nyjunc said:
they should eject alot more than just Sutton. There ar alto of undeserving players in the Hall.
I completely agree, I was merely using Sutton as an example since he's a useful comparison with Blyleven. In many ways, they had a similar career: often good, seldom great, extreme periods of longevity. Blyleven was just better. But you could easily toss out 20 or 30 players that are currently in the Hall of Fame with little to no disagreement.
In fact, let's compare Sutton and Blyleven's career totals, just for a lark...
Blyleven - 287-250, 685 GS, 242 CG (WOW!), 4970 IP, 3.31 ERA, 118 ERA+, 1.198 WHIP
Sutton - 324-256, 756 GS, 178 CG, 5282 IP, 3.26 ERA, 108 ERA+, 1.142 WHIP
Sutton's raw numbers are generally better, but that ERA+ is huge, as it accounts for park factors, something that were a huge edge for Sutton, pitching in the (until recently) pitcher-friendly confines of Dodger Stadium for his halcyon years. That ERA+ shows that Sutton was 8 percent better than a league average pitcher for his career, while Blyleven was 18 percent better. Plus, Bert was an absolute horse; he threw a complete game better than one out of every three times out. And he had to, look at some of the awful teams he got stuck pitching for.