Has incredible numbers again this year in his second year with the Astros and is one of the greatest strikeout pitchers of all time. If the Astros knew what the term run support meant, he might have 16 wins.

The first game I saw him pitch was the first time he struck out twenty in a game back in 1986. The most impressive thing to me was that he walked no one, while racking up the Mariners. After that performance he just seemed to get better. As fierce and fiery a competitor to set foot on the mound, he was the best pitcher of his era, and a strong case can be made for him as one of the top five all time.

I'd have to put him 3rd-best all-time pitcher behind Cy Young and Walter Johnson. I am forced to do this based on statistical evidence only. In my honest assessment, I find it inconceivable that Mathewson, Young, Johnson, or anybody else from the old-time era had the velocity and movement of Clemens' fastball [Bill James once noted that based on watching film of Walter Johnson, he found it inconceivable that Johnson could throw in the high 90s without his arm flying off]. Incredibly, Clemens is catching up to Cy Young in sustained superior performance, in terms of longevity. He is definitely the greatest pitcher of the modern era from a career standpoint (Koufax in his '63-to-'66 form was the greatest in the short term). Barring injury, I can see Clemens still punching out batters in his 50s (however, I think '05 is going to be his twilight tour).

First of all let me say I absolutely hate this guy (basically for beaning my favorite player and tossing a broken bat at him in the midst of a roid rage on another occasion)... but that being said he's probably the best right hander ever. His stats speak for themselves: 328 career wins in an era of the 5 man rotation and a winning percentage of 67%, he's struck out over 4300 batters and owns a career ERA below 3.20!!! He's won 20 or more 5 times and has had only ONE losing season in his whole career while racking up 5 Cy Youngs and a couple WS rings. The guy is just and awesome ballplayer.

The best pitcher ever and still going strong. He won so many Cy yong awards they should name the award The Clemens Award.

Physically imposing and throws very hard, but has always benefited from being on teams that provided him with significant run support: hence, a very good winning percentage over his career. However, his performances in the post season leave much to be desired: essentially a choke after October 1. Also, it didn't hurt his overall profile that he pitched essentially his entire career in that Junior Circuit American League, which has been overpopulated with AAA level talent for the past fifteen years or so. Made a career as a headhunter, repeatedly throwing at batters in a league where pitchers don't hit. In this, Clemens is a chickensh*t coward. Such antics aren't allowed in the league where real baseball is played, and if Clemens had played with the big boys in the National League, he wouldn't have won as many games and his career wouldn't have lasted nearly as long. In essence, he's gravely overrated. This showed when he changed leagues this year: the first third of the season he was intouchable because the NL hitters weren't particularly familiar with him, but by June he was better known and the hitters have been chowing down on him ever since. Started out something like 9-0, but has had a sub-.500 record since. Started out with an ERA in the low 1.00 range, but presently at 2.65 or so: this means his ERA has been well over 4.00 for nearly three months. The honeymoon's over. Still, he's one of the better starters out there, which speaks volumes about the level of pitching talent in the big leagues, and this speaks well of the ability he has left at his age.

Clemens should be one spot above Maddox. Drop him down the list.

I despise Roger Clemons

One the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. At 41 he is still dominatiing. Roger Clemens is a perfect example that shows that with hard work and determination you can do anything.

Second only to Nolan Ryan.