Well, using Baseball Reference I decided to compare his career stats to those who divided into 3 categories:
1)Hall of Famers who are deemed to have similar stats to Pettitte. (Juan Marichal, Catfish Hunter, Whitey Ford, Carl Hubbell)
2)Pitchers with Similar stats that are his contemporaries. (David Wells, Mike Mussina, Kevin Brown, Tom Glavine)
3)Pitchers with Similar stats but are not in the Hall of Fame. (Jack Morris,Dwight Gooden, Luis Tiant)
The case for Pettitte vs. Group 1
- His win percentage(.635) is higher than Juan Marichal(.631), Catfish Hunter(.574), and Carl Hubbell(.626)
- His wins per seasons pitched(15) is higher than Hunter(14.93) and Whitey Ford(14.75) which shows his over all consistency. (He has never had a season below .500)
- His strikeouts per innings pitch(.74) is higher than Marichal(.66), Ford(.62), Hunter, and Hubbell's(.47).
- He only has two 20-win seasons compared to Marichal(6) and Hunter(5)
- His WHIP(1.36) is higher than Marichal(1.10),Hunter(1.13), Hubbell(1.15), and Ford(1.22)
- His ERA(3.88) is higher than those four as well. Even using Adjusted ERA(116) it is below Hubbell(135), Ford(132), and Marichal(123)
- Again, his win percentage is higher than everyone in this group except for Mike Mussina(.638) which means that he has a better win percentage than a sure HOFer in 300 game winner Tom Glavine.
- Also, once again his consistency stands out as he has averaged more wins per season than anyone else in this group except for Mussina who also averaged 15.
- Everyone in this group only has one 2o-win season with the exception being Tom Glavine, who has 5.
- He easily has the worst WHIP of this group, with Mussina leading the way at 1.19.
- His ERA and Adjusted ERA are only better than David Wells(4.13, 108).
- He also has the least amount of complete games(25) in this group. The most being Kevin Brown(72) and Mussina(57, 23 Shutouts).
With the number of times I've mentioned Mussina, he should be getting in the HOF before Pettitte does.
- Luis Tiant has four 20-win seasons and a career WHIP of 1.20
- Dwight Gooden has just as good of win percentage(.634) and a WHIP of 1.26
- Jack Morris averaged 212 IP/season compared to Pettitte's 191 IP/season so who's really the work horse?
Pitcher | Win % |
Whitey Ford | 0.690 |
Lefty Grove | 0.680 |
Babe Ruth | 0.671 |
Sandy Koufax | 0.655 |
Lefty Gomez | 0.649 |
Andy Pettitte | 0.635 |
So will he a HOFer? Some say I am leaving out his Postseason stats of 19-10, 3.83 ERA, and SO/BB ratio of 2.40. However, do remember he got to play in the Postseason 13 of the 16 years he has pitched so it is hard to compare him to other players. Also, with the 3-round playoff system, it is hard to compare him to actual HOFers who've pitched in 2-rounds at most during their careers. But as Tim McCarver noted, he is more than 100 games over .500 and he has the enough of a longevity to be considered for the Hall, so I say he gets in, but probably not on the first Ballot.
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