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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
Maddux won #300 today. He was my topic's inspiration.
LC, your post, while decent, is very flawed in the Nolan Ryan analogy. That guy was always effective, and he was much more than a strikeout pitcher. Take a good close look at his stats, the no hitters, the one hitters, etc. He played on some very sub par teams in his time too, otherwise one can only imagine what his win total could truly have been... A lot like Schilling was in Philly early in his career.
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True. Very True. I'll admit I was a little harsh on him. I wish I could see all of his individual games in his last few seasons though just to see some certain statistics.
But, in saying that, Ryan also holds the record for walks. Also, Ryan has never won a CY Young award, something all great pitchers usually wins once. That tels you Ryan has never been the best in a single season. You can make an argument for 87 though.
As for the no hitters. Well his strikeout/per inning ratio was really high, so the chances of him getting a no hitter goes up because the defense doesn't really have to make any plays if he keeps striking out guys. Not taking anything away from the 7 NO NO's, but that's where those came from.
Also Ryan might have the worst winning % for a 300 guy at .524. Now, I haven't checked everyone else, so don't hold me to it. Yeah, he played on a couple bad teams, but Johnson played on a bad team his whole career and wound up with 400+ wins. So, playing on a bad team doesn't neccesarily mean you're going to lose a lot of games.
All in All Ryan was a great pichter. The Greatest? Not a chance in hell. TOP 10? No. But, I will say this. If I needed one pitcher to pitch in the ninth inning to get the last 3 outs, Ryan is strong canddate for that spot.