Best "big game" starting pitchers of the last 25 years

bri2327

From those ive seen over the last 25 years....here are the 3 that came right to mind....in no particular order

El Duque
John Smoltz
Jack Morris

bri2327

It almost kills me to add him to the list....since he burned my team twice, but Its gotta be done........ Curt Schilling

Coinhusker1

<< <i>It almost kills me to add him to the list....since he burned my team twice, but Its gotta be done........ Curt Schilling >>



You're an honorable man!

Smoltz was clutch, too bad the rest of the Fab 4 choked in the post-season (except in 1995).

I'm thinking one of the other Yankees pitchers from 96-00 should be on the list, but I can't recall who . . . I 'm thinking Pettite, but If I remember right he did not do so well and the offense carried him.

bri2327

I didnt want to seem too biased by throwing another Yankee or 2 in there, but Pettitte, and I think even more so David Wells has to be considered.....Wells just lived and breathed for big games at the stadium.

Coinhusker1

<< <i>I didnt want to seem too biased by throwing another Yankee or 2 in there, but Pettitte, and I think even more so David Wells has to be considered.....Wells just lived and breathed for big games at the stadium. >>



That's it -- Wells was who I was thinking of. He always came through in post-season -- for the Yankees

WinPitcher

Jim Palmer and Don Sutton were always up for the big game.

in more recent years jack Morris


Bob Gibson had be known for a clutch game or 2


SD

Brian48

Yeah, I agree with the above. Schilling, Morris, El Duque, and as weird as it sounds, the fatman David Wells is pretty good also.

RipublicaninMass

Vida Blue, didn't he get 4 wins in a world series?

aro13

Vida Blue has a 1-5 career post-season mark and was 0-3 in the World Series.

WinPitcher

Ted

No one has ever won 4 games in a series. the record is 3 held by a few guys. I think Lolich was the last to do it.


Steve

ctsoxfan

How about Orel Hershiser? Didn't he win World Series MVP twice?

RipublicaninMass

<< <i>Vida Blue has a 1-5 career post-season mark and was 0-3 in the World Series. >>



hahahha sorry!

WinPitcher

Bulldog won 1 WS MVP in that magical 1988 year he had.

Steve

ctsoxfan

Yes - that was the year I was thinking of. He was brilliant that entire season, and had one big performance after another in the post-season.

The second award he won came later, when he was ALCS MVP in 1995, with Cleveland.

Kid4hof03

In 8 career world series starts Don Sutton was 0-4 with an ERA over 5.00, not exactly clutch.

Tom Seaver was pretty good in big games. I agree about Palmer, Smoltz has been great in the post season.

Abe

Jersey

Every time that the Mets had to face Pettitte (when he was a Yankee), I knew that chances are they would lose. (Why is a Mets/Yankees game a "big game" you ask? It's because Steinbrenner HATES the Mets and treats it that way).

bri2327

Key point in the thread was the last 25 years..........if we are going back further, then Palmer, Gibson, and Ford of course have to be in there.

gosteelers

Dave Stewart?

gosteelers

Jimmy Key won a lot of clutch games for the Yanks in '96...

GoYankeesGo

Roger Clemens
David Cone

WinPitcher

Jim Palmer and Don Sutton were always up for the big game.

Both pitched within the past 25 years. actually both pitched against each other 24 years ago with Sutton beating Palmer in a 1 game P.O that determined the AL flag. 1982 I believe.


Steve


i added Gibson just as an after thought.


edited to add: it was the final game of the season not a P.O game

CardsFan

I wouldn't include Clemens. He has some good outings but a lot of bad ones too. Livan Hernandez has also dominated in the playoffs except for the year he was with Giants. I vote for Schilling and Smoltz as the top guys in the last 25 years. They've dominated in multiple postseasons. Morris's 92 series hurt him a bit, but his 91 game 7 against Smoltz was the greatest pitchers duel I've watched.