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It does look like Curt is rubbing his butt on a crescent moon....

CardFlipper1974 - On what merit does Curt Schilling deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?

One of the best postseason pitchers of all time with an 11-2 record and an ERA 1.23 points below his regular season career ERA.  That includes a 4-1 World Series record with an ERA 1.4 points below career ERA.  3 World Series titles.  2001 WS Co-MVP (with Randy Johnson).  Had most pitching wins in a season in each league. Had an incredible strikeout:walk ratio of 4.38, 10th best of all time (it must be noted that of the top 25, 14 are still active, which makes sense given the trend toward hitters swinging for the fences and not caring about strikeouts - the only HOF pitchers in the top 25, both behind Schilling, are Pedro Martinez and Mariano Rivera).  Now, here is how Schilling compares with (the average HOF pitcher):

Wins  216  (237)

Losses  146  (164)

It must be noted that the bulk of Schilling's career took place in the era of the relief specialist and win counts are down across the board. We may never see another 300-game winner.

W/L % .597 (.591)

Innings Pitched 3,261  (3,534)

Hits  2,998  (3,527)

Runs  1,318  (1,474)

BB  711  (975) 

SO  3,116  (2,044)

Batters Faced  13,284  (14,480)

What is not apparent without a closer look is that Schilling had more strikeouts than hits allowed. That is something achieved by only a small handful of HOF pitchers: Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz (barely).

Sill think he's delusional?  I think it's the BBWAA who are delusional. 

A younger Schilling, wow ! This set cool looking for it's time.

Thank you for putting these stats out there. His stats are actually very comparable to Mike Mussina - same time frame and already in the HOF.

@CardFlipper1974 He definitely deserves to be in the HOF. He is....

• 26th in career WAR for pitchers (top 31 are in the Hall except for Clemens and Jim McCormick)
• 17th in career strikeouts (top 19 in the Hall except Clemens, Sabathia, Scherzer, and Verlander)
• 87th in career wins (more than 17 HOFers including Smoltz, Drysdale, Koufax, Lemon, and Halladay)
• Win pct of .597 (more than 30 HOFers including Gibson, Hunter, Carlton, Smoltz, Drysdale, Jenkins, Roberts, and Ryan)
• Key contributor to 3 WS Championship teams (postseason stats: 11-2, 2.23 ERA, 0.968 WHIP)

Nice card, but I hate to say it as a Red Sox fan he's a terrible human being. 

Definatly not one of Bowman's best

So he disagrees with your political bent and that makes him a terrible person. Great first post.

He has the most WAR of any Hall of Fame eligible player that is not in the Hall (excluding steroid guys), also he actually received more votes than Mussina 2014, 2015, and 2016, before his political comments clouded the judgement of the BBWAA. Icekings' notes about how Schilling compares to the average Hall of Fame pitcher are even more impressive when considering that he pitched in the most difficult time in baseball history to be a pitcher. His lack of admission to the Hall has absolutely nothing to do with merit or on-field performance, truly a shame. 

he sux