July 26 would have been Hoyt Wilhelm's 84th birthday. Who is the greatest knuckleball pitcher in MLB history?
| Tom Candiotti |  5 (4.13%) |
| Eddie Cicotte | 8 (6.61%) |
| Jesse Haines | 2 (1.65%) |
| Charlie Hough | 6 (4.96%) |
| Joe Niekro | 4 (3.31%) |
| Phil Niekro | 57 (47.11%) |
| Tim Wakefield | 14 (11.57%) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 19 (15.70%) |
| Wilbur Wood | 1 (0.83%) |
| Other (specify) | 5 (4.13%) |
So hard to choose between Wilhelm and Niekro. I went with Wilhelm.
July 26th is also Mrs. B's birthday.
But does she throw a knuckleball?
I assume you mean Phil Niekro above since you don't specify, and he's the Hall of Famer, but I think at their peaks, Joe may have actually been a bit better. Certainly Phil had the better and longer career, though.
I went with Haines. Interesting that the first 12 votes were split among seven different pitchers.
No love for the hometown hero R. A. Dickey, Mick?
No love for the hometown hero R. A. Dickey, Mick?
4S, Dickey is a guy who's easy to root for, but in the one start he had in Texas this year, I sweart *I* could have hit his knuckleball. He threw six gopher balls -- SIX! -- in three and a third. Yeccch.