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is Greg 'The Professor' Maddux the most underrated pitcher of all time?

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Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Underrated by whom? He’s revered
cowardly clown
  04/05/26
how does he rank all time, is he a top 3?
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
He's undoubtedly top 3
Comical water buffalo forum
  04/05/26
Nolan Ryan? Randy Johnson?
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Nolan Ryan has to be up there. Randy Johnson came to mind to...
cowardly clown
  04/05/26
honestly probably the hardest position in any sport to name ...
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Top 3 of the modern era in no particular order: Maddux Joh...
Comical water buffalo forum
  04/05/26
cr but does Clemons, Verlander or Kershaw have a shot or ...
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Well outside, but definitely in top 10, even above nolan IMO
Comical water buffalo forum
  04/05/26
all 3 above above ryan?
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
pedro's peak is hard to beat but clemens had a more complete...
grizzly scourge upon the earth
  04/05/26
Clemens had the best career of anyone in that era if we igno...
violet mood ape
  06/04/26
Hard to say but he’s up there for sure
cowardly clown
  04/05/26
he's def most high iq though, no?
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Not sure, don’t really follow players’ personal ...
cowardly clown
  04/05/26
the latter obv i dont give a fuck if he's foaming at the ...
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
Surely the catcher and pitching coach get some credit too. N...
cowardly clown
  04/05/26
cr but he made all the calls for the catcher(s) and told bob...
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
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judgmental twinkling potus
  06/04/26
he's appropriately rated
Mind-boggling filthy spot
  04/05/26
lol no; Roger Clemens is easily the most underrated pitcher ...
disrespectful liquid oxygen
  04/05/26
Seaver, Carlton, Scherzer, no?
Big umber business firm persian
  04/05/26
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Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse
  04/06/26
Pedro was better (than anyone).
Ruby anal stead
  04/05/26
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Mind-boggling filthy spot
  04/05/26
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wonderful pit
  04/07/26
He would get wrecked by the "juiced" ball and guys...
nighttime garnet principal's office hissy fit
  04/05/26
Don't drop those BW3s Flamin' Dorito(TM) Hot wings on your c...
Marvelous trailer park wagecucks
  06/04/26
Pretty sure most agree he was the greatest SP of his generat...
Ivory thirsty therapy crotch
  04/05/26
he's appropriately rated. great competitor. mentally smart...
hilarious church
  04/06/26
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Big umber business firm persian
  04/06/26
He threw a 92 mph fastball and everyone remembers him incorr...
Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse
  04/06/26
yeah, is that fast to you? the only starting pitcher post 1...
hilarious church
  04/06/26
Yes, 92 mph is fast. Most xo Poasters couldn't competently h...
Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse
  04/07/26
Oh yeah that is the relevant metric when discussing GOAT vs....
Marvelous trailer park wagecucks
  06/04/26
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Big umber business firm persian
  06/04/26
do not google. there at 10 pitchers with WAR of 100 or gr...
Concupiscible lavender headpube
  06/04/26
Randy Johnson Clemmons Pedro Ryan Glavine Bab...
Big umber business firm persian
  06/04/26
this career WAR. you got these right. 1. Cy Young+ (22)...
Concupiscible lavender headpube
  06/04/26
No Goog
buck-toothed stimulating cuck nowag
  06/04/26
Rivera would have had to pitch for ~40 years to get 100 WAR....
violet mood ape
  06/04/26
cr. he's in 80th place for career WAR.
Concupiscible lavender headpube
  06/04/26
Walter Johnson Christy Mathewson Steve Carlton
Electric pale site
  06/04/26
Rank Player (yrs, age) WAR for Pitchers IP Throws 1. Cy You...
Concupiscible lavender headpube
  06/04/26
Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro have more war than Carlton? Would...
Electric pale site
  06/04/26
old timer with most of his appearances in the 1800s. still, ...
Concupiscible lavender headpube
  06/04/26
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Big umber business firm persian
  06/04/26


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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:38 PM
Author: cowardly clown

Underrated by whom? He’s revered

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796396)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

how does he rank all time, is he a top 3?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796397)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Comical water buffalo forum

He's undoubtedly top 3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796399)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

Nolan Ryan?

Randy Johnson?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796405)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:44 PM
Author: cowardly clown

Nolan Ryan has to be up there. Randy Johnson came to mind too but idk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796411)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:46 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

honestly probably the hardest position in any sport to name a top 3-5

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796419)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:50 PM
Author: Comical water buffalo forum

Top 3 of the modern era in no particular order:

Maddux

Johnson

Martinez

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796426)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

cr

but does Clemons, Verlander or Kershaw have a shot or are they well outside top 3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796432)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Comical water buffalo forum

Well outside, but definitely in top 10, even above nolan IMO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796436)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

all 3 above above ryan?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796437)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: grizzly scourge upon the earth

pedro's peak is hard to beat but clemens had a more complete career. however you rank they are both tier 1.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796451)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 8:28 AM
Author: violet mood ape

Clemens had the best career of anyone in that era if we ignore PEDs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914410)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: cowardly clown

Hard to say but he’s up there for sure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796401)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

he's def most high iq though, no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796407)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:44 PM
Author: cowardly clown

Not sure, don’t really follow players’ personal lives, or do you mean high IQ with respect to how he played?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796409)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:45 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

the latter obv

i dont give a fuck if he's foaming at the mouth level dumb irl in his off time as long as hes throwing fucking gems over the mound

