Player A - 239 W / 3.69 ERA / 3343.1 IP / 2862 SO / 61.0 WAR
Player B - 216 W / 3.46 ERA / 3261.0 IP / 3116 SO / 79.6 WAR
The only real advantage Player A has over Player B is in wins but what if I told you Player B also had 22 saves while Player A had none? How about if I also told you that Player B was a monster in the playoffs going 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA while Player B was a pedestrian 10-6 with a 4.20 ERA? Game, set and match to Player B - right?
Well Player A is CC Sabathia who has been recently touted as a potential Hall of Fame player when he retires. Player B is Curt Schilling who is eligible for the Hall of Fame but many of the same people touting Sabathia haven't voted for him.
Schilling is 15th all-time in strikeouts and every player ahead of him (except Roger Clemens) is in the Hall of Fame. Schilling is 26th all-time for WAR and every player ahead of him (except Clemens and Mike Mussina) are also in the Hall of Fame.
The whole process has turned into a joke!
Yeah, but Shilling said things that made people feel bad, so obviously he's out.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Schilling's mouth may also cost Mike Mussina some votes from people who feel they can't vote for Mussina without voting for Schilling (and their politics won't allow them to vote for Schilling).
ReplyDeleteAlso wonder if some of Schilling's "crazy" comes from being around Steve Carlton and Darren Daulton when Curt was a young reliever.