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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Interesting list and I'm really surprised to see so many people put Nolan Ryan in their top 5. I don't think he's even top 10 myself....but it's good to see Greg Maddux getting some play here...In my opinion Maddux had a 7 year stretch during the "steroid era" that is just flat out unbelievable. From 1992 to 1998 he never had an ERA higher than 2.72 and twice his ERA was under 2.

my list
Walter Johnson
Lefty Grove
Greg Maddux
Roger Clemens
Robert Feller

*honorable mention: Dazzy Vance - it's too bad he did not learn control until he was around 30 years old or he would have won 350-400 games and would have bested Walter Johnson's career strikeout mark. He led the league in K's seven years in a row with no one even coming close to him in some years. His 1924 season is one of the most dominant in major league history. 28 wins, 262 K's and 2.16 ERA - he won the pitching triple crown and his strikeouts were more than second and third place combined.