On Wednesday, there will be interesting pitching match-ups throughout the Major Leagues. Not necessarily in terms of head-to-head matchups, but because seven 40-year-olds will be on the mound.

From oldest to youngest (no joke intended), they are:

(age in brackets, not wins)

• New York Yankees-Roger Clemens  (44)
• Philadephia Phillies- Jamie Moyer (44)
• Detroit Tigers- Kenny Rogers (42)
• San Diego Padres- Greg Maddux (41)
• New York Mets- Tom Glavine (41)
• Houston Astros- Woody Williams (40)
• Atlanta Braves- John Smoltz (40)

 Each of the pitchers in the list is considered “good” for at least one thing. On the low end, Moyer is very consistent and was the only Seattle pitcher to win 20 games twice, after Randy Johnson, and we all know how super-human Randy Johnson became.  Woody Williams got a late start to his career when he made his debut at 27 years old.

Moving up, Kenny Rogers has pitched a perfect game. Smoltz has won a Cy Young award and he also has the best record in  the postseason for a starting pitcher. Glavine has won two Cy Youngs and he has also won 20 games five times with the Braves.

On the top-tier in terms of accomplishments, and also, career wins, we have Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens. Maddux has won 4 Cy Young awards and the most games of any starting pitcher in the 1990’s. Clemens…well let’s just say he is a MULTIPLE Cy Young award winner and the current active leader with 349 career wins.

It would be interesting to see the results of their match-ups on Wednesday against…younger pitching opponents