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by Perryman on February 6th, 2007
Washington Senator ace Walter Johnson, who won 417 games.
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Joe Jackson considered him the best they ever faced.
His career strikeout record lasted for half a century, and no one's ever come close to his mark of 110 shutouts; some of his Senator teams were so bad, the only way Johnson could win was literally to keep opponents from scoring.
by abzilla on February 9th, 2007
Nolan Ryan....Seven no-hitters..
by Doggie S on April 6th, 2008
According to this:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lits10p.shtml
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=johnswa01
Walter Johnson
by Anonymous on July 16th, 2008
Walter Johnson is a pretty darn good answer. For further consideration: Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, and Bob Gibson.
by Jimmyp on April 7th, 2008
Well, you might consider Whitey Ford. He has more World Series wins (10) than any one pitcher. He won over 200 games with a career ERA of 2.75 and almost 2000 strikeouts.
by Pauliegunz on April 6th, 2008
I would Narrow it down to three pitchers, Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, or Mariano Rivera because when it comes to pitching, there is nobody better than them.
by Gene H on May 24th, 2009
Satchel Paige. Every big leaguer he faced in exhibition games says so. Among people who thought he should have been allowed in the majors: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx. . .and even Dizzy Dean. Dean was a good ole country boy, but he BEGGED the Cardinals to break the color line for him. "We'll win 60 games between us!" he said. For a guy like him to be that enthusiastic, well, that says it all. By the way, when Satchel heard about it he said, "I'll win 60 games by myself!"
Okay, but if you insist one a major leaguer, I'll say Cy Young.
by maS elcnU on July 16th, 2008
I go with Nolan Ryan. Very consistent during his career.
My 2 cents.
by happyvalley6 on July 16th, 2008
Cy Young who holds many pitching records is tied with Walter Johnson as the best pitcher in the history of the game, in my opinion
by skeeter on May 24th, 2009
Nolan Ryan
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