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Originally Posted by JMDurron
Why yes, if he had played for 8+ additional years WHILE being on teams that actually bulked up his W-L record, that would have made it much easier for him to get into the HOF.
Good players who are judged by team-dependent stats while playing on lousy teams are in a difficult position. It would be like RBIs being the single dominant (commonly used by the frozen cavemen sportswriters) gauge of the HOF-worthiness of hitters instead of AVG, HR, or H.
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I was simply referring to how he promotes himself every summer. I wasn't saying he doesn't deserve to be in the Hall. In my book, 287 wins with a 3.31 ERA and 60 shutouts in that era (when starters pitched deep into games regularly) should be plenty for inclusion. But this OOTP Blyleven trumps real-life Blyleven in ERA, WHIP and K/9 by fairly significant margins.