Greatest pitching duo

[Robextend]

I'll go with Gibson/Carlton late 60's.

Going back to the early days, Waddell/Plank/Bender - 1905 A's.

[Beatles Guy]

Choose one to go with Bob Feller from the late 40's - early 50's Cleveland Teams...Early Wynn or Bob Lemon.

[egri]

Parnell/Kinder had a good run in the late 1940's-early 50's, around the same time as Spahn and Sain, but I think Ruth/Shore should at least get a mention here.

[packs]

How about the 1970 Orioles? Palmer, Cuellar, and McNally combined to go 68 - 27 with a 3.13 ERA and 574 strike outs.

Then they went 3 - 0 in the World Series.

[Robextend]

Also Nolan Ryan/Frank Tanana for the 1976 Angels were pretty impressive!

[steve B]

Not much factual basis, but my own favorite was the Ryan/Hough combo. Must have been rough on batters seeing Ryans speed then adjusting later to Houghs Knuckleball. Pedro/Wakefield would be similar, but with less of a difference.

Steve B

[bn2cardz]

2001-2002 Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling
They were the top two vote getters for Cy Young awards both years. Their combined WAR for both years was 15.7.

2001 combined for 43-12 with 2.74era
2002 combined for 47-12 with 2.77era

2001 World Series they combined for a 4-0 W-L with 1.37era

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by packs

How about the 1970 Orioles? Palmer, Cuellar, and McNally combined to go 68 - 27 with a 3.13 ERA and 574 strike outs.

Then they went 3 - 0 in the World Series.

And do not forget that the next year the Birds had 4 Twenty game winners, adding Pay Dobson to the mix. Gee, I wonder if THAT will ever happen again.

[glenv]

I tend to agree with Schilling and Johnson. That said, what about:

McGinnity & Mathewson - 68 wins in one season!
Old Hoss Radbourn & Charlie Sweeney - 76 wins w/ ERAs of 1.38 & 1.55

1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords Satchel Paige & Bill Foster. Battery included Josh Gibson.

[rats60]

I'd have to go with Matty and McGinnity. From 03-06 they won 230 games, averaging 57 1/2 wins per season. Matty with three 30+ win seasons, Joe two. McGinnity led NL pitchers in WAR in 03 & 04, Matty in 01, 05, 07-10. In 03 McGinnity and Matty were the top 2 players in WAR at 11.3 and 10.2. Runner up Matty and Marquard. From 11-13 they won 147 games, averaging 49 wins per season.

For modern era, from 62-66 Koufax and Drysdale averaged 42 wins per year. Koufax was the best pitcher in baseball 3 times, Drysdale once. The fifth year, Dean Chance from the AL won the Cy Young and led pitchers in WAR. That season, Drysdale led NL pitchers in WAR, Koufax was second (2nd & 3rd in MLB).