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Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux .. best staff ever?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    1. Koufax and Drysdale were the best top three of a rotation ever.

    2. The 1950 Yankees had Vic Raschi, Eddie Lopat, Allie Reynolds, and midseason rookie callup Whitey Ford. Not too shabby.
     
  2. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    Indians had Wynn, Lemon and Feller for most of the early 50s. True Feller was aging, but still very good. Add in fourth guys such as Garcia, Herb Score or a Gene Bearden and that is a pretty devastating bunch.
     
  3. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    '30s Cardinals led their rotation with a couple kids named Dean.
     
  4. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Nice.
     
  5. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Oh, yeah, don't forget the '60s Cards. Gibson was unreal, and that kid Steve Carlton had some promise, too.

    In '68, the rotation also included Nelson Briles (19-11, 2.81) and Ray Washburn (14-8. 2.26). In '69, they also had 22-year-old Mike Torrez, who went 10-4. In '67, Dick Hughes went 16-6 with a 2.67 ERA.
     
  6. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Hey, as Barbie once said, math is hard.
     
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    My Indians of Greg Swindell, Tom Candiotti, John Farrell and Bud Black are sad to be left out.
     
  8. chilidog75

    chilidog75 Member

    Not a bad trio at all. There was only one year (1951) though when they were all very good. From 1952 on, Feller was basically a .500 pitcher.

    Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz were all in their primes of their careers --- and I think that's what makes them different than the Koufax-Drysdale-Sutton Dodgers and the Feller-Wynn-Lemon Indians, etc., etc.
     
  9. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    Sandy knocked off 27 DUBs and called it a career.
     
  10. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Lot of great staffs mentioned. One that hasn't is Connie Mack's first dynasty of Eddie Plank and Chief Bender, with Rube Waddell in the early years and Colby Jack Coombs/Bullet Joe Bush in the later years.
     
  11. J.T. Pinch

    J.T. Pinch New Member

    Had the Mets not traded away Nolan Ryan, their staff of Seaver, Koosman and Matlack would be hard to ignore.

    The mid 60's edition of the Chisox with Gary Peters, Joe Horlen, Tommy John, Wilbur Wood, along with bullpen ace Hoyt Wilhelm, might have won something had they not been so anemic at the plate.

    The 1980 Orioles had Cy Young award winners Steve Stone, Jim Palmer and Mike Flanagan. The guy O's fans referred to as Cy Future, Scott MacGregor, rounded out the rotation.
     
  12. Appgrad05

    Appgrad05 Active Member

    The 1998 staff was the best of the Braves years, in terms of total production.
    Maddux - 18-9, 2.22 ERA
    Glavine - 20-6, 2.47 ERA
    Neagle - 16-11, 3.55 ERA
    Millwood - 17-8, 4.08 ERA
    Smoltz - 17.3, 2.90 ERA

    Glavine took the Cy Young, and Maddux and Smoltz tied for fourth.
     
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