Either Grove or Spahn was the best. Grove spent his first 5 years in the minors, playing close to his home and birthplace in MD, winning 111 games. Then, as a 25 year old rookie, he began his ML career which saw him win 300 games against 141 losses, a better than 2-1 ratio.
Spahn had 363 ML wins and also began his ML career late, because of the war.
I'll take Grove as the best and a very close second is Spahn. If I was a GM I'd prefer Warren, as he was a much more congenial fellow. So it's a toss-up.
If Grove begins his career in the majors, and if not for WW2, both Spahn and Grove may have been 400 game winners. Their career ERAs were virtually the same.
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