Buck re: top 40 Blue Jays -
"We think the first should be Dave Stieb. And we can probably agree on teeee.... twelve of the first ten guys."
Buck Martinez: 120% of the time he's right every time...
Also the correct answer for #1 is probably Halladay more than Stieb.
Doc had:
-equal ERA
-better FIP
-better ERA- and FIP-
-better WHIP
-equal HR rate
-better walk rate
-better strikeout rate
-worse BABIP (which would make things tougher on his #s)
-more fWAR, by a fair bit.
-and did it in 800 fewer innings.
Stieb's advantage is pretty much just in counting stats (benefiting from his additional 800 innings and like 120 additional starts) and opposing batting average.
and if we want to go subjective, Doc played for some really junk Jays teams and during the flaxseed era of the late 90s/early 00s