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Fred CUsing Aaron was a pretty poor example. He did happen to eclipse 500HRs (the magic number). He did happen to break the all time HR record. Aaron won the following:
(2) Batting titles
(5) Slugging titles
(3x) Led the league in runs
(2x) Led the league in hits
(8x) Led the league in total bases
(4) HR titles
(4) RBI titles
He's hard to compare to any other pitcher because there aren't any pitchers with a higher winning % that have won 20 games in a season only once while leading the league in only a couple of yearly categories during his long career. He's like Jimmy Ryan or George Van Haltren. Both have really nice consistent lifetime batting stats, but neither were dominant during their playing careers.
I suppose you could make the arguement that there are a lot of "not so worthy" pitchers enshrined and he has better overall stats than they do.
Let him get to 300 wins and hit the lifetime achievement award. Look at Sandy Koufax. He only had a few good years but boy were they DOMINANT years statistically. His flame didn't burn long but it sure was BRIGHT.