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john/z28jd<<<<<It's not Mussina's wins that get him in. It's his lack of losses. He's 117 games OVER .500! Every eligible pitcher who is +100 games over .500 is in the Hall. >>>>
I heard that today too and its wrong, Bob Caruthers 218-99,not in the hall of fame.
It's not that he wasn't a good pitcher but he was on some great teams. The teams he's pitched on his career are a combined 307 games over .500. He wasn't a better pitcher than Blyleven or Kaat who pitched for some horrible teams. Mussina had a 4.81 ERA in 1996 and finished 19-11, he had an era over league average 3 of the last 5 years yet was 9 games over .500 in those years combined. On a .500 team he would've had losing records more than likely