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yup. plenty of true compilers have gotten in lately (mostly from the vets committee)
Trammell, Raines, Simmons, Blyleven, Morris, Lee Smith
Agree on principle but disagree on some of the names. Lee Smith (and all relievers not named Mariano Rivera) and Harold Baines, yeah. Jack Morris, yeah ... but he's in because of two of the most dominant postseasons for a pitcher in the last 50 years. Simmons, yeah.
Trammell and Raines, no. Both were elite, defining players of the 1980s who were initially overlooked because they didn't hit enough HRs.
Bert Blyleven was an absolute superstar - better than Nolan Ryan and just behind Seaver/Carlton - who had the horrible misfortune of playing behind terrible (and small-market) teams in an era where pitchers were judged mostly on their W-L records. He was first in the AL in pitcher WAR on two occasions and 2nd on 3 more.
Times top-2 in WAR for pitchers :
Blyleven - 5
Niekro - 5
Seaver - 4
Carlton - 3
Perry - 3
Palmer - 2
Ryan - 1
Jenkins -