Whitey's way
NAME | GW | GL | TOTAL | WL% |
| JOHN TUDOR | 65 | 26 | 91 | 0.714 |
| DIZZY DEAN | 134 | 74 | 208 | 0.644 |
| GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER | 55 | 34 | 89 | 0.618 |
| BOB GIBSON | 251 | 174 | 425 | 0.591 |
| STEVE CARLTON | 77 | 62 | 139 | 0.554 |
As you can see, Gibson is by far the "winningest" Cardinal pitcher. But ranked in order of this WL%, Tudor comes out on top. I don't think the question is a good one though. A simple question about the winningest pitcher would be OK, but I'm sure most people would guess Gibson. A decent question might be: Who's the second-most winningest Cardinal pitcher? Dizzy wins that one.
posted by Richard Hudson @ 12:00 PM
2 Comments:
We can all agree that Gibson's the winningest pitcher, but the all-time Cardinal won-lost percentage leader is none of the people listed in the post. Anybody heard of Ted Wilks? Between 1944 and 1951 he compiled a 51-20 record with the Redbirds. That comes out to a won-lost percentage of .718.
Ahh, fame sure is fleeting. Wouldn't surprise me if there's another player who tops Mr. Wilks.
Well bust my mitt! I'm gonna call Whitey and tell him!
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