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Originally Posted by baseball_newbie
Also who is seen as the best pitcher ever, roger clemens is a name ive heard around for a long while, and what is the fastest pitch ever recorded?
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Walter Johnson is widely regarded as the best pitcher of all time. He is 2nd all time in Wins (417) while pitching for the WORST team in baseball for most of his career. He had an effortless sidearm motion that unleashed a wicked fastball.
Some pitchers never had a chance to showcase their talents. Someone mentioned who the "fastest" was, but missing from that list was JR Richard (
http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/richaj.01.shtml) who was a pitcher for the Houston Astros in the late 70's whose career was sadly cut short due to a stroke. He pitched in a pitcher friendly Astrodome, but he completely dominated his games and was widely reported to have a 103mph fastball.
My $0.02.