Results tagged “Mike Mussina” from The Sports Desk
Mike Mussina announced his retirement today. Looking at him as we looked at Dick Allen this morning -- through baseball-reference.com's intriguing "similarity scores" -- Mussina has the profile of a Hall of Famer. These are the 10 pitchers who were most similar to Mussina statistically.
1. Juan Marichal
2. David Wells
3. Curt Schilling
4. Jim Palmer
5. Carl Hubbell
6. Kevin Brown
7. Jack Morris
8. Clark Griffith
9. Jim Bunning
10. Andy Pettitte
Marichal, Palmer, Hubbell, Griffith and Bunning are in the Hall of Fame. Morris got 42.9 percent support (you need 75 percent) in this year's voting. The rest are not yet eligible.
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