With 5 Cy Young Awards and the second-most strikeouts of any pitcher, Randy Johnson towers at #⃣1⃣ on our list of the best starting pitchers since 1947! #Prime9
@[email protected] Nolan Ryan is unquestionably a Hall of Famer, but why is he on a list of the nine greatest peaks a pitcher has ever had? His WAR 7 -- seven best peak year WAR totals combined -- is 43.1, below Gibson, Scherzer, Greinke, Halladay, Santana, Palmer, Mussina, Schilling, among others.

@[email protected] By WAA, Ryan and Koufax aren't there
By WAR, Koufax isn't there

Naturally, this is regular season only, otherwise Koufax, Gibson and Schilling would jump up.

Pitchers in green appear in both lists

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@[email protected] In the 1964 World Series, Bob Gibson had 3 starts, throwing 27 IP.

In the 1967 World Series, Bob Gibson had 3 starts, throwing 27 IP.

In the 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson had 3 starts, throwing 27 IP.