No option for ol' Satchel?

Fair question, similar to the Josh Gibson discussion in the C poll.

Not fair and not his fault, of course, but Paige's MLB career was short and late and, well, nice but not spectacular (most similars are guys like Todd Burns and Manny Sarmiento) ... our candidates are selected based solely on MLB production. Your votes can be on whatever basis you like, so if this is an "Other" write-in, so noted!

For me, this was one of the easier choices. (If you do not vote for Negro League or 19th century players). Walter Johnson had a career ERA+ of 146 over 5914+ IP. I would have thought Johnson would have had more support and the support Clemens has (despite being an all-time great pitcher) surprises me.

I take Pedro, every time, without any shadow of a doubt. I'm more inclined to pick who was actually THE BEST, rather than who was the best for the longest, and it's hard to argue that Pedro's peak was higher than anyone else's in history.

I like trains so the Big Train was a natural choice.  I just wish time travel was possible cause it sure would be nice to see some of those old timers facing the modern player.

Poor ol' Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander ... 373 wins, 90 shutouts, career ERA of 2.56 and NO votes. Not the kind of shutout in which he grew used to participating!

I don'T know if it's because I 'm biased for having seen Pedro pitch but his career stats speak mountains for what he's accomplished: career ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.03!
His 2000 season was unreal: 217 innings, 1.74 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, .167 BA, 284 K's...mama mia, that's incredible!

Not to mention 32 walks!

I myself voted for Johnson although I can definately see the argument for Pedro on that peak
Looking at Johnson's 5 years from 1911-1915 and Pedro's 1997-2002 (being generous and leaving out 2001)

Pedro went 97-29 in 1103 innings with 1392 K's and an ERA of 2.18
Johnson went 149-63 in 1744 innings with 1181 K's and an ERA of 1.54

Clearly we're dealing with two entirely different eras, which account for Johnson's edge in IP and ERA and Pedro's in K's.  I would have said the winning percentage gap was due to the awful Senators teams at the time, but they actually went 411-356 over those years.
But looking at their ERA+ over those 5 years...
Johnson had 172, 240, 259, 164, 191
Pedro had 221, 160, 245, 285 (!) and 196

it's very close, but I think all those innings pitched by Johnson push him over the edge for me
Not to mention the fact that he had a couple more runs left in him, 1918-1919 and 1924-1925

I think Walter can stand up to anyone's peak
And it is certainly no contest in terms of longevity
It's win-win

I don't think you can go wrong with Pedro, Rocket, or the Big Train.  I went with Pedro but I wonder if the argument for Roger isn't better.  I'd rather have either, I think, than Walter Johnson because they both have a better variety of pitches... more ways to beat you than just the fastball, which is pretty much my reasoning to pick Martinez.  (That reasoning extends equally to Maddux, of course).

In a big game, I think that Mathewson and Gibson are pretty defensible choices too.  If I could pick the day on which the guy is pitching, I might take Gibson because he had some truly incredible days out there.