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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
Why does nobody ever talk about Will White? Why has he been forgotten to time? What on earth am I missing to not understand why he wasn't a charter member of the HOF?
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I would put White smilier to Caruthers as a pitcher. White couldn't hit though so he loses significant overall value. 3,500 innings, 121 ERA+, he's a legit candidate on paper.
He missed the milestones so he got overlooked in the past, and he's overlooked now because WAR doesn't like him; he also has the AA factor. WAR is written around the modern game with an adaptation to punish 19th century pitchers so they don't score higher than people want them to score; it's a pretty bad measure of 19th century baseball.
I would pick Jim McCormick over any other 19th century MLB era pitcher not in the hall.