interestingly enough, I think of him as well above average in the regular season, though not the guy you think of at all as the best in his 20 years. I think he even had several seasons losing more than he won.
Great in the post season. Tremendous. But like what...20 games? I don't really know. And so many pitchers before him for whom playoff appearances meant World Series or nuthin'. No ALCS, no Play-Ins or whatever else they call it. In another time, he would have had maybe 7 post season opportunities.
HoF is really more about the body of work over 20 years. Should Ted Williams be out cuz he was in 1 world series and didn't do well? Absurd, he may have been the greatest hitter evah.
So what do we tell Tommy John and Jim Kaat, both won more than 280 games! 280 should get you in.
Schilling was more in the class of really good, but borderline Hall guys like Hershiser, Vida Blue (who also won 3 WS titles I think), Jim Perry, even fricken Kevin Brown was comparable.
NFL Hall of Fame? Everyone gets in. Hey, I made it to the final 50 all the years I was eligible and, as you may know, my best season was freshman year of High School before I tore up my knee.
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