Mike Mussina in the Hall of Fame?

m_taylor13 posted 12/2/2008 from seamheads.com (flag)

Mike Mussina retired recently after his first 20-win season in 2008 and a number of pundits began to ask the question: Does he belong in the Hall of Fame? According to the CAWS Career Gauge, the answer is that the Moose had a solid pitching career but did not establish obvious HOF numbers. In ... (link)

Tags:

MLB

Hall of Fame

Mike Mussina

Bert Blyleven

Mariano Rivera

Roger Clemens

Greg Maddux

Comments

Related Content

Unanimous Hall of Fame Vote?

mopupduty posted 12/2/2008 from mopupduty.com

Not long ago Kman and I had a discussion about Greg Maddux’s career. I argued that Maddux was a candidate to be the first ever player inducted to the Hall of Fame with a unanimous vote. Surprisingly, this has never happened before - not even Cal Ripken received votes from 100% of the ...

Familiar trio deserve Hall admission

The Zoner posted 12/2/2008 from cincinnati.reds.mlb.com

Rice, Dawson and Blyleven have come close on recent ballots.

A Few Thoughts on This Year’s Hall of Fame Ballot

The Big Lead found this 12/2/2008 on majorleaguejerk.com

This was 17 years ago? God, I'm getting old. The 2009 Hall of Fame Ballot was unveiled yesterday and there’s bound to be some controversy involved as a few of the holdovers face a possible last shot at the Hall. Headlining the ballot is ...

ON THE DL

The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae found this 12/2/2008 on onthedlpodcast.com

Kevin Kaduk from Yahoo! re-joins the show to talk about the Hot Stove...or as Nick calls it, the hot plate. There hasn’t been much in the way of baseball moves this off season, so we talk about what a baseball blogger does when there is no baseball ...

Henderson should wear brimmed black hat on Cooperstown plaque

lamadden posted 12/2/2008 from thesportsculture.com

There’s almost no question Ricky Henderson will be voted into the Hall of Fame. This is the hat he should wear on his Cooperstown plaque.

Ballot may mark end of run for two
Jim Rice and Tommy John are on the general Hall of Fame ballot for the last time. Ten others are on it for the first time. But aside from probable rookie shoo-in Rickey Henderson, it could be the last shot for them all.

Mussina, Yankees, and Retirement
Mike Mussina...why did he retire? He had just had a 20-win season, he was 30 career wins from 300, and he had 2,813 strikeouts. A couple more years, and he'd be a shoo-in to the Hall of Fame. And anyway, he wasn't even 40 years ...

By comparison, I only wrote for five newspapers
I got my Hall of Fame ballot in the mail the other day, and the first thing I noticed was that practically all the first-year guys have played for a zillion teams apiece. This isn’t going to help any of them get elected, although I think Rickey ...

Do Andre Dawson and Jim Rice Deserve To Be Inducted into the HOF?
Two of the top outfielders on the 1970s & the 1980s, Andre Dawson and Jim Rice, await the word from the Baseball Hall of Fame if they are the next inductees to join baseball's pantheon of immortals. Rice a .298 career hitter with 382 home ...

Mets Police 2009 HOF Ballot (and Hall of Garvey Nominees)
Rickey Henderson. Yep. You know a HOFer when you see one. Memo to Rickey - wear an A's hat. Jim Rice . Nope. He belongs in the Hall of Garvey (which I invented to give a home to the likes of Jim Rice, Steve ...