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I'm a fairly small Hall guy to start with and I voted no. I've never really felt that Mussina has been great, just always very good. I think for pitchers, the "one game" test is an important one. "Was there any stretch of time where if you had to win one game, you'd want this pitcher on the mound?"
It seems unlikely that most people would have named Mussina at any point in his career. Sure, he's had to contend with Pedro, Clemens, Maddux, and Johnson, but when you add subpar counting stats and rate stats that don't blow you away, I think you have a guy on the outside looking in. Without anything else that stands out like repeated postseason heroics or another 3-4 solid years of baseball I think Mussina is a very good but ultimately forgettable pitcher.
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