Top 60 All-Time Jays: #2 Dave Stieb
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David Andrew Stieb | SP | 1979-1992, 1998
I go back and forth on who was the best pitcher in
Blue Jays history. We should have them tied at number one. By bWAR, Stieb is number one. By fWAR,
Roy Halladay is number one. They played in different eras; batters didn’t strike out as much when Stieb pitched, pitchers didn’t complete as many games in Halladay’s time. Stieb was the best AL pitcher of the 1980s, Halladay was the best AL pitcher of the 2000s. Halladay is in the
Hall of Fame. Stieb should be. Stieb pitched 670 more innings, and sometimes I think that should tip the scale in his favor, but both were at the top of the league in innings pitched.