Best Red Sox Pitcher In Your Lifetime?

[Wasatch]

For me it would be Pedro.

[boston22407]

pedro or curt or roger clemens

[Palodios]

I hope its going to be Lester! But, if you're going with "Best" Pedro and Roger and probably untouchable.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Has to be Pedro.

[Northern Star]

Has to be Pedro.

 

/thread.

[redsoxrules]

PEDRO , no contest

[a700hitter]

Has to be Pedro.

^ This. There never was anyone better in a Sox uniform in any era.

[ORS]

/thread.

x2

 

There's really little debate, IMO.

[yeszir]

For everyone on this board the answer is Pedro

[Youk Of The Nation]

Except a700hitter, for him it'd be Cy Young.

[a700hitter]

Except a700hitter' date=' for him it'd be Cy Young.[/quote']I saw them both pitch, and Pedro was better. This thread should probably be about the second best pitcher is Red Sox history.

[Youk Of The Nation]

At least that topic could be debated.

[a700hitter]

Other than Pedro, if I needed a Sox win in a big game, I'd have to hand the ball to El Tiante. What a competitor. He'd find a way to beat you even if he had nothing.

[Dojji]

^ This. There never was anyone better in a Sox uniform in any era.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovele01.shtml

[a700hitter]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovele01.shtml

Although still great in Boston, his best years were behind him by the time he joined the Sox.

[VA Sox Fan]

Pedro "Pedey" Martinez, no doubt.

[Taz]

Pedro is probably the best, but the one I've enjoyed watching the most has always been Wakefield.

 

Then again, I've always had a soft spot for knuckleballers. Just love watching them completely befuddle hitters & he's been the best amongst this rare breed in all the majors for a long time.

[SoxSport]

Pedro Martinez in his prime is the best pitcher I've seen in my lifetime. The only other pitcher who could compare was Bob Gibson in the mid-60s. He was unhittable in the '67 World Series. Pedro is probably as good as any pitcher who ever lived.

 

Pedro himself mentioned Bob Gibson as the best he has seen in an interview with Bob Costas.

[Station 13]

http://www.gifsoup.com/view1/1805923/pedro-1999-o.gif

[Scottish Red Sox Fan]

Roger Clemens or Pedro Martinez. Two of the greatest pitchers ever to step on to a mound.

[BOSOX11]

Mel Parnell and Jim Lonborg.

[Wasatch]

Lonborg only had one good year with the Redsox (67), and to me still nothing like Pedro.

[Jasonbay44]

Definitely Pedro.

[Will617]

Pedro, Clemens.

After that? Lester.

[Spudboy]

Other than Pedro' date=' if I needed a Sox win in a big game, I'd have to hand the ball to El Tiante. What a competitor. He'd find a way to beat you even if he had nothing.[/quote']

 

I'm with this.

 

I still have a soft spot for Sonny Siebert.

[Cocos Disciples]

Definitely Pedro for me.

[SoxSport]

Anyone who didn't say Pedro was joking.

[SoxSport]

Mel Parnell and Jim Lonborg.

 

Lonborg was a better pitcher than skier--for one year.

 

Mel Parnell. Great lefty with a sinker--effective at Fenway. The best post-war Red Sox pitcher until his retirement. A pity the Sox had only Mel and Ellie Kinder when they had those great hitting teams in the late 40s/early 50s. The Yankees had Raschi, Reynolds and Lopat. That was the difference.

[Emmz]

Pedro in his prime is almost unrivaled in the history of the sport, he had numbers that belonged in the 1960s during the height of the steroid era while pitching primarily at Fenway Park. Pedro Martinez in his prime is in his own league, absolutely no other way to answer this question. Greg Maddux had a very good stretch, and lasted longer with lesser stuff, but no pitcher was ever more overpowering than Pedro IMO.

[Youk Of The Nation]

It'll always be Pedro, hands down

The best pitcher on the hill in this town

but I'll have to admit

being weirded out of my wits

By that midget he carried around