I am having a hard time believing that Bugs Raymond deserves to be in the Flashback League Hall of Fame. So far this league has run from 1903-1925 and I have lowered the ERA requirement to a career 3.00 ERA and 250 wins for acceptance, but 300 wins also gets you in. Bugs managed to win 301 games in his 21 year career with the Philadelphia Philles, retiring at age 42. Here are his career numbers:
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<P><B><FONT SIZE='+2'>Pitching</FONT></B> <PRE> Year Ag Tm W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+
1904 22 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1904.htm'>PHI</A> 17 12 32 30 26 3 0 265.0 223 90 0 73 104 3.06
1905 23 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1905.htm'>PHI</A> 10 4 17 17 12 1 0 150.0 106 35 0 61 66 2.10
1906 24 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1906.htm'>PHI</A> 20 17 38 38 34 4 0 321.1 270 91 3 108 151 2.55
1907 25 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1907.htm'>PHI</A> 21 14 38 38 33 5 0 344.0 254 84 3 156 115 2.20
1908 26 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1908.htm'>PHI</A> 14 11 26 26 24 2 0 222.1 173 67 1 101 105 2.71
1909 27 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1909.htm'>PHI</A> 13 18 33 33 26 0 0 278.1 225 83 2 118 120 2.69
1910 28 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1910.htm'>PHI</A> 18 11 35 35 25 1 0 286.0 229 88 5 153 124 2.77
1911 29 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1911.htm'>PHI</A> 15 14 32 32 27 3 0 267.0 245 108 7 148 110 3.64
1912 30 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1912.htm'>PHI</A> 15 10 28 28 23 3 0 242.2 195 97 5 128 115 3.60
1913 31 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1913.htm'>PHI</A> 17 11 32 32 26 1 0 273.1 237 95 4 145 128 3.13
1914 32 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1914.htm'>PHI</A> 13 16 37 37 28 1 0 311.0 271 118 2 158 140 3.41
1915 33 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1915.htm'>PHI</A> 10 13 30 30 21 2 0 234.1 189 94 6 129 87 3.61
1916 34 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1916.htm'>PHI</A> 13 15 32 31 26 2 0 259.1 237 111 5 146 119 3.86
1917 35 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1917.htm'>PHI</A> 16 17 36 36 31 4 0 309.1 266 95 5 153 109 2.77
1918 36 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1918.htm'>PHI</A> 17 12 31 31 27 1 0 259.2 221 104 1 147 91 3.61
1919 37 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1919.htm'>PHI</A> 16 13 32 32 26 2 0 272.2 256 110 4 116 87 3.64
1920 38 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1920.htm'>PHI</A> 17 15 35 35 30 4 0 301.0 272 108 6 130 77 3.23
1921 39 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1921.htm'>PHI</A> 12 16 33 33 22 1 0 267.1 301 138 11 145 70 4.65
1922 40 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1922.htm'>PHI</A> 13 20 39 39 26 1 0 304.2 305 140 7 183 84 4.14
1923 41 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1923.htm'>PHI</A> 13 11 32 29 19 1 0 221.0 232 102 3 134 52 4.15
1924 42 <A HREF='../teams/PHI/1924.htm'>PHI</A> 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 20.2 27 14 1 10 2 6.24
+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+
21 Yr Car 301 271 659 642 512 42 1 5406.8 4734 1972 81 2642 2056 3.28
+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+
Career High 21 20 39 39 34 5 1 344.0 305 140 11 183 151 2.10
+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+
Current HoF pitchers:
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<td align="left">Player</td>
<td align="left">From-To</td>
<td>W</td>
<td>L</td>
<td>Pct</td>
<td>ERA</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>CG</td>
<td>SHO</td>
<td>SV</td>
<td>IP</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>ER</td>
<td>BB</td>
<td>SO</td>
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<td align="left"><a href="d/dinneebill506.html">Bill Dinneen</a></td>
<td align="left">1898-1914</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>236</td>
<td>.544</td>
