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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I can think of 20 players - pitchers and position players - off the top of my head more deserving of Hall of Fame enshrinement than Catfish Hunter. Players with good careers, not a couple good seasons. Hell, Roy Halladay has been a better pitcher for a longer period of time than Catfish Hunter was, and that's just one player currently playing who's probably more deserving of a plaque in Cooperstown than Jim Hunter.

Oh no Halladay hasnt. He has had 6 complete seasons.

Hunter was a big league regular at 19 and a great deal of his career numbers were earned at an age before most pitchers even make their big league debuts.

Hunter didnt have a "few good seasons", he had great ones. Again no one is saying that he will make any all-time teams but he is absolutly Hall of fame worthy. Saying that a player is "more worthy" is not really pertinent. You either meet the standard or you dont. He does.