How do the baseball writers decide who they will put in the Baseball Hall of Fame? Why do they immediately put some players in and not others? What are the requirements? Do these stats justify status as a bust in Cooperstown, NY?
- 5-time All-Star
- 0 MVP Awards
- 0 Cy Young Awards
- 6-1 postseason record with a 3.80 ERA
- 3 World Series wins
- 1 World Series MVP
- Led league in wins twice
- 3-time 20 game winner
- 3.90 lifetime ERA
- 254 wins and a .577 lifetime winning percentage
- Winningest pitcher during a decade of baseball (i.e. 60's, 70's, 80's, etc)
- Has more wins than HOFers Jim Bunning (224), Amos Rusie (245), and Bob Gibson (251)
- Has a better winning percentage than HOFers Red Ruffing (.548), Burleigh Grimes (.560), and Jim Bunning (.549).
Maybe I am a little prejudiced, but after I look at the name I say a resounding YES. John Scott Morris contributed these stats over his 18-year Major League career. Better known as Jack Morris, he was the back-bone of the Detroit Tiger pitching staff during the 1980's.
Jack Morris was the big-game pitcher relied upon by manager Sparky Anderson. He was the go-to guy. Not to mention, he pitched what I consider the greatest pitching performance of World Series history. His 10-inning performance in Game #7 of the 1991 Fall Classic outdoes Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 series. I can already here OMG screaming about my love of all baseball post 1970's. Well, I will back this up. The Yankees scored their first run in the 4th inning of Game #5 of the 1956 World Series. They ended up winning that game by a score of 2-0. Morris's Minnesota Twins did not score until the bottom of the 10th inning in Game #7 of the 1991 series. Morris allowed only two walks, and struck out more batters than Larsen. To me that tops the perfect game. A ten-inning shut-out in the Game #7 of the World Series. Hands down, greatest pitching performance in a World Series.
Enough said, I hope the Baseball Writers Association of America wakes up before it is too late. Jack Morris, the best pitcher of the '80's deserves his bust in Cooperstown.
Jack Morris was the big-game pitcher relied upon by manager Sparky Anderson. He was the go-to guy. Not to mention, he pitched what I consider the greatest pitching performance of World Series history. His 10-inning performance in Game #7 of the 1991 Fall Classic outdoes Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 series. I can already here OMG screaming about my love of all baseball post 1970's. Well, I will back this up. The Yankees scored their first run in the 4th inning of Game #5 of the 1956 World Series. They ended up winning that game by a score of 2-0. Morris's Minnesota Twins did not score until the bottom of the 10th inning in Game #7 of the 1991 series. Morris allowed only two walks, and struck out more batters than Larsen. To me that tops the perfect game. A ten-inning shut-out in the Game #7 of the World Series. Hands down, greatest pitching performance in a World Series.
Enough said, I hope the Baseball Writers Association of America wakes up before it is too late. Jack Morris, the best pitcher of the '80's deserves his bust in Cooperstown.
2 comments:
I think the lack of any Cy Young awards really hurt his chances...
They probably do, but he is still an HOFer in my book
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