Comments on: Pettitte’s No HOFer, Yanks Pitchers Rarely Are http://www.atrainbaseball.com/2010/03/pettittes-no-hofer/ New York baseball from 1900 to tomorrow's game Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tomwatson http://www.atrainbaseball.com/2010/03/pettittes-no-hofer/comment-page-1/#comment-69 tomwatson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:57 +0000 http://www.atrainbaseball.com/?p=47#comment-69 No, Andy's not a Hall of Famer - though a very good major league pitcher on championship clubs - and he's relatively close. Interesting, Baseball-Reference lists 3 HoFers in its 10 mostly closely related list to Pettitte:<br><br> 1. Kevin Brown (893)<br> 2. Bob Welch (888)<br> 3. Dwight Gooden (887)<br> 4. David Wells (883)<br> 5. Orel Hershiser (877)<br> 6. Catfish Hunter (873) *<br> 7. Juan Marichal (859) *<br> 8. David Cone (857)<br> 9. Dazzy Vance (856) *<br> 10. Jack Stivetts (854)<br><br>All 3 have much lower ERAs, however.<br><br>I think you also have to compare Pettitte to two predecessors - and non HoFers - Jack Morris and Jerry Koosman. Morris went 254-186 3.90 with 2,478 K's and Kooz was 222-209 (lotsa bad teams) with a stellar 3.36 and 2,556 K's. Both of those guys were stud starters who came to mind in discussing Pettitte. No, Andy's not a Hall of Famer – though a very good major league pitcher on championship clubs – and he's relatively close. Interesting, Baseball-Reference lists 3 HoFers in its 10 mostly closely related list to Pettitte:

1. Kevin Brown (893)
2. Bob Welch (888)
3. Dwight Gooden (887)
4. David Wells (883)
5. Orel Hershiser (877)
6. Catfish Hunter (873) *
7. Juan Marichal (859) *
8. David Cone (857)
9. Dazzy Vance (856) *
10. Jack Stivetts (854)

All 3 have much lower ERAs, however.

I think you also have to compare Pettitte to two predecessors – and non HoFers – Jack Morris and Jerry Koosman. Morris went 254-186 3.90 with 2,478 K's and Kooz was 222-209 (lotsa bad teams) with a stellar 3.36 and 2,556 K's. Both of those guys were stud starters who came to mind in discussing Pettitte.

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