Comparing Great Athletes

Who was better? A blog that examines the greats of sports history against each other.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Greatest Pitchers of All Time: Top 50 Starters, Top 25 Relievers


Yrs
Innings
WINS
Loss
Ks
BB
ERA
CYs
MVP
Titles
K/inn
WinPct
1. Cy Young
22
7356
511
316
2803
1217
2.63
*
*
1
0.38
0.618
2. Walter Johnson
21
5914
417
279
3509
1363
2.17
*
2
1
0.59
0.599
3. Christy Mathewson
17
4789
373
188
2507
848
2.13
*
0
1
0.52
0.665
4. Roger Clemens
24
4917
354
184
4672
1580
3.12
7
1
2
0.95
0.658
5. Randy Johnson
22
4135
303
166
4875
1497
3.29
5
0
1
1.18
0.646
6. Greg Maddux
23
5008
355
227
3371
999
3.16
4
0
1
0.67
0.610
7. Pete Alexander
20
5190
373
208
2198
951
2.56
*
0
1
0.42
0.642
8. Steve Carlton
24
5218
329
244
4136
1833
3.22
4
0
2
0.79
0.574
9. Tom Seaver
20
4783
311
205
3640
1390
2.86
3
0
1
0.76
0.603
10. Nolan Ryan
27
5386
324
292
5714
2795
3.19
0
0
1
1.06
0.526
11. Pedro Martinez
18
2827
219
100
3154
760
2.93
3
0
1
1.12
0.687
12. Sandy Koufax
12
2324
165
87
2396
817
2.76
3
1
3
1.03
0.655
13. Bob Gibson
17
3884
251
174
3117
1336
2.91
2
1
2
0.80
0.591
14. Whitey Ford
16
3170
236
106
1956
1086
2.75
1
0
6
0.62
0.690
15. Jim Palmer
19
3948
268
152
2212
1311
2.86
3
0
3
0.56
0.638
16. Eddie Plank
17
4496
326
194
2246
1072
2.35
*
0
2
0.50
0.627
17. Warren Spahn
21
5244
363
245
2583
1434
3.09
1
0
1
0.49
0.597
18. Kid Nichols
15
5067
361
208
1881
1272
2.96
*
*
0
0.37
0.634
19. Tim Keefe
14
5050
342
225
2564
1233
2.63
*
*
2
0.51
0.603
20. John Clarkson
12
4536
328
178
1978
1191
2.81
*
*
0
0.44
0.648
21. Pud Galvin
15
6003
365
310
1807
745
2.85
*
*
0
0.30
0.541
22. Charles Radbourn
12
4527
309
194
1830
875
2.68
*
*
1
0.40
0.614
23. Lefty Grove
17
3941
300
141
2266
1187
3.06
0
1
2
0.57
0.680
24. Mickey Welch
13
4802
307
210
1850
1297
2.71
*
*
2
0.39
0.594
25. Tom Glavine
22
4413
305
203
2607
1500
3.54
2
0
1
0.59
0.600
26. Bob Feller
18
3827
266
162
2581
1764
3.25
0
0
1
0.73
0.621
27. Don Sutton
23
5282
324
256
3574
1343
3.26
0
0
0
0.68
0.559
28. Gaylord Perry
22
5350
314
265
3534
1379
3.11
2
0
0
0.66
0.542
29. Bobby Matthews
15
4956
297
248
1528
532
2.86
*
*
0
0.31
0.545
30. Bert Blyleven
22
4970
287
250
3701
1322
3.31
0
0
2
0.74
0.534
31. Ferguson Jenkins
19
4501
284
226
3192
997
3.34
1
0
0
0.71
0.557
32. Catflsh Hunter
15
3449
224
166
2012
954
3.26
1
0
5
0.58
0.574
33. Phil Niekro
24
5404
318
274
3342
1809
3.35
0
0
0
0.62
0.537
34. Early Wynn
23
4564
300
244
2334
1775
3.54
1
0
0
0.51
0.551
35. Tony Mullane
13
4531
284
220
1803
1408
3.05
*
*
0
0.40
0.563
36. Tommy John
26
4710
288
231
2245
1259
3.34
0
0
0
0.48
0.555
37. Juan Marichal
16
3507
243
142
2303
709
2.89
0
0
0
0.66
0.631
38. Don Drysdale
14
3432
209
166
2486
855
2.95
1
0
3
0.72
0.557
39. Curt Schilling
20
3261
216
146
3116
711
3.46
0
0
3
0.96
0.597
40. Jim Bunning
17
3760
224
184
2855
1000
3.27
0
0
0
0.76
0.549
41. Jim Kaat
25
4530
283
237
2461
1083
3.45
0
0
1
0.54
0.544
42. Robin Roberts
19
4689
286
245
2357
902
3.41
0
0
0
0.50
0.539
43. Mike Mussina
18
3563
270
153
2813
785
3.68
0
0
0
0.79
0.638
44. Andy Pettite
18
3316
256
153
2448
1031
3.85
0
0
5
0.74
0.626
45. Jack Morris
18
3824
254
186
2478
1390
3.90
0
0
3
0.65
0.577
46. Red Ruffing
22
4344
273
225
1987
1541
3.80
0
0
6
0.46
0.548
47. Tim Hudson
17
3127
222
133
2080
917
3.49
0
0
1
0.67
0.625
48. Kevin Brown
19
3256
211
144
2397
901
3.28
0
0
1
0.74
0.594
49. Burleigh Grimes
19
4180
270
212
1512
1295
3.53
*
0
1
0.36
0.560
50. Orel Hershiser
18
3130
204
150
2014
1007
3.48
1
0
1
0.64
0.576


