Mike Mussina, Hall of Famer?

Good pitcher, not a Hall of Famer.

And I so rooted for Everett to break up that no-hitter, days before 9-11. Don't ask me why. I'm not a Mussina hater, or Everett fan. But I was happy to see Everett get that single with 2 outs in the 9th.

 

How about Andy Pettitte. If he pitches another 4 years(until 39 years old) and wins 57 more games, he'll hit 250 wins with 2 20 win seasons and 14 (currently) post season wins.

 

I think it either already has or will change. Jim Thome will hit 500 homers but, IMO, should not sniff the Hall of Fame.

 

I bring up David Wells in these discussions as a counterpoint to those that want to annoint Schill for first ballot.

Wells numbers are similar to Schills and he also is a big time post season pitcher.

I don't really think Wells is a HOFer nor do I think Schill is either.

 

1. T Glavine* 300 197 3.49
2. J Kaat 283 237 3.45
3. M Mussina* 246 141 3.67
4. D Wells* 235 155 4.10
5. C Schilling* 213 142 3.46

 

no.

 

Thome will be a close call. If he gets a couple more good years in, he'll advance up the counting number lists (RBI, runs) to go along with some massively impressive rate totals. Lifetime .400+ OBP, 17th-best all-time slugging percentage. He's only been a DH for about 20 percent of his career games, so he gets defensive credit, too.

 

I don't care about stats... Schilling makes it and Mussina does not. I don't know if there was ever a time where Mussina was one of the top five pitchers in the game. There aren't many active pitchers who will make the HOF.

1. Clemens
2. Maddux
3. Glavine
4. R. Johnson
5. P. Martinez
6. Hoffman
7. Rivera
8. Schilling
9. Smoltz

I may be forgetting someone, but I think that's where it ends...

Mussina, Wells, Pettitte and a few other good pitchers just won't make it...

 

And literally standing on the inside corner.

 

Mike Mussina plays his home games in the state of New York. Thgat5's as close tpo Cooperstown as he ever will get.. and deservedly so.

Pettittte? Don't be ridiculous.

 

For everyone saying no to Mussina, which starting pitchers who started pitching after 1992 will get in or have a shot?

I'm not talking Roger, Maddux, Glavine, Johnson.

Who in the next generation will make it?

Oswalt and C.C. are a long way off.