Eephus
Footballguy
188-114, 3.46 ERA, 1.184 WHIP, 2416 SOs in 2545 IP, age 34, MVP and CYA in 2011
It's hard to accumulate traditional HoF credentials as a 21st century starting pitcher but his 56.9 rWAR (72nd all-time) which is 20 wins more than hall members Catfish Hunter and Bob Lemon. The writers still value wins so ending up with around 230 will help his case a lot.
Verlander is neck and neck in WAR with Felix Hernandez but is three years older. Verlander has 28 more wins against an identical number of losses. King Felix has a career ERA of 3.20 but normalized for ballpark, that's around the same as Verlander's.
I'm a big hall guy so he'd definitely get my pretend vote.
It's hard to accumulate traditional HoF credentials as a 21st century starting pitcher but his 56.9 rWAR (72nd all-time) which is 20 wins more than hall members Catfish Hunter and Bob Lemon. The writers still value wins so ending up with around 230 will help his case a lot.
Verlander is neck and neck in WAR with Felix Hernandez but is three years older. Verlander has 28 more wins against an identical number of losses. King Felix has a career ERA of 3.20 but normalized for ballpark, that's around the same as Verlander's.
I'm a big hall guy so he'd definitely get my pretend vote.