<p>Andy Pettitte now has 16 postseason wins, which is the best all-time. He is going for his 17th tomorrow night. With his 16 wins, does this make him the greatest postseason pitcher of all time? Any baseball fans with any opinions on this?</p>
<p>It makes him the greatest postseason pitcher on the Yankees in the last 15 years.</p>
<p>As an aside, wins is a pretty worthless metric for pitchers.</p>
<p>I gotta agree with TCBH here. He’s persevered and had a great, long career. But I can’t name him the best postseason pitcher of all time. Has been very good, but that honor is a little too much for him. I mean does he not have a losing record in the World Series. He’s awesome and I hope that he clinches it again tonight, but that title is a bit much. I would not say totally worthless, as 16 postseason wins do not that he has pitched well in the postseason in the past. I mean he’s obviously needed his team to score runs in the process so he can collect a W.</p>
<p>I agree. Wins are not a good way to measure a pitcher’s success. I was just having this discussion with my friends today. Who would you call the greatest postseason pitcher then?</p>
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<p>Why, Cliff Lee of course ;).</p>
<p>Actually, although I’m rooting for the Phillies, I doubt they’ll win tomorrow’s game (or the Series, for that matter). Ah well.</p>
<p>As for greatest all-time postseason pitcher… I’m stuck between Josh Beckett and Whitey Ford. Mariano Rivera is also up there.</p>
<p>Definitely Rivera if it doesn’t have to be a starter.</p>
<p>Holy crap, I thought today was freaking Tuesday!</p>
<p>And now I missed two runs by the Yankees.</p>
<p>Yankees and any goon that plays for them suck…</p>
<p>Go Twins!</p>
<p>enough of this modernista “post season” crap</p>
<p>give me his world series stats!!!</p>
<p>“postseason” stats are diluted by ridiculously numerous multiple playoffs</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>OK, I actually agree that wins is a worthless stat for pitchers…</p>
<p>But Congratulations to Andy for his gutsy performance tonite and to the World Champion NY Yankees!!!</p>
<p>Ballgame over! World Series over! Yankees win! THEEEEEEEEEEE Yankees WIN!</p>
<p>-John Sterling</p>
<p>Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaankkkkkkeeeeeeeessssss!!! 
:D</p>
<p>I think that Mariano Rivers is in the top 3 of greatest post-season pitchers of all time. Becket was absolutely nasty in 2007 (and pitched well for the Marlins when he beat NYY in '03). Ford is a good pick too, but when #42 takes the mound, batters today just know that the game will be over ;)</p>
<p>The problem with Rivera is that he tends to pitch maybe 4-6 innings in a series, while a good starter will often do 14-20 innings. I don’t mean to take anything away from him, but it’s a bit misleading to put starters and relievers together.</p>
<p>The most impressive World Series numbers probably belong to Christy Mathewson and Sandy Koufax. Babe Ruth wasn’t bad either.</p>
<p>^Agreed TCBH. I was just throwing out some great guys. For a reliever though, Rivera is basically in a class all by himself. Sure, Hoffman was amazing, but the thought of sending Rivera to the mound in a playoff game scares the heck out of the other team.</p>
<p>steeeeeeeeeroids…wait. what? who said that? :)</p>
<p>-Self-proclaimed Extremely Biased Red Sox Fan</p>