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- evan119, on 05/17/2008, -2/+12Shouldn't #12 have an asterisk?
- cannarymburns, on 05/17/2008, -1/+11this had nothing to do with the pitcher's carreer... if it did, would gooden be on there being the total wash up he wound up being? ryan is deserving of the list, but the teams he played on sucked, so what prevented him was the fact that he had a really poor win-loss record, plus he had a high whip as well... his 72' season would have been worthy of the list had he not walked 157 batters and not lost 16 games...
- sgentry6, on 05/17/2008, -0/+8Because some people are interested in sports. If you're not then why complain, just move on.
I will never understand users that post comments such as these. This is one of the truer forms of democracy we have on the web, because everyone involved has a chance to vote; all too often people complain about that freedom. - mizatt, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7"Gibson, the easy choice for NL Cy Young that season, won 22 games and notched 13 shutouts, then added a World Series-record 17 more in Game 1 of the Cardinals eventual seven-game Series loss to the Tigers."
17 shutouts in one game. Amazing. This bests the next closest single-game record by 16 shutouts - occam, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7While I agree Nolan Ryan was a spectacular pitcher, keep in mind this isn't a list of spectacular pitchers. It's a list of the best *seasons* by pitchers. Perhaps Ryan was a great pitcher, but he may never have put together a season quite like the ones listed. I haven't done any research into it however, so I may be wrong!
- AltruiSisu, on 01/13/2009, -0/+6"since 1961"
- Anijake, on 05/17/2008, -6/+11No Nolan Ryan, no dice.
- IAmTheGuy, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4In a year, Cliff Lee's 2008 season will undoubtedly make this list.
- cbell1956, on 05/17/2008, -2/+6No doubt: Nolan Ryan's 1973 season should be on the list.
Honorable Mention to John Tudor's 1985 season: 10 shutouts, 1.93 era and .938 whip. - Yeyui, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4Cliff Lee.
Every pitcher with a start as good as Lee's (in terms of ERA) has won the Cy Young. - nightfright, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3Koufax is my favorite pitcher of all time. Thanks for this list it was cool
- midejitsu, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Come on! Everyone knows that even in his best season, 1901 with the American League team in Boston, he only struck out 158 batters. Okay, so I had to look that up, but Young played in a very different time and can probably not be compared to Greg Maddux at his prime.
- robknight, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2I agree with occam, Nolan was an amazing pitcher, but he never had a truly dominant season. He was consistently amazing throughout his career and one could argue that throwing 2 no-hitters in one season could qualify, but even that year (1990?) he didn't have an outstanding W-L record.
- midejitsu, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Brandon Webb certainly looks very good. He obviously won’t win the 34 games he’s currently on track for, but it seems quite possible that the NL will get its first 20 game winner since ’05.
- impei, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2So does Clemens and he was on the list
- vagrantwade, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Lifelong Twins fan saying adios Santana :(. Those 13 straight wins were just dominant. I hope Liriano gets back to where he was. He was en route to ousting Santana for a Cy Young before he got hurt in 2006. The Twins and the A's should get some kind of trophy for how well they are able to compete each year with such a small market.
- notorious., on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Is there a reason you started with Koufax (#2 of 15) and not with Juan Marichal (#1 of 15)?
- halicore, on 05/17/2008, -1/+3nice list - lots of cards :)
- impei, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Are you talking about his 2006 season? 16-8 with a 3.10 doesn't come close to any of the seasons on the list.
- wit21, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2Roger Clemens?
- cbell1956, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1This was a list made from the Expansion era.
- partysan, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2How 'bout linking to the first slide next time?
- Mark2600, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2That was an amazing season watching Pedro dominate... Too bad they had schmucks behind him who couldn't do a thing.
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Yeah, wtf? I think they meant K's.
- Number23, on 05/17/2008, -4/+5I've seen Clemens pitch many times and he was spectacular, but we know now he's a cheater and doesn't belong on any "best" list.
- Notasheeple, on 05/17/2008, -4/+5Seriously. How in the hell can you put Roids Clemens, the child molester/sex offender on the list, and not put on Nolan Ryan? That ruined the list for me. Maybe the writer does not know that Nolan has over 300 wins, 222 complete games, 6- 300 k seasons, 7 no-hitters and darn near 6,000 k's! seriously. How?
- Perigren, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Mad Dog is an artist sorry padre fans but can the braves have him back... please.
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1spectacular
- Notasheeple, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2Edinson Volquez
- dslartoo, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1The only one of these I can argue with is Johan Santana's. That one's still a little too recent and his accomplishments are just a notch or two below what I'd consider to be all-time great. A number of great seasons were left out (Eckersley's 1990 season being the most egregious example). Still a great article, and they have Sandy's 1965 season on there, so I'm happy.
- TeamRocket, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1got no love for Fernando Valennzuela?
- midejitsu, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1I completely agree. I really hope that he can get five more wins this year to move past Clemens on the all time list. Cy Young died 50 years ago, while Greg Maddux is completely awesome.
- AManOfLOP33, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Vida!
- Chunken, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1These are all starters but I can think of some closers that should have made the list: Dennis Eckersley 1990 with an 0.61 ERA and Eric Gagne in 2003 with 55 consecutive saves.
- Iamthechamp, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1and Webb. 9-0.
- AkiraXXX, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Yes, Vida Blue had an excellent 1971, but the winner for that year should have been the Baltimore Orioles' pitching staff: Four 20 game winners. That, I think, was only the second time it had ever been done in baseball history and was the last time (and likely will be the last time ever). Plus, it started Jim Palmer's underwear modeling career. ;)
- GregFD3S, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Juan Marichal #1 FTW!!!!!!
Honestly, I think this list should be called "Best Recent Pitching Seasons", these pitchers are great but not the best of all time. It could do without a few, and a few were left out. Including Dennis Eckersley and Nolan Ryan. - GregFD3S, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Of course one of my favorites is Christy Mathewson.
Best Season: 20-2 - 1899 for the New York Giants
Career 2.13 ERA, 373 wins and 2500+ strikeouts! - jackalsclaw, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1and no all time great season.
- Ourcellardoor, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Then they should hand out the Greg Maddux awards at the end of each season.
- hoopy22, on 05/18/2008, -0/+0Baseball, a sport, a work of art, a lesson on life. Gotta love it.
- dookie1481, on 05/18/2008, -0/+0What? They are a quarter of the way through the season, if he is still pitching this way 3/4 of the way through we will see...
Jay - socialspirit, on 05/18/2008, -0/+0First thing that came to mind when I read your reply was the year he struck out 383. I looked in up on baseball-reference.com. In 1973 he went 22-16 with a 2.87 and came 2nd in the Cy Young vote to Jim Palmer. Palmer went 22-9, 2.40, with 158 strikeouts. So I agree you can't put him on that list if he wasn't even considered to have the best season that year.
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