Stat of the Week...Top 15 in percentage of starts won since 1952 (min. 120 wins): 1. Warren Spahn 53.9%... 2. Juan Marichal 52.1%... 3. Ron Guidry 51.7%... 4. Whitey Ford 51.2%... 5. Roy Halladay 51.0%... 6. Pedro Martinez 50.9%... 7. Johan Santana 50.8%... 8. Bob Gibson 50.8%... 9. Sandy Koufax 50.6%... 10. Mike Mussina 50.4%... 11. Jim Palmer 50.3%... 12. Roger Clemens 50.1%... 13. Randy Johnson 49.9%... 14. Andy Pettitte 49.9%... 15. Jim Maloney 49.6%...
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The Sportswriters Loved Him At The Time

Sunday, April 26, 2009 , Posted by Gator Guy at 9:00 AM

As much as the sportswriters have forgotten Ron Guidry when it comes to their Hall of Fame ballots, they seemed to love him when he was active. They couldn't stop lavishing awards and praise on Ron, to an extent reserved almost exclusively for Hall of Famers.

The following is a table of career Cy Young vote shares, which are simply the sum of the percentages of the Cy Young votes received by a player each year. For instance, if a pitcher receives 20% of the Cy Young votes one year and 12% the next, his Cy Young vote share for the two years is 0.32. If he wins the Cy Young Award unanimously the third year, his career Cy Young vote shares jumps to 1.32.



Seven: Steve Carlton
Five: Roger Clemens, Warren Spahn, Greg Maddux and Jim Palmer
Four: Tom Seaver, Juan Marichal, Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford, Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez, Robin Roberts, Ron Guidry
Three: Ferguson Jenkins, Jimmy Key, Bob Lemon

Bob Gibson had two TSN selections, as did Gaylord Perry, Jim Kaat, Curt Schilling and Jim Bunning. Drysdale, Sutton, John and Morris each had one. Blyleven, Lolich and Niekro had none.

And yet, when Guidry received 8.8% of the HOF vote in 2000 - his highest vote total - there were five starting pitchers who received more votes: John, Kaat, Morris, Blyleven and Tiant. Their aggregate haul of TSN All-Star selections was four - the same number as Guidry racked up on his own.

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