Bert Blyleven: 287 wins After 14 years on the Hall of Fame ballot, and with the staunch support and spirited campaigning of baseball’s burgeoning sabermetric community, Blyleven finally made it to Cooperstown in 2011, having worked his way up from a low of 14.1% of the vote. But the fig...
Horner was the first pick on June 6 in 1978 and was on the Braves just 10 days later, debuting on June 16 at age 20. In fact, the righty slugger went deep against the Pirates -- and eventual Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven -- in that first game. Although he only played 89 contests ...
It’s one of several such scales, and none is perfect, but Rodríguez -- if one considers the totality of his career, and not just his time with the Brewers -- is squarely in the conversation with his 124 points, ahead of Hall of Famers Jack Morris, Bert Blyleven, Mike Mussina and ...
Bert Blyleven: 287 wins After 14 years on the Hall of Fame ballot, and with the staunch support and spirited campaigning of baseball’s burgeoning sabermetric community, Blyleven finally made it to Cooperstown in 2011, having worked his way up from a low of 14.1% of the vote. But the fig...