Top 25 Relievers
Yrs
Saves
ERA
Inn.
Ks
Wins
SV Pct
Titles
K/Inn
WAR
1. Mariano Rivera
19
652
2.21
1284
1173
82
89.1
5
0.91
57.1
2. Trevor Hoffman
18
601
2.87
1089
1133
61
88.8
0
1.04
28.4
3. Billy Wagner
16
422
2.31
903
1196
47
85.9
0
1.32
28.1
4. Dennis
Eckersley
24
390
3.50
3286
2401
197
84.6
1
0.73
63.0
5. Lee Smith
18
478
3.03
1289
1251
71
82.3
0
0.97
29.6
6. Jonathan Papelbon
12
368
2.44
726
808
41
88.2
1
1.11
24.0
7. John Franco
21
424
2.89
1246
975
90
80.8
0
0.78
24.2
8. Rollie Fingers
17
341
2.90
1701
1299
114
75.8
3
0.76
26.1
9. Goose Gossage
22
310
3.01
1809
1502
124
73.5
1
0.83
42.0
10. Joe Nathan
16
377
2.87
923
976
64
89.3
0
1.06
27.2
11. Hoyt Wilhelm
21
228
2.52
2254
1610
143
76.2
1
0.71
47.3
12. John Wetteland
12
330
2.93
765
804
48
84.0
1
1.05
19.6
13. Troy Percival
14
358
3.17
709
781
35
86.3
1
1.10
17.5
14. Jeff Reardon
16
367
3.16
1132
877
73
77.6
1
0.77
19.3
15. Randy Myers
14
347
3.19
885
884
44
85.0
1
1.00
15.7
16. Bruce Sutter
12
300
2.83
1042
861
68
74.8
1
0.83
24.6
17. Sparky Lyle
16
238
2.88
1390
873
99
71.5
1
0.63
23.8
18. Tom Henke
14
311
2.67
790
861
41
85.0
1
1.09
23.5
19. Robb Nen
10
314
2.98
715
793
45
85.3
1
1.11
15.4
20. Rick Aguilera
16
318
3.57
1291
1030
86
80.5
2
0.80
22.4
21. Jeff Montgomery
13
304
3.27
869
733
46
80.4
0
0.84
20.9
22. Doug Jones
16
303
3.30
1128
909
69
79.5
0
0.81
21.8
23. Francisco Cordero
14
329
3.38
825
796
47
81.2
0
0.96
17.2
24. Roberto Hernandez
17
326
3.45
1071
945
67
77.6
0
0.88
19.0
25. Jose Mesa
19
321
4.36
1549
1038
80
83.8
0
0.67
12.2


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