The 19 Most Unhittable Pitchers? according to Bing

LMAO—if it’s not the best that we grew up with I don’t think I know many of the newer names—might as well ask if they’ve got tattoos or wear jewelry…

 

Ah, yes, when I want keen baseball insight I go to the search engine you reluctantly turn to when Google is pissing you off.

 

Bing. A.I. Google. None of them have ever heard of Walter Johnson, Bob Feller or anybody who was alive prior to 1980.

 

Dumb list, made dumber by the fact that Sandy Koufax is on there twice. I guess that since there was no baseball before him apparently it made sense to give him 2 slots.

 

I guess they never heard of Ed Walsh or Smoky Joe Wood.

But they should have known J. R. Richard.

 

Just another data point that tells us we are still far away from the AI singularity.

 

Kershaw overrated IMO. Gibson was #1 in my book.

 

JR Richard should be on there. Did not say that about injuries. A player I know says Chapman was the toughest he ever faced. He was a lefty hitter. Smoltz was tougher too hit than Maddix. Wipeout slider.

 

If we’re talking about everyone in their prime I would have to say:
Koufax
Feller
Gibson
Ryan
Johnson
Clemmons*
Richard
Seaver
Chapman
Carlton
Gossage
Rivera
Paige
Marichal
Beckett

* Stupidity shadow

 

Yes he was—and John Smoltz was both dominant as a SP, then a closer, and then again as a SP.

 

Randy

 

I loved J R Richard. What a terrible shame that he got struck down by a stroke at the height of his career.

 

J R Richard had a thunderbolt of an arm but was pretty erratic. Much like a young Nolan Ryan. Just as he was coming into his own when tragedy struck.

He could have been one of the best ever.

 

I agree with you completely with regards to JR Richard. I saw another RHP who I think was as good as most anyone we can name. In 1968, the same summer I saw Bob Gibson I got to also see Bill Singer pitch for the Dodgers against the Braves. His arm was as electric as any and boy did he have a real ol’school slider—the red dot on the back of the baseball, almost FB velocity, late lateral movement as well as late depth or sink.

Like so many though, his body wouldn’t hold up to the grind.

 

Anyone remember Steve Dalkowski? Suppossed to have thrown over 110 miles an hour from the left side. I don't think he threw enough strikes but the legend is that amazing fastball. He primarily played in the Orioles minor league system. He was before my time but my father was on the same roster in 1963 Elmira Pioneers AA.