Re: More on HOF - Why Not Blyleven?
Im not trying to claim he didnt have a successful career, but none of those numbers suggest to me that he is hall-worthy. All-star only twice and never top two for Cy Young, and he certainly should not have won it in 73 with a 20-17 record on a .500 twins team. Solid pitcher, not dominating or hall-worthy.
The run-support question raises an interesting point. If the low run-support was true over his whole career and not just 1971 it seems to not make sense. He was on generally good or at least above .500 teams except for a few bad Cleveland teams in the mid 80s. So why would he have such problems with run support? Well I know that if I were one of his position players I would be less motivated to give him support than a pitcher who was more of a team player. Not that I wouldn't try, but there wouldnt be that extra motivation.
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