559 this despite being on the Dodgers in the 60s and late 70s. Yet Sutton’s win percentage is far below Andy Pettitte’s, at. Sutton, a Hall of Famer has 324 wins, thereby guaranteeing his admittance. Like Pettitte, however, he has 5 World Series rings.īut the example I like to use when thinking of Pettitte's Hall of Fame chances is Don Sutton. Hunter though, pitched 400 more innings than Pettitte, won 16 fewer games (and lost 26 more) than Pettitte, and has roughly 140 less strikeouts. Hunter though did have 5 20-win seasons compared to Pettitte’s 2, and was a Cy Young winner while Pettitte only came in second once. ![]() 574 is also far below Pettitte’s Hunter despite that fact that Hunter pitched on the 1970s Yankees and A's. Hunter, a Hall of Famer has a lifetime ERA+ 105, far below Pettitte’s 117. But consider that 2 important facts one Marichal pitched 500 more innings than Pettitte to get his 243 wins at a time when relief pitchers were far less common and two Marichal pitched in National League during the glory days of pitching of the 1960s, instead of the steroid-era American League East.Ĭatfish Hunter is another good example. Marichal’s ERA+ was 123, just above Pettitte’s 117 ERA+. Marichal ended his career with 243 wins, just 3 more than Pettitte. Pettitte is close on the Hall of Fame Standard statistic, just 8 points away from “average” Hall of Famer.īut is Pettitte really that far off? Compare Pettitte’s career to that of Hall of Famer Juan Marichal. The question is: If Pettitte comes back, what will it take to seriously aid his HOF chances?Īt the bottom of ’s page on Andy Pettitte, of the 4 Hall of Fame Statistics, Pettitte only rates as a Hall of Famer on one of them-the Hall of Fame Monitor. Pettitte is 60 away at 240 wins-though again, he does have practically the same win percentage as Mussina. Mussina is only 30 away and ended on a 20 game season. However, where Mussina truly leads Pettitte in Hall of Fame consideration is the benchmark “300 Wins” consideration. And Pettitte, a well-known big-game pitcher does have 5 World Series rings, compared to Mussina’s zero. And while Mussina’s lifetime WAR of 85.6 trumps Pettitte’s 66.9, Mussina did pitch over 500 more innings than Pettitte. Both spent, if not the entirety, the lion’s share of their career in the AL East during the steroid era. ![]() Pettitte’s ERA+ is 117 Mussina’s is 123+. (So close are these 2 that on Baseball-Reference’s “Similar Pitchers by Age” feature, for Andy Pettitte the last 4 years that pitcher is Mike Mussina.) Pettitte’s win percentage is. Coming off a bounce-back type season-where he had his lowest ERA for the Yankees since 2002-where Andy is showing that there are still rounds left in the lefty’s rifle, why would Pettitte retire? And more to the point of this article, why would he retire when he potentially close to Hall of Fame consideration.Ĭomparing Andy Pettitte to Mike Mussina-who should expect Hall of Fame consideration when the time comes-one finds very similar pitchers with very similar careers. ![]() The Mussina exit is interesting because a very similar situation is occurring right now with Andy Pettitte wavering on retiring.
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