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Which starting pitchers, currently in the majors or recently retired, are shoe-ins for induction into the baseball Hall of Fame?
It’s a debate myself and my friends had over a few beers last night that quickly got heated. Everyone has loyalty to their hometown teams. Being from Boston I lobbied hard for Curt Schilling while the Jersey crew was pushing for Andy Pettitte.
So to settle this thing once and for all, we decided to analyze the stats to give you a definitive list of starting pitchers who are of Hall of Fame caliber, listed from most deserving on top to least deserving.
Check out Future Hall of Fame pitchers after the jump!
Roger Clemens
Career Wins: 354*
Career ERA: 3.12*
Career K’s: 4672
20 Win Seasons: 6*
Cy Young’s: 7*
World Series Rings: 2
Years in League: 23*
All-Star Games: 11*
Post Season Stats: 14-10, 3.75 ERA, 199 IP, 173 Hits, 173 K’s
Notes: Clemens is one of the best pitchers of all time. Although the steroid scandal will tarnish his name, Clemens is a shoe-in for the HOF.
Greg Maddux
Career Wins: 350
Career ERA: 3.12*
Career K’s: 3325
20 Win Seasons: 2
Cy Young’s: 4
World Series Rings: 1
Years in League: 23*
All-Star Games: 8
Post Season Stats: 10-11, 3.34 ERA, 194 IP, 72 Hits, 122 K’s
Notes: The dark horse stat for Maddux is his 17 Gold Gloves. The guy is a fielding vacuum on the mound–and arguable one of the best fielding pitchers of all time.
Randy Johnson
Career Wins: 288
Career ERA: 3.26
Career K’s: 4692*
20 Win Seasons: 3
Cy Young’s: 5
World Series Rings: 1
Years in League: 21*
All-Star Games: 10
Post Season Stats: 4-7, 3.50 ERA, 121 IP, 106 Hits, 132 K’s
Notes: Johnson might be the last pitcher to ever reach the 300-win mark.
John Smoltz
Career Wins: 210
Career ERA: 3.26
Career K’s: 3010
20 Win Seasons: 1
Cy Young’s: 1
World Series Rings: 1
Years in League: 20
All-Star Games: 8
Post Season Stats: 12-12, 2.65 ERA, 207 IP, 168 Hits, 194 K’s, 4 saves
Notes: Smoltz has 154 career saves.
Tom Glavine
Career Wins: 305
Career ERA: 3.53
Career K’s: 2604
20 Win Seasons: 5
Cy Young’s: 2
World Series Rings: 1 - WS MVP
Years in League: 22
All-Star Games: 10
Post Season Stats: 13-11, 3.42 ERA, 218.1 IP, 191 Hits, 143 K’s
Notes: Glavine went on the DL for the first time in his career in 2008.
Pedro Martinez
Career Wins: 211
Career ERA: 2.84
Career K’s: 3047
20 Win Seasons: 2
Cy Young’s: 3
World Series Rings: 1 - WS MVP
Years in League: 17
All-Star Games: 8
Post Season Stats: 5-3, 3.40 ERA, 79.1 IP, 63 Hits, 80 K’s
Notes: His relief apearance vs the Indians in ‘99 will go down in the history books as legendary.
Mike Mussina
Career Wins: 260
Career ERA: 3.71
Career K’s: 2713
20 Win Seasons: 0
Cy Young’s: 0
World Series Rings: 0
Years in League: 18
All-Star Games: 5
Post Season Stats: 7-9, 3.42 ERA, 139.2 IP, 121 Hits, 145 K’s
Notes: He needs to have a solid year with the Yankees to pick up that first World Series ring.
Curt Schilling
Career Wins: 216
Career ERA: 3.46
Career K’s: 3116
20 Win Seasons: 3
Cy Young’s: 0
World Series Rings: 3
Years in League: 20
All-Star Games: 6
Post Season Stats: 10-2, 2.23 ERA, 133.1 IP, 104 Hits, 120 K’s
Notes: The guy has been lights-out in his post season career, and the “bloody sock” game will be remembered forever.
Andy Pettitte
Career Wins: 209
Career ERA: 3.84
Career K’s: 1918
20 Win Seasons: 2
Cy Young’s: 0
World Series Rings: 4
Years in League: 14
All-Star Games: 2
Post Season Stats: 18-7, 3.96 ERA, 218.1 IP, 235 Hits, 139 K’s
Notes: Andy is one of the greatest post season pitchers of all time, but his HGH admittance will lessen his HOF prospects.
Orel Hershiser
Career Wins: 204
Career ERA: 3.48
Career K’s: 2014
20 Win Seasons: 1
Cy Young’s: 1
World Series Rings: 1 - WS MVP
Years in League: 18
All-Star Games: 3
Post Season Stats: 7-5, 2.59 ERA, 132 IP, 103 Hits, 97 K’s
Notes: In 1988 Orel put together one of the best seasons in pitching history.
David Cone
Career Wins: 194
Career ERA: 3.46
Career K’s: 2668
20 Win Seasons: 2
Cy Young’s: 1
World Series Rings: 5*
Years in League: 17
All-Star Games: 5
Post Season Stats: 12-3, 3.80 ERA, 111.1 IP, 93 Hits, 94 K’s
Notes: 5 World Series rings, 12-3 playoff record, 2600 K’s, and a Perfect Game… need we say more?
* denotes List Leader
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9 Comments
Why doesn’t anyone ever mention Bert Blyleven in this conversation? Year after year he misses the induction by a few votes, but he is far more deserving of the hall than many of those above, ESPECIALLY Curt Schilling.
Don’t forget the Schilling’s WS-MVP award.
Pedro didn’t win WS MVP. Manny won it in 2004.
is this list a joke? Mike Mussina? Give me a break. There are pitchers who are far more deserving who are eligible RIGHT NOW who’d I’d take on my team years before Mussina gets in there.
Oh and there are a few teams that play baseball west of Manhattan. A bit too Yankee and Boston heavy.
Maddux is far and away the ‘SHOO IN (it’s not ’shoe in’) of this list since he’s not implicated in steroids scandals. If the charges stick to Clemens (which it looks like they will), he won’t EVER get into the HOF.
Fernando Valenzuela should be in the HOF, but every year it seems more and more unlikely. Same with Hershiser.
194 wins does not make the HOF… sorry but it doesnt
Was this list written by a 12 year old while wearing his dad’s Yankees cap? I mean….David Cone in the Hall of Fame? Mike Mussina?
no mariano rivera WTF?
Jim Kaat won more games and more gold gloves than 90% of this list. Bert Blyleven has been screwed by venal, purile, asshat sportswriters for years. If Sandy Koufax and Dizzy Dean are in the hall (and they both deserve to be) then start looking past Bos-Wash and California for true HOF members.
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