<td>2.88</td>
<td>566</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>4754.3</td>
<td>4453</td>
<td>1524</td>
<td>1301</td>
<td>1921</td>
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<td align="left"><a href="g/grifficlark975.html">Clark Griffith</a></td>
<td align="left">1892-1910</td>
<td>325</td>
<td>264</td>
<td>.552</td>
<td>3.39</td>
<td>648</td>
<td>543</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5352.0</td>
<td>5701</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>1240</td>
<td>1642</td>
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<td align="left"><a href="h/hahnnoodle388.html">Noodles Hahn</a></td>
<td align="left">1899-1916</td>
<td>287</td>
<td>287</td>
<td>.500</td>
<td>2.89</td>
<td>626</td>
<td>513</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5260.6</td>
<td>5144</td>
<td>1687</td>
<td>1191</td>
<td>2318</td>
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<td align="left"><a href="j/jossaddie966.html">Addie Joss</a></td>
<td align="left">1902-1917</td>
<td>253</td>
<td>230</td>
<td>.524</td>
<td>2.79</td>
<td>523</td>
<td>444</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>4447.6</td>
<td>4063</td>
<td>1380</td>
<td>946</td>
<td>1988</td>
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<td align="left"><a href="k/krohrube931.html">Rube Kroh</a></td>
<td align="left">1906-1923</td>
<td>354</td>
<td>227</td>
<td>.609</td>
<td>2.52</td>
<td>633</td>
<td>539</td>
<td>62</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>5434.6</td>
<td>4351</td>
<td>1523</td>
<td>1621</td>
<td>2395</td>
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<tr class="evenlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="m/mathewchrist904.html">Christy Mathewson</a></td>
<td align="left">1900-1918</td>
<td>317</td>
<td>267</td>
<td>.543</td>
<td>2.93</td>
<td>631</td>
<td>545</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5362.9</td>
<td>5281</td>
<td>1744</td>
<td>1137</td>
<td>2945</td>
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<tr class="oddlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="m/mcquilgeorge455.html">George Mcquillan</a></td>
<td align="left">1907-1922</td>
<td>278</td>
<td>203</td>
<td>.578</td>
<td>2.75</td>
<td>528</td>
<td>437</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>4448.6</td>
<td>3776</td>
<td>1359</td>
<td>1168</td>
<td>1585</td>
</tr>
<tr class="evenlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="r/raymonbugs173.html">Bugs Raymond</a></td>
<td align="left">1904-1924</td>
<td>301</td>
<td>271</td>
<td>.526</td>
<td>3.28</td>
<td>659</td>
<td>512</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>5410.9</td>
<td>4734</td>
<td>1972</td>
<td>2642</td>
<td>2056</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oddlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="t/tannehjesse779.html">Jesse Tannehill</a></td>
<td align="left">1896-1912</td>
<td>275</td>
<td>196</td>
<td>.584</td>
<td>2.90</td>
<td>524</td>
<td>415</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>4273.0</td>
<td>4293</td>
<td>1378</td>
<td>827</td>
<td>1564</td>
</tr>
<tr class="evenlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="w/whitedoc785.html">Doc White</a></td>
<td align="left">1901-1916</td>
<td>273</td>
<td>247</td>
<td>.525</td>
<td>2.77</td>
<td>569</td>
<td>473</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4726.0</td>
<td>4313</td>
<td>1455</td>
<td>1013</td>
<td>1546</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oddlinestats" align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="y/youngcy910.html">Cy Young</a></td>
<td align="left">1890-1904</td>
<td>362</td>
<td>204</td>
<td>.640</td>
<td>2.91</td>
<td>620</td>
<td>518</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>5008.7</td>
<td>5095</td>
<td>1620</td>
<td>938</td>
<td>1651</td>
</tr>
</table>
Bugs never won an award, but was selected to the 1904 and 1907 All-Star games. Bugs also won 2 World Championship rings, in 1915 and 1918. He is currently 6th in career wins.
Should Bugs get the nod ?