Yesterday, we posted a "thought experiment" here on Batter's Box, in which we asked users to name what their all-time starting rotation would be. That's not necessarily "the five best starting pitchers ever" (though some took it that way) but rather a true five-man rotation.
As of this writing, and obviously in the online world results can change rapidly, more than two dozen Bauxites have stepped up to answer the challenge. Actually, 27 folks chose a five-man rotation (okay, one guy named six, so there is a split vote in the results) naming no less than 25 pitchers, a list that could fill FIVE rotations.
Only one man cracked even the two-thirds barrier in vote total (Roger Clemens, 77.8 percent), but seven received double digit support. Fortuitously, two of our top five vote-getters are/were lefties, while interestingly, four of the top five are active. That said, let's meet ...
The All-Time Batter's Box Starting Rotation:
Others Receiving Multiple Votes:
Receiving One Vote Each:
listed alphabetically
Mordecai Brown, Chris Carpenter, David Cone, Don Drysdale, Addie Joss, Joe McGinnity, Phil Niekro, Juan Marichal, Satchel Paige, Fernando Valenzuela
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