POLL: Is Tim Wakefield the Greatest Red Sox Pitcher Ever?

By announcing his retirement today, Tim Wakefield leaves the Red Sox just six wins short of the team's franchise record (192), which is shared by Roger Clemens and Cy Young.

That's about the only pitching record Wake doesn't own.

The knuckleballer, who signed with the Red Sox in 1995, has started more games than any other pitcher in Sox history – 430 games to be exact. Clemens is second at 382.

Similarly, Wakefield's 3,006 innings place him 230 innings ahead of Clemens.

Last year, he garnered both his 200th career victory and his 2,000th strikeout with the Red Sox.

His retires the active leader in major league victories.

Because of the longevity of his career (19 years, including 2 with Pittsburgh), Wakefield's stats aren't likely to produce an invite to Cooperstown, yet he's a sure bet for the Red Sox Hall of fFme, and it wouldn't surprise anyone to see his No. 49 retired and hanging on the right field facade in the near future.

We want to know if Tim Wakefield is the greatest Red Sox pitcher of all time. He's got some strong competition with the likes of Clemens, Young and Pedro Martinez, Luis Tiant and Curt Schilling, though those five aces all produced high quality numbers in a shorter period of time in Boston. Wakefield's greatest contribution came in the form of an steady performance over time as well as serving as a general inning-eating machine.

Vote in the attached poll and state your case for or against Wake in the comment section below.