Final game of the World Series. Johnson, Mathewson, Cy Young?

[CMIZ5290]

Who would you want on the mound? I'll go with Matty with Wojo a close second....

[Brian Van Horn]

If it were against the Baltimore Orioles, Steve Blass.

[packs]

Is it the 9th inning of Game 7? Mariano Rivera.

[packs]

It could be 8th inning too. Still Mo.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Incorporate my prior answer.
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=223981

[CMIZ5290]

Peter, I hear you. My first choice was Johnson originally until I looked at alot of numbers. Talk about a toss up!

[Peter_Spaeth]

To me Johnson is by a significant margin the best pitcher of all time. Therefore, I would take him. Hard to go wrong with any of these though, or Alexander.

[CMIZ5290]

Johnson 417-279, ERA 2.17
Mathewson 373-188, ERA 2.12

These two were about as good as it gets....

[PhillipAbbott79]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

To me Johnson is by a significant margin the best pitcher of all time. Therefore, I would take him. Hard to go wrong with any of these though, or Alexander.

What do you base that on?

[PhillipAbbott79]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Peter, I hear you. My first choice was Johnson originally until I looked at alot of numbers. Talk about a toss up!

You seem to like Johnson. Not me.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by PhillipAbbott79

You seem to like Johnson. Not me.

You bet I do, you might be the only person I've ever heard in the hobby that didn't....

[irishdenny]

Man,
I Love da "BiG SiX" iN THiS Arena,
Especially if they Played da Tigers!
Mr. Cobb Out RiGHT Suck'd in the WS
And He Nevar Faced Mr. Mathewson!

Howevar, Mr. Johnson Against Mr. Cobb,
Different Story All tagether...
Ole' Cobb had Mr. Johnson's Number Down Pat ~

Woulda Still Been Interesting ta See?
How Matty would of handled the Peach & All !?!?

imho Ole' Mr. Young woulda been a coin toss...

Honorable Mention Goes ta Mr. "BiG Ed" Walsh,
He was Certainly No Slouch Either!

Mr. Mathewson woulda certainly of gotten the nod from me!!!

[PiratesWS1979]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

If it were against the Baltimore Orioles, Steve Blass.

Great pick! Any love for Babe Adams or Nick Maddox in the rain?

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by PiratesWS1979

Great pick! Any love for Babe Adams or Nick Maddox in the rain?

Larry,

Thank you. Good to hear from a fellow Pirates fan. Adams and Maddox I like for a seventh game.

As for Johnson, and Val Kehl, please forgive me, but the Pirates did beat Johnson in the seventh game of the 1925 World Series.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

As for Johnson, and Val Kehl, please forgive me, but the Pirates did beat Johnson in the seventh game of the 1925 World Series.

Brian, you are correct. However, I suspect you are aware that WaJo did beat the Pirates in Games 1 & 4, with Game 4 being a shutout. Most observers felt that Game 7 should have been postponed due to the sloppy condition of the field - rain did fall during the game plus there was a mist that reduced visibility. If I remember correctly, Clark Griffith was adamant that the game should be played. Yes, the Pirates beat WaJo by the score of 9 - 7, however, 4 of the Pirates runs were unearned (all of the Senators runs were earned), hence WaJo should have been the winning pitcher by the score of 7 - 5!

BTW, Brian, you should also ask for forgiveness from Hank Thomas!

[darwinbulldog]

Walter Johnson. Not close.

All of your postseason sample sizes are too small to predict postseason performance in a single game better than a career's worth of regular season performances do.

It's the only thing I ever blogged about other than sex:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...-base-and-more

[Hankphenom]

BTW, Brian, you should also ask for forgiveness from Hank Thomas![/QUOTE]

None required, Val or Brian. Although I never mind making his case, Walter's record speaks for itself. I love this quote from Clyde Milan from "Walter Johnson: King of the Pitchers."
"Tell you about Walter? I can tell you this. If I were manager of a team that had one game to play--the one most important ball game in all the world to play--and the good Lord called down and said, 'Milan, you can choose your own pitcher for this. Jut tell us what you want and we'll make up a pitcher to fit your specifications. He can have Matty's curve, or Rusie's speed, or Griffith's shrewdness and anything else you want.' Well, if that happened, I'd say never mind the specifications. Don't make me up anything fancy. Just send me Walter Johnson when he was about twenty-six years old, and you don't have to add even one little item. He'll do for me, thank you kindly."