Thanks for reading, Peter!
Yes, Grienke is an interesting one. By WAR, he clearly belongs in the hall, but I can see why some people have their questions.
By the HOF stats, he's pretty close on everything but Black Ink, which isn't a great indicator in this day and age*.
The solid "gray" but low "black" score means he was often among the league leaders in some key categories, but not very often THE leader.
The fact that a LOT of his career value (almost 50% by WAR, better raw numbers in most stats) came AFTER age 30 makes him a bit unusual, as well.
* - Black Ink gives more points for leading the league in Wins than it does ERA, for example.
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