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796413)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:46 PM
Author: cowardly clown

Surely the catcher and pitching coach get some credit too. No man is an island

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796417)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:47 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

cr but he made all the calls for the catcher(s) and told bobby and mazzone to get fucked a bunch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796421)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:01 AM
Author: judgmental twinkling potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914293)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: Mind-boggling filthy spot

he's appropriately rated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796444)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: disrespectful liquid oxygen

lol no; Roger Clemens is easily the most underrated pitcher of all time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796446)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

Seaver, Carlton, Scherzer, no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796448)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 1:04 PM
Author: Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49797805)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:27 PM
Author: Ruby anal stead

Pedro was better (than anyone).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796514)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: Mind-boggling filthy spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796561)



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Date: April 7th, 2026 7:54 AM
Author: wonderful pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49799608)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:51 PM
Author: nighttime garnet principal's office hissy fit

He would get wrecked by the "juiced" ball and guys like Trout and Ohtani

If you swapped some random cy young candidate like Bryan Woo for Maddux, he would crush it in the 90s also

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796569)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 6:42 AM
Author: Marvelous trailer park wagecucks

Don't drop those BW3s Flamin' Dorito(TM) Hot wings on your crisp new steph curry jersey, cuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914343)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:55 PM
Author: Ivory thirsty therapy crotch

Pretty sure most agree he was the greatest SP of his generation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49796577)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 8:49 AM
Author: hilarious church

he's appropriately rated. great competitor. mentally smarter than other players. perennial gold glove fielder. platonic ideal of "the professor" type who doesn't throw super hard but just outthinks the batter. also insanely low walk rate - nobody - absolutely nobody - had better control

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49797104)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 1:07 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49797818)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 2:11 PM
Author: Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse

He threw a 92 mph fastball and everyone remembers him incorrectly for not having any velocity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49797984)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: hilarious church

yeah, is that fast to you? the only starting pitcher post 1960 in the hall of fame that threw softer is tom glavine. only reliever is trevor hoffman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49798932)



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Date: April 7th, 2026 7:52 AM
Author: Bateful well-lubricated meetinghouse

Yes, 92 mph is fast. Most xo Poasters couldn't competently hit a 92 mph fastball with a year of dedicated training.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49799605)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 6:44 AM
Author: Marvelous trailer park wagecucks

Oh yeah that is the relevant metric when discussing GOAT vs. mere HOF mlb pitching, thanks chung li.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914344)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 12:17 AM
Author: Big umber business firm persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914271)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 12:31 AM
Author: Concupiscible lavender headpube

do not google.

there at 10 pitchers with WAR of 100 or greater. name them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914284)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 12:36 AM
Author: Big umber business firm persian

Randy Johnson

Clemmons

Pedro

Ryan

Glavine

Babe Ruth

Scherzer

Seaver

cy Young

Maddux



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914286)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 12:43 AM
Author: Concupiscible lavender headpube

this career WAR. you got these right.

1. Cy Young+ (22) 165.9 7356.0 R

3. Roger Clemens (24) 138.7 4916.2 R

7. Tom Seaver+ (20) 106.0 4783.0 R

8. Greg Maddux+ (23) 104.8 5008.1 R

9. Randy Johnson+ (22) 103.5 4135.1 L



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914287)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 12:57 AM
Author: buck-toothed stimulating cuck nowag
Subject: No Goog

Clayton Kershaw

Curt Schilling

Mariano Rivera

Bob Gibson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914292)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: violet mood ape

Rivera would have had to pitch for ~40 years to get 100 WAR. Relievers just don't get enough innings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914413)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: Concupiscible lavender headpube

cr. he's in 80th place for career WAR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914415)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 8:10 AM
Author: Electric pale site

Walter Johnson

Christy Mathewson

Steve Carlton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914393)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: Concupiscible lavender headpube

Rank Player (yrs, age) WAR for Pitchers IP Throws

1. Cy Young+ (22) 165.9 7356.0 R

2. Walter Johnson+ (21) 155.4 5914.1 R

3. Roger Clemens (24) 138.7 4916.2 R

4. Kid Nichols+ (15) 119.0 5067.1 R

5. Grover Alexander+ (20) 116.9 5190.0 R

6. Lefty Grove+ (17) 113.2 3940.2 L

7. Tom Seaver+ (20) 106.0 4783.0 R

8. Greg Maddux+ (23) 104.8 5008.1 R

9. Randy Johnson+ (22) 103.5 4135.1 L

10. Christy Mathewson+ (17) 100.6 4788.2 R

11. Phil Niekro+ (24) 97.0 5404.0 R

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49914414)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: Electric pale site

Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro have more war than Carlton? Would not have guessed that

Never heard of kid nichols

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49915360)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 5:26 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender headpube

old timer with most of his appearances in the 1800s. still, "Nichols recorded a 27–19 win–loss record, a 2.23 earned run average (ERA) and 222 strikeouts, beginning a string of 10 consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more. Nichols also had a major league record seven 30-win seasons in this time (1891–1894, 1896–1898) with a career high of 35 in 1892." that'll give you quite a career WAR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49915788)



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Date: June 4th, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: Big umber business firm persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853955&forum_id=2#49915541)