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There have been hundreds and hundreds of starting pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball. The question is, who is the best ever? Rating is a hard thing in a way, an easy thing in a way. What statistical categories do you look at, which are important, which aren’t? How much weight do you put on each category? Is adjusted career more important than peak career? How much weight do you put on each of ...

Relief pitching in the first half of the 20th century was much different than the relief pitching of today. Back then, it was still the general ideology of managers that the good arms were in the starting rotation and the duds were in the bullpen. In a way it was true. However, that ideology was starting to shift by the 1960s and the relief pitchers on this list broke that rule. They could flat ...

There were really no relief pitchers during the first 40 seasons of Major League Baseball, through the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1900s. The first relief pitchers really came along in the 1910s. During those first 40 seasons of MLB, in the rare occasions that the starting pitcher did not finish the game and a relief pitcher was needed, one of the other starting pitchers who had the day off ...

Now that the decade of the 2000s has just ended, I thought it would be a good time to make a list of the best relief pitchers from this decade. Now keep in mind, this list is a list of the best careers, so far. It is not a list of the best right now. This needs to be kept in mind while reading this list; I’m talking about the ...

There were 60 starting pitchers from the 1950s who pitched in at least 200 games. If a player does not appear on the list of the 60 eligible players list, then they either didnÆt reach 200 games or I consider them a pitcher from the 1940s or the 1960s. The 1940s will be covered in a separate article, and I just wrote an article on the 10 best starting pitchers from the ...

The 1920s was one of the worst decades in the history of Major League Baseball for starting pitcher stats.  It is the worst, except for the 1890s, 1930s, and 2000s (now).  It’s especially interesting because it followed one of the best decades in history for starting pitcher numbers—the 1910s. The 1910s is the best decade for starting pitcher numbers, other than the 1870s and the first decade of the 1900s. The 1920s was ...

There were 69 starting pitchers from the 1960s who pitched in at least 200 games. If a player does not appear on the list of the 69 eligible players list, then they either didnÆt reach 200 games or I consider them a pitcher from the 1950s or the 1970s. The 1950s will be covered in a separate article, and I just wrote an article on the 10 best starting pitchers from the ...

á The 1910s decade is interesting to write about because it is the single best decade in the history of Major League Baseball for starting pitcher numbers, other than the 1870s and the first decade of the 1900s. á There were 69 starting pitchers from the 1910s who pitched in at least 200 games. If a player does not appear on the list of the 69 eligible players list, then they either didnÆt ...

There were 87 starting pitchers from the 1970s who pitched in at least 200 games. That is the highest number of any decade in the history of Major League Baseball, other than the 1980s and 2000s. The 1970s is an interesting decade to write about, because it was chock-full of high-caliber pitchers. In fact, there are eight starting pitchers from the 1970s that are in the HOF, and that is more than ...

There were 49 pitchers from the first decade of the 1900s who pitched in at least 200 games. That is the lowest number of any decade in the history of Major League Baseball, other than the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. The first decade of the 1900s is an interesting decade to write about, because it is the single best decade in the history of MLB for pitching numbers and it was ...