tony mullane,300 game winner?

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Posted By: John

i was just reading on the website www.thedeadballera.com ,the obituaries for tony mullane,from 2 different papers(chicago times and new york post april 26th,1944)and both said Mullane had the distinction of being a 300 game winner? everywhere ive seen hes listed as either 285-287 wins...i would like to know why they thought he was a 300 game winner,maybe it was before all the stats were really proven?,before the encyclopedia was made?....i know we had this discussion before,i feel he has to be one of the leading hall of fame candidates from 19th century,but if he was thought to have been one of the best pitchers(according to the obit.) and was thought to be a 300 game winner,i wonder what kept him out back then,i mean 21 guys from his era to early 1900's made the hall,and he would have been a better choice then some of those guys(tinker,evers,bresnahan,mccarthy,etc)...John