re: Mark Buehrle: HOF or no?

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Don't see 300 wins or 700 saves. So, no.

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The days of 300 game winners are over. The game is played different than it used to be. Time to adjust your standards.

Still a no from me for Buehrle, though. He was a great pitcher and I loved watching him play but he’s not quite there for me.

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Don't see 300 wins or 700 saves. So, no.

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That's usually where they start with pitchers.
I remember when Don Sutton got his 300th win. lots of baseball writers didn't want to vote him in. He hung around long enough to get up to 324 to go with his 256 losses.

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SUTTON SUMMARY

Career
WAR 66.7
W 324
L256
ERA 3.26
G 774
GS 756
SV 5
IP 5282.1
SO 3574
WHIP1.14

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He made it on the 5th vote after he was eligible.

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1994 BBWAA (56.8%)
1995 BBWAA (57.4%)
1996 BBWAA (63.8%)
1997 BBWAA (73.2%)
1998 BBWAA (81.6%)

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Don Sutton Baseball Sports Reference

Scroll down to near the bottom where it says "Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors" for where I got the five votes.