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Originally Posted by Skipaway
However, when was the issue ever about pitchers who've reached a certain point? I mean, you got a great spread of Hall of Fame starters with win numbers from 145-511 here. W-L is VERY useless to decide if someone like Don Drysdale or Jack Morris or Dennis Martinez or David Wells or Vida Blue should be in the Hall. So what's the use of it?
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Well most of those guys are pretty similar in terms of wins and percentage so obviously it's not going to mean much. If one guy has 210 and the other guy has 190 that is a point in favor of the first guy but on it's own it can't prove the first guy should get in; The second guy may be the better pitcher although he has a higher burden in terms of other stats to prove it. If the win difference is 30 or 50 it means something more substansial but like any stat it's just one thing to be considered when evaluating players.