Which City had the Greatest Starting Rotation?

craig44

Lets keep this one with players who played the bulk or a large portion of their career with the team, not a one or two-year wonder. 4 man rotation. post 1900

there are a number of great options. The Braves, Dodgers, Red Sox come to mind.

Here is my home town teams starting 4 in my opinion:

Clemens
Pedro
Lefty Grove
Cy Young

a couple modern, a couple old timers.

DrBuster

90s Bravos rotation is hard to beat on it's own.

craig44

@DrBuster said:
90s Bravos rotation is hard to beat on it's own.

that is very true. For the Braves, you could have Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and add in Warren Spahn. that would give them two righties and two lefties.

perkdog

@DrBuster said:
90s Bravos rotation is hard to beat on it's own.

That is exactly what I was going to say.

Glavine
Maddox
Smoltz

Insane

keets

Cleveland Indians.
--- Bob Feller.
--- Gene Bearden.
--- Bob Lemon.
--- Steve Gromek.

a few years later.
--- Bob Feller.
--- Bob Lemon.
--- Mike Garcia.
--- Early Wynn.

SDSportsFan

1971 Baltimore Orioles

Mike Cuellar 20-9 / 3.08 ERA
Pat Dobson 20-8 / 2.90 ERA
Jim Palmer 20-9 / 2.68 ERA
Dave McNally 21-5 / 2.89 ERA

Combined, they had 70 complete games, and 12 shutouts.

Steve

coolstanley

@SDSportsFan said:
1971 Baltimore Orioles

Mike Cuellar 20-9 / 3.08 ERA
Pat Dobson 20-8 / 2.90 ERA
Jim Palmer 20-9 / 2.68 ERA
Dave McNally 21-5 / 2.89 ERA

Combined, they had 70 complete games, and 12 shutouts.

Steve

79 Orioles staff were pretty good too.

coinkat

Twin Cities
Kaat
Perry
Blyleven
Pascual

Not the best of all cities... but worth the acknowledgment

craig44

@SDSportsFan said:
1971 Baltimore Orioles

Mike Cuellar 20-9 / 3.08 ERA
Pat Dobson 20-8 / 2.90 ERA
Jim Palmer 20-9 / 2.68 ERA
Dave McNally 21-5 / 2.89 ERA

Combined, they had 70 complete games, and 12 shutouts.

Steve

would you exchange one for Mussina? Dobson?

craig44

What would the Yankees all time rotation be?
ford
guidry
pettite
sabathia?

coinkat

Does Ed Lopat or Red Ruffing make the Yankees starting 4? Clearly both are strong candidates

craig44

i think ruffing could replace CC

larryallen73

Koufax
Drysdale
Kershaw
Pedro M.*

craig44

@larryallen73 said:
Koufax
Drysdale
Kershaw
Pedro M.*

oh, that would be a great one, maybe the best, but you are not getting much out of Pedro when he pitched for the dodgers.

I may replace with Hershiser or Sutton or maybe even Fernando

AFLfan

A while back in San Diego, Mark Prior and Barry Zito were in the same HIGH SCHOOL starting rotation...

craig44

@AFLfan said:
A while back in San Diego, Mark Prior and Barry Zito were in the same HIGH SCHOOL starting rotation...

Now that is interesting info. must have been a team all high schoolers in the district hated to face. 2 future MLBers in one rotation. I think i may have showed up for the game with a pulled hamstring that day.

1951WheatiesPremium

NY Yankees

Lefty Gomez
Whitey Ford
Mel Stottlemyre
Ron Guidry

Guidry could be replaced with Waite Hoyt, Allie Reynolds, Andy Pettitte or Red Ruffing. I’m just partial to the Gator…

Mel was fantastic; he just pitched for the Yankees at the exact wrong time.

craig44

I was lucky enough to meet Whitey Ford a few years before he died. in our short exchange he was very personable and nothing but a gentleman.

a great pitcher for sure.

1951WheatiesPremium

@craig44 said:
I was lucky enough to meet Whitey Ford a few years before he died. in our short exchange he was very personable and nothing but a gentleman.

a great pitcher for sure.

Whitey Ford is a massively underrated pitcher with the lowest career ERA of any starting pitcher who has already finished their career in the modern era (2.75).

1951WheatiesPremium

Among active players, Kershaw and DeGrom have produced lower career ERAs. Depends on how long each guy pitches but Jake only has 8 seasons pitched and is 33. Kershaw is around the same age and has 14 seasons booked.