Pedro Martinez: One of the Top 5 Pitchers of All Time
The title of this article may be a little much for some people to handle.
Let me specify
Pedro Martinez is one of the top 5 starting pitchers of all time.Let me be a little more specific
Pedro Jaime Martinez is one of the top 5 regular season starting pitchers of all time.
Let me apply specificity to your thoughts
Pedro Jaime Martinez is one of the top 5 regular season starting pitchers of all time in terms of statistical average as opposed to all time collective stats.
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Pedro Jaime Martinez is one of the top 5 regular season starting pitchers of all time in terms of statistical average as opposed to all time collective stats and whose former best friend was a heart-broken dwarf named Nelson de la Rosa.
OK that’s enough.It is too difficult to decide who is the best pitcher using all types of variables like relief pitcher or starter pitcher, regular season or postseason, all time stats or one season wonders, and of course dwarf or midget relations. I will base this bold proclamation on 5 main categories. Earned run average (ERA), walks and hits per innings pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per 9 innings (K/9), Win loss percentage (WL%), and a category I just made up, Cy Young awards per full seasons played (CYA/FSP). Full season played will be based on if the pitcher started over 20 games. It will be this way because I said so. I will compare Pedro to 4 other pitchers who will on be most people lists for top 5 pitchers of all time. Feel free to share your opinion on who belongs in the comment section.
Player | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | WL% | CYA/FSP |
Pedro Martinez | 2.81 | 1.02 | 10.2 | .691 | .27 |
Sandy Koufax | 2.76 | 1.10 | 9.2 | .655 | .33 |
Bob Gibson | 2.91 | 1.18 | 7.2 | .591 | .15 |
Roger Clemens | 3.10 | 1.17 | 8.6 | .662 | .35 |
Walter Johnson | 2.17 | 1.06 | 5.3 | .599 | .58* |
*Indicates American leagues Best Pitcher Award because Cy Young was still playing
I just realized I forgot about Cy Young, he probably belongs on this list. There are a lot of pitchers who may belong on this list. Tom Seaver, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Grove Cleveland Alexander, Steve Carlton, John Maine, Warren Spahn, Nolan Ryan, and Whitey Ford to name a few. I can’t analyze stats all night people get off my back. If you don’t know why Bob Gibson is in there as opposed to some of these other guys I mentioned, then just watch old footage of him pitching and then you will know. I wrote this article for 2 reasons. One, because I just watched Jorge Sosa pitch BP to the Braves and two, because I wanted to prove to my coworkers (Yankee fans) that Pedro Martinez is in the top 5 of all time. They didn’t even have the notion to believe that he could possibly be in that class. I clearly outlined through these random yet telling statistical categories that he definitely belongs. He leads these four other Hall of Famer’s in 3 out of the 5 groups. Considering that there is a slight chance he comes back completely healthy, then the Mets will have one of the best pitchers of all time headline an already formidable starting pitching staff. As long as we don’t play the likes of Tyler Clippard every night, then expect the Mets to be playing in late October.Special Thanks to http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ and www.baseball-reference.com/
