"Lolich certainly deserves more consideration than Jack Morris."
I dunno, zero isn't greater than zero.
And let's keep a lid on the fWAR. Very few pitchers have a substantial impact on batting average on balls in play; year to year differences are almost all random variation. But when we're talking about hall of fame qualifications we're not talking about two or three hundred innings, we're talking about thousands and thousands. I.e., enough for us to be confident that we're seeing a real skill and not random variation. For hall of fame discussions you want bWAR.
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