Who are your top 5 pitchers from the 50's and 60's and how would they perform in today's game?

Question

This is an opinion question, I would like to see what people's thoughts are in comparing the pitchers of yesterday to todays game.

Answer 1

In the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA, I strongly believe that the top five players would have a tough time making the bigs. Players today are so much strong, bigger, faster.

So to answer your question not very well.

Answer 2

Tom Seaver - Greatest mechanics of any pitcher who ever lived.  He would be just as effective today as he was during his career.  311 wins  Did pitch in the '60's but mostly in the '70's.

Whitey Ford - Would drive batters crazy with all the junk he threw.  

Sandy Koufax - Enough said!!

Bob Gibson - Are you kidding me??  lol  If today's ballplayer even looked at him funny, Gibson would drill him in the head!

Bob Feller - I know his best years were in the '40's but he DID pitch in the '50's.  This guy, whom I've met on several occasions, (extremely nice man), was overpowering in his prime which did run into the '50's as I've said.  If he pitched today he would have Joba Chamberlain heat!

Answer 3

1. Koufax

2. Gibson

3. Marichal

4. Spahn

5. Drysdale

These pitchers (like Clemens, Maddux, Randy Johnson...) would be successful in any era.  The game has changed with the lower strikezone and the lower mound, but I really believe they would adapt well.

Good Question.

Answer 4

Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford, Don Larson, Jim Lonborg, Tom Seaver.

I'd say that these guys would all still be pretty prolific in today's game.

Answer 5

I only remember the sixties, so I'll limit my answer to that

Koufax

Gibson

Marichal

Ford

Seaver

I think that these guys could dominate a game anytime and anywhere, including today.  If anything, they would de even tougher since standards have changed from expecting a complete game from the starters to wanting a Quality start. They  could go harder if they knew that they only need throw 100 pitches.  

I forget the details, but there was this incident  where there was a sixteen inning game in the early sixties where both pitchers pitched complete games.

Answer 6

Koufax, Gibson, Marichal, Spahn and Roberts.

Like great hitters, I think great pitchers would be successful in whatever era they played.