Mansfield Fox

Law student. Yankees fan. Massive fraggle. Just living the American dream.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Best Post-WWII Pitcher?

Is Roger Clemens, 7-time Cy Young winner with 328 wins and a 3.18 ERA, the greatest pitcher since World War II? Well, it's either him or Warren Spahn, the sport's all-time winningest lefty with 363 wins and a 3.08 ERA.

I suppose it's open to debate, particularly if Clemens stays in the game for a few more years and closes in on Spahn's win total, but I give the edge to Spahn, who won all of his games after having badly injured his throwing arm in the Battle of the Bulge. That's pretty hoss.

UPDATE: Oh, man, this post originally contained a huge goof: the suggestion that Clemens is a left-hander. That's been corrected, thanks to the astute knuckle-rapping of Airdog.