The best starting pitchers in baseball history have one vital quality in common: their ability to win. There are so many different ways to define a great pitcher: pitch velocity, outstanding command of their pitch locations and can have ridiculous movement on their breaking stuff. The best starting pitchers have a special quality that makes them more dominant than their contemporaries. They have the rare ability to reach back and get a key out when it's absolutely necessary.
Many baseball fans love a starting pitcher who can throw in the high-90s and even low-100s. Throughout his 27-year career, Nolan Ryan hit those high-water marks. The pitcher nicknamed the Ryan Express is widely considered one of the best power pitchers of all time alongside Bob Gibson, Pedro Martinez and a few others. On the opposite side sits pitchers like Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine from the successful Atlanta Braves teams from the '90s. These pitchers were able to make up for their lack of pitch power by having arguably the best pitch placement in baseball history.
Here is your opportunity to vote on which starting pitcher can be considered the best in baseball history.This Ultimate List will determine by your vote who can be considered the best starting pitcher of all time.
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1,964355Walter Johnson
18872
1,8033173
1,5992434
2,000380Cy Young
18675
1,709274Lefty Grove
19006
1,442470Warren Spahn
19217
1,385432Whitey Ford
19288
1,241391Carl Hubbell
19039
1,224540Catfish Hunter
194610
1,336598Jim Palmer
194511
1,384642Bob Feller
191812
1,127432Don Drysdale
193613
1,321695Steve Carlton
194414
1,119399Lefty Gomez
190815
1,138535Ed Walsh
188116
1,081510Dizzy Dean
191017
793251Mickey Lolich
194018
810402Mordecai Brown
187619
1,2021,289Sandy Koufax
193520
959987Tom Seaver
194421
723670Gaylord Perry
193822
431345Bob Lemon
192023
560455Phil Niekro
193924
393302Kid Nichols
186925
301261Rube Waddell
1876