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2009 was TJ's last year for the BWAA vote; he's now under the 'review' of the Veteran's Committee.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090112&content_id=3740182

Tommy's career synopsis:

TJ pitched in 26 seasons:
3 World Series, 0 rings
4x All-Star, 4x Top10 CY (2, 2, 4, 8), 2x Top 25 MVP (12, 22); NL Comeback PoY, Hutch and Gehrig Awards

New York Yankees (8 yrs, 2 stints)
Chicago White Sox (7 yrs)
Los Angeles Dodgers (6 yrs)
California Angels (4 yrs)
Cleveland Indians (2yrs)
Oakland Athletics (1 yr)

288-231; 3.34 ERA, 162 complete games, 46 shutouts and 2,245 strikeouts in 4,710 1/3 innings
 
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Bluesier said:
It looks like Tommy John should have played one more year and got to 300 wins. lol.
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there are some that said he 'hung around' to pad his totals

To the skeptic, John hung around from 1984-89 to chase personal goals, persistence now perhaps being held against him. To John, it was a matter of still being able to pitch at a high level and still being asked to do so. He didn't pitch out the string in Detroit or Pittsburgh or in some other relatively lowlight situation, but in the Bronx, going 29-24 for the Yankees in his last four seasons.

"I was one of the five best pitchers the Yankees could find in baseball for the last four or five years," he recalled, with some pride and some lingering bitterness. "I didn't strike guys out and I gave up hits, but I didn't let runs score and I won ballgames. That's what you're supposed to do. I think my win total, my longevity, coming back from the arm surgery, all of the wins I had post-surgery -- that should be enough."

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090112&content_id=3740182
 
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I'm not against him being in... I also think that Dr. Jobe should be admitted to the HoF... he's done more for baseball in the last 30 years than anyone..
 
Eleven said:
I'm not against him being in... I also think that Dr. Jobe should be admitted to the HoF... he's done more for baseball in the last 30 years than anyone..
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Dr. Jobe... That would be a first, no? I don't think the Baseball HoF has a 'contributor' category like the Basketball HoF.

But Jobe would definitely be on the short list of baseball contributors
 
jlandrus23 said:
How do you not get in with 162 complete games?

I wonder if anyone has even come close to that?
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Dozens and dozens of them; just becoming very rare in the 'late-modern' era.
TJ's 162 puts him at # 195 in career CGs. There are ~55 HoFs with 162+ and 140 with more than 162 NOT in the HoF.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/CG_career.shtml

There are (currently) only 4 HoFs with FEWER than 162 CGs,

Whitey Ford, Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth and Dennis Eckersley.

Possible HoFs with fewer: Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, Curt Schilling,

Roy Halliday has 64 CGs (to date)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/CG_active.shtml
 
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I haven't heard of Bert Blyleven Whitey Ford, Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth or Dennis Eckersley surgery though. TJ should get in with a * by his name and a Dr. Jobe footnote for that alone. His outstanding record can also stand on it's own. Am I saying that he could get in twice???? No--he just needs to get in once--but, he deserves to be in the HoF.
 

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