For the last completed decade (2000-2009) Pettitte was the winningest pitcher with 148 victories. Randy Johnson was 2nd with 143 & Jamie Moyer with 140. PAST WINNERS...................... 1990-1999 = Greg Maddox (176), Tom Glavine (164), Clemens (152) 1980-1989 = Jack Morris (162), Bob Welch (137), Valenzuela (128) 1970-1979 = Jim Palmer (186), Gaylord Perry (184), Catfish Hunter (179) 1960-1969 = Juan Marichal (191), Bob Gibson (164), Drysdale (158)
It is interesting to see how the win totals have regressed in 3 out of the 4 years. 5 man rotations and bullpen philosophies most likely dictate that don't you think?
CC from 2001-2010 was 157 FYI. and over the last 9, 151 with 2775 inning in 13 seasons. The reason I'm pointing this out is what I consider a remarkable stat. Greg Maddux pitched for 23 years and logged 5008 inning. Is there someone who knows how to research how many pitchers lets say over the past 30 years have had that many innings. Everybody points to CC's workload, but if he averaged 200 innings over the next 10 years, he would still come up short of Maddux by over 200 innings. Maddux was a freak.
Any question on first ballot? Rank Player (yrs, age) Innings Pitched Throws 1. Cy Young+ (22) 7356.0 R 2. Pud Galvin+ (15) 6003.1 R 3. Walter Johnson+ (21) 5914.1 R 4. Phil Niekro+ (24) 5404.0 R 5. Nolan Ryan+ (27) 5386.0 R 6. Gaylord Perry+ (22) 5350.0 R 7. Don Sutton+ (23) 5282.1 R 8. Warren Spahn+ (21) 5243.2 L 9. Steve Carlton+ (24) 5217.2 L 10. Pete Alexander+ (20) 5190.0 R 11. Kid Nichols+ (15) 5067.1 R 12. Tim Keefe+ (14) 5049.2 R 13. Greg Maddux (23) 5008.1 R 14. Bert Blyleven+ (22) 4970.0 R
A decade starts from 0. EXAMPLE: the 60s would be from 1960 to 1969 (10 years). The 70s from 1970 to 1979 (10 years) etc etc. So 2000-2009 would cover the decade I'm referring to & in those 10 years (a decade) Sabathia won 136 games. And Sabathia is indeed a workhorse and Verlander is right behind him. As a matter of fact I think over the last 5 years he may have more IP than CC. & very close over the last 8. Whats more amazing is when I see so many pitchers of the past with 3 & 400 innings & managed to stay healthy through there careers.
...a decade is 10 years, regardless of when it began....and you can't gauge CC in a decade from 2000 to 2009 because his fist year was 2001.
Yes a decade is any 10 year period but to make a point I was breaking it down by the 60s, 70s, 80s etc. So If you started your career in say 1981 & won 10 games a year you would have 90 victories during the 80s (1980-1989)
