The Pecan Park Eagle

Roger Clemens
2005

Of the 24 pitchers who have won 300 or more games in an MLB career, the elections last week of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine means that only two men from this august group of winners now remains outside the rolls of membership in the Hall of Fame:

1) Roger Clemens, who received only 35.4% of the voting per cent in his second year on the ballot; and,

2) Randy Johnson, who will make only his first appearance on the BBWAA ballot in 2015.

We all know about the elephant in the living room that accounts for the BBWAA dismissal of Roger Clemens. The only substantive question is – how long can we continue to carry out the ruse of pretending that the man has a chance for induction when we all know that isn’t likely given his personal handling of the steroids personal use matter and his interaction with Congress on the issue. No matter. The fact remains. The man has 354 career wins, the 9th highest total of all time.  We need to either induct Clemens and his PED brethren for what they done on the field as we also note publicly our concerns about the records-taint of the PED era. Or else, we need to ban Clemens and Company for life and turn the HOF front door keys over to those who think the place is only for choir boy achievers.

Pitching Wins All Time Leaders’The 24 – 300 Plus Game Winners’ Name Wins Rank Cy Young 511 1 Walter Johnson 417 2 Grover Alexander 373 3 Christy Mathewson 373 3 Warren Spahn 363 5 Pud Galvin 361 6 Kid Nichols 361 6 Greg Maddux 355 8 Roger Clemens 354 9 Tim Keefe 342 10 Steve Carlton 329 11 John Clarkson 328 12 Eddie Plank 326 13 Nolan Ryan 324 14 Don Sutton 324 14 Phil Niekro 318 16 Gaylord Perry 314 17 Tom Seaver 311 18 Old Hoss Radbourn 309 19 Mickey Welch 307 20 Tom Glavine 305 21 Randy Johnson 303 22 Lefty Grove 300 23 Early Wynn 300 23