Hall of Fame Poll: Jamie Moyer

We are going to skip Kevin Millwood. He was a pretty good pitcher. He had a 16 year career, and a 169-152 records, with a 4.11 ERA.

He made 1 All-Star team. He got Cy Young votes twice, coming in third in voting in 1999.

Kevin played 6 seasons with the Braves, 2 with the Phillies, 1 with Cleveland, 4 with the Rangers, and finished his career with a season each with the Orioles, Rockies and Mariners. If his last seasons weren’t so crappy (14-31), he might have an case.

Jamie Moyer had a 25 season career. He finished with a 269-209 record (a lot more wins than I expected) and a 4.25 ERA.

He has the bulk numbers that voters like, and he had a pretty nice peak, 10 straight seasons where he only had one season under 185 innings and 2 under 200 innings. And in a stretch of 7 seasons in there, he had a 113-53 record with a 20 win and a 21 win season.

He only made 1 All-Star team and received Cy Young votes 3 teams, finishing 4th, 5th and 6th.

Playing 25 seasons, Jamie played for a lot of teams. 11 seasons for the Mariners, 5 for the Philles, 3 for the Cubs, 3 for the Orioles, 2 for the Rangers and 1 each for the Rockies, Cardinals and Red Sox.

If he ballot didn’t have so many great players on it, I could see making a case for Moyer. He’s 35th all-time in wins, 16th in games started, 40th in strikeouts and 40th in innings pitched (he’s also first all-time in homers allowed). I mean the guy pitched until he was 49 and was good for most of that time.

You can check out his career numbers here.

Matt’s chart:

Similar Players: Moyer is almost unique in having so many innings close to average overall. The most similar “compilers” are Dennis Martinez, Frank Tanana, Charlie Hough, and Jack Morris.