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Originally Posted by pgardn
Blyleven belongs.
He wont get in.
Switched teams too many times.
Always whining.
Somewhat of an a-hole.
But the guy had one of the best curves
ever. And he was a big game player.
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He had the misfortune to play for mostly bad teams. He has the numbers but W/L is such a big stat for thw writers that they dont see the rest. If he played now he would be a $18 million a year pitcher. He had 242 complete games. Lifetime ERA of 3.31 despite pitching an average of 245 innings a year. Hell if he only knew he had to pitch 6 or 7 like todays guys his ERA would probably be under 3.00. He did strike out 3700 guys. Like you said he was a great post season pitcher for the few good teams he did pitch for.