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The string of consecutive RL HOFers gaining entry ends at 3, but the string of players named Jim gaining entry extends to 3.

Jim Whitney was selected by the Marlins with the 7th pick in the 2040 draft, at the age of 22. Whitney enters the Hall at the age of 43, and not in his first year of eligibility. Were it not for the 5 year wait, he could have been the youngest entrant in Hall history.

Where as Percy Coleman had a career much like Jamie Moyer, Whitney had a career, here, much like Dizzy Dean. He was incredibly dominant, then suffered an injury that wound up ending his career.

How dominant? 3 Cy Young Awards for starters. He struck out 300 men in each of his first 5 seasons, leading the league with 305 as a rookie. In 2042 he tossed 5 shutouts, one shy of the league recordas he went 24-3 with a 2.11 OOTP ERA for an ERA+ of 205 (!).

He finished his career with a record of 178-105 (55th on the Win list, 18th on the win% list between Toad Ramsey and Walter Johnson) with 54 CGs (t-17th with Randy Johnson and Sandy Kofax) and 10 shutouts (t-59th, Percy Coleman). He struck out 2709 men (58th) in 2601 IP (78th). He was prone to the long ball, surrendering 314 (66th). However, it's not the HRs you give up, but the guys you put on ahead of them. He issued only 368 free passes in his career (6th best W/9) and retired in 2056 with a 1.14 WHIP (19th). His career OOTP ERA of 3.90 makes for an ERA+ of 127.

In 2044 he won his second CYA on a staff that also boasted HOFers Randy Johnson and Early Wynn (ok, Wynn was at the end of his career, but Johnson posted 19 wins that year). HOF Jim Gentile was also on that squad that brought the WS trophy back to south Florida.

Whitney was named to three All Star teams.

His numbers here are compared to Dizzy Dean, IRL:

Black Ink: 28 (52)
Gray Ink: 145 (137)
HOFm: 130.3 (112)
HOFs: 40 (33)

Gorilla Composite: 3.2 (3.3)

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Jim St Vrain extends the string of Jim inductees to four! I thought consecutive Johnsons looked amusing in the sspreadsheet, but this is hilarious to me.

St Vrain joins the Johnsons as the the third 300 game winner in league history with a career record of 302-196 and 12 saves. He ranks third in career wins (between Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax) and 40th in win % (between Tim Keefe and Matt Kilroy),

St Vrain carried a career OOTP ERA of 3.56 which gives him a solid HOF npa ERA+ of 132.

St Vrain was a distinctly different pitcher from Whitney. He actually gave up one fewer HR than Whitney, though he pitched nearly 2000 more innings, but St Vrain walked 3 times the number of batters. Whatever gets the job done.

St Brain's best season came in 2039 where he went 19-6 with an OOTP ERA of 2.86 (npa ERA+ 156) as he struck out 283 men in 225 1/3 IP. His previous seasons of 17-6, 18-7, and 19-4 were not shabby, either, but it is for his 2039 effort that he won a CYA.

St Brain struck out 4783 men (6th, between Dazzy Vance and Sandy Koufax) in 4382 2/3 IP in his career (2nd, between Walter and Randy Johnson). He ranks 2nd on the career GS list with 650, 3 fewer than Walter and one slot ahead of Randy.

Though he only pitched in 13 games as a 19 year-old IRL, when your name is continually mentioned with Sandy Koufax and Walter Johnson and Randy Johnson, you are a HOFer.

St Vrain threw 17 shutouts (t-8th, John H Murphy) in his his 51 complete games (t-29th, Matt Kilroy, Lefty Grove).

St Vrain retired following the 2055 season. He was on 5 AS teams. He enters the HOF at the age of 49 in his second year of eligibility.

Black Ink: 20
Gray Ink: 171
HOFm: 177
HOFs: 56

Gorilla Composite: 3.5

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This isn't a distance runner's HOF and and I didn't typo "Fixx", so the string of Jims ends with RL HOFer Carlton Fisk being honored for eternity in the tractor shed by the corn field.

Fisk was selected with the 6th pick in the 2028 draft by the Indianapolis Stripes. He chose not sign with them, became a Tar Heel for a year, and was drafted in 2029 by the Stripes again. He decided to ink the deal this time.

Fisk pretty much owns the career leaderboard for catchers. He has the most:
G (2295), GS (2274), and runners thrown out (496).

In his career he hit 566 HR (25th, most for a C), 468 doubles (52nd, most for a C), and somehow legged out 40 triples on 2510 career hits (30th, placing him between Pablo Sandocal and Frank Robinson....most for a C). He amassed 1738 RBI (15th, one spot behind Tony Perez, nost for a C) and scored 1487 times (21st, one more than Jom O'Rourke, most for a C) while posting a career slash line of 272/343/516 for a npa OPS+ of 127.

While he never hit 40 HR in a season, he did sock 35 or more 7 times.

2033 was perhaps his best season as he slashed 301/383/600 (npa OPS+ 163) with 37 HR and 113 RBI.

Having played on 4 AS teams, Fisk retired in 2054. He enters the HOF at the age of 53.

Black Ink: 4 (1)
Gray Ink: 68 (54)
HOFm: 177 (120)
HOFs: 63 (49)

Gorilla Composite: 3.1 (2.2)

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Jim Whitney and Carlton Fisk enter their second OOTP HOF.

Dazzy Vance, Jim H O'Rourke, Jim Rice, Jim St Vrain and Percy Coleman enter their first OOTP HOF.

28 of the 79 inductees here are in the RL HOF as players.