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Who is on your Astros Mt. Rushmore for each Pitch Type…

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  1. PhiSlammaJamma

    PhiSlammaJamma Member

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    List your Mt. Rushmore’s, 4 each, by pitch type and your rank….

    Splitter
    4 Seam
    Curve
    Sinker
    Slider
    Knuckleball
    2 Seam
    Cutter
    Knuckleball
    Sweeper
    Slurve
    Changeup
    Circle Change
    Slurve
    Forkball
     
    #1 PhiSlammaJamma, Oct 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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    I'll play along for the top 4.

    Scott,Ryan,Oswalt,Framber.

    Probably quite a few more effective curves, but I never enjoyed them as much as Roy's big loopy one.
     
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  3. No Worries

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    Splitter - Mike Scott, Roger Clemens
    Slider - JR Richard
    4 seam - Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, JR Richard
    Curveball - Lance McCullers Jr
    Knuckleball - Joe Niekro
     
    #3 No Worries, Oct 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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  4. Tomstro

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    Feels more like an exam question.
     
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    Juan Agosto screwball
     
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    ^^^^
    This
     
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    4 seam…Randy Johnson…
     
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    Billy Wagner has to be in the slider conversation, right? Highest K/9 in history … it was a pretty good pitch.
     
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    Darryl Kile had a very good curveball
     
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    Kile's curveball might have been the best ever for the Astros.

    I listed Lance, mainly for him throwing 24 straight curveballs versus the Yankees in a playoff game.
     
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  12. Plowman

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    Nolan's curveball is really underrated.

    JR's slider was unmatched...just devastating. Wags had a good one too.

    Don't forget Don Wilson too...a great power pitcher.
     
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    JR's slider was 94 mph and had an unreal vertical drop. His slider might be the GOAT slider.
     
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    I remember sitting behind the net/home plate in the Dome. Nolan would snap it off and the bottom would drop out of that thing. That, combined with his fastball....
     
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    Splitter Rushmore
    [1.Mike Scott] [2.Roger Clemens] [3.Neris] [4.Stanek]
     
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    Curveball Rushmore
    [1.Nolan Ryan] [2.Daryl Kile] [3.Lance McCullers] [4.Roy Oswalt]
     
    #17 PhiSlammaJamma, Oct 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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    Guys who haven't been mentioned unless I missed them:

    Slider: Randy Johnson, Brad Lidge (Wagner doesn't make the top 10, btw)
    Changeup: Doug Jones
    Circle Change: Devenski
    Forkball: Dave Smith
    eta:
    Screwball: Mike Cuellar, Mike Magnante
     
    #18 Buck Turgidson, Oct 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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    Bob Knepper and Don Sutton had great curveballs too.
     
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    What was Knepper's best pitch?
     
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