Greatest LHP in history

[tycobb420]

Who ya got? This one should be interesting.

Other winners:
C- Bench
1b- Gehrig
2b- Hornsby
SS- Wagner
LF-Williams
RF-babe
CF- Cobb

 

[spockmaster]

It was hard for me to choose between Randy Johnson, Lefty Grove and Warren Spahn (Koufax flamed out way too quickly, though he was amazing) but i ended up going with Johnson. The guy was amazing.

 

[thehippo73]

I had no problem going with Koufax. He was as dominant as a pitcher could be.

 

[tycobb420]

Koufax and Johnson-2 Whitey-1

 

[kingofdetroit57]

I had to go with the Big Unit. Koufax was a beast, but Johnson was his equal for nearly twice as long. Can't go wrong with either of them though.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm leaning towards the big unit but this is a toughie.

 

[kalinecountry]

I voted Lefty Grove as the Greatest Lefthanded Pitcher.

There are several in the voting list that could be considered the best ever.

Koufax and Whitey were my favorites as a kid and teenager.

What Grove did during a hitters era with several Pitchers Triple Crowns.
An intimidating pitcher with a mean streak and temper.

Koufax had some control problems early on, and then had one of the most dominant streaks of pitching over a number of consecutive years.
Sandy's fastball was legendary before and during his peak 5/6 year run. His curve was one of the best ever.

Spahn didn't win a game until he was like 25 and then went on to become the best lefty in the national league for near two decades. 13 twenty win seasons.

Before him was Carl Hubbell who was a Tiger in the minors iirc, but Cobb said when managing back then in ST that he did not want one of his pitchers throwing that pitch (screwball).
Before him was Eddie Plank, a 300 game winner and maybe the original human rain delay.

You have Johnson and Carlton as well, great lefthanders.

Hal Newhouser and Glavine round it out for me.

Pop said Grove was very fast, lost the super fastball, and then had to reinvent himself and still was dominant. He saw Grove and Spahn while they pitched in boston as members of the redsox and braves.

Uncle Jumbo being a yankee fan loved Whitey, and said he saw Newhouser many times at the yankee stadium and fenway. He used to go out to the bullpen and watch him warmup. Said he had great movement on his fastball and curve.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Gotta go with RJ. He was dominate and with the strikeout totals he had, - just dominate.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Mitch[/color]]Gotta go with RJ. He was dominate and with the strikeout totals he had, - just dominate.

I'm not typically the spelling and grammar police, but you mean dominant, not dominate.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Who gives a fk.

 

[Thumb]

Mitch[/color]]Gotta go with RJ. He was dominate and with the strikeout totals he had, - just dominate.

I'm not typically the spelling and grammar police, but you mean dominant, not dominate.

But you managed to draw your gun anyways, officer.

 

[Thumb]

I have no problem with the Big Unit winning this, but I voted for Spahn, because he deserves to get at least as many votes as Koufax.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Yeah, ha. I'll take my "who gives a fk" post back. I should have said that.

 

[tycobb420]

Johnson in the lead. Vote is very spread out for this one.

 

[beez]

I really think there's no question its Johnson.

 

[turok]

Never liked the rodent-faced Randy Johnson, but there is no denying his talent and pitching stats, assisted somewhat by his height and arm span, which was likely at least 2" longer than my 36"-38" sleeve inseam that I needed and was very hard to find in retail stores that carry dress-shirts until ~the mid-80s.

That posted, I made a homer pick and went with Newhouser, since obviously Johnson is gonna win.

 

[tycobb420]

I went with Whitey Ford....his stats were depressed by Casey Stengel's refusal to pitch him regularly. Under Casey, Ford only pitched against the top teams, so if he pitched against crap, his totals would have been considerably higher. He has the highest win % of any pitcher with 300 decisions and is the Yanks winninigest pitcher. He also had the scoreless streak in the WS.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I went with Whitey Ford....his stats were depressed by Casey Stengel's refusal to pitch him regularly. Under Casey, Ford only pitched against the top teams, so if he pitched against crap, his totals would have been considerably higher. He has the highest win % of any pitcher with 300 decisions and is the Yanks winninigest pitcher. He also had the scoreless streak in the WS.

I didn't know that. Interesting.

 

[byco42]

Grove is my choice, with Spahn 1A.

 

[tycobb420]

Will leave open for another day...