over 300 games AND won more than 65% of the games in which they pitched:

LEFTY GROVE: 300-141 (.680)
ROGER CLEMENS: 334-167 (.667)
CHRISTY MATHEWSON: 373-188 (.665)



I don't know who else would make up the "Top 5" pitchers of All-Time...

but these three MUST be included on any list.