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12-23-2009, 08:18 AM
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Terrific SI piece on Blyleven's HOF credentials
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...l?eref=fromvlt
Can't agree more. Saw Blyleven on those dreadful teams he toiled for, and he was as good as anybody of his era. And I saw them all. Gibson, Marichel, Seaver, Ryan, Jenkins, Perry, Palmer, Carlton, etc.. It's criminal that Blyleven is continually excluded... Well, as far as I know, a shutout is pretty much the best thing a pitcher can do for his team. And only eight pitchers in baseball history -- only THREE pitchers since the Deadball Era -- threw more shutouts than Bert Blyleven. Of course, all three of those pitchers -- Warren Spahn (three more shutouts), Ryan and Seaver (one more, as mentioned) -- were slam dunk, first ballot, no doubt Hall of Famers. In fact, as Rich Lederer has pointed out, every single one of the Top 20 shutout pitchers in baseball history are in the Hall of Fame... except Blyleven. TOP 25 SHUTOUTS Walter Johnson 110 1 Grover Alexander 90 2 Christy Mathewson 79 3 Cy Young 76 4 Eddie Plank 69 5 Warren Spahn 63 6 Nolan Ryan 61 7 Tom Seaver 61 Bert Blyleven 60 9 Don Sutton 58 10 Pud Galvin 57 11 Ed Walsh 57 Bob Gibson 56 13 Mordecai Brown 55 14 Steve Carlton 55 Jim Palmer 53 16 Gaylord Perry 53 Juan Marichal 52 18 Rube Waddell 50 19 Vic Willis 50 Don Drysdale 49 21 Fergie Jenkins 49 Luis Tiant 49 Early Wynn 49 Kid Nichols 48 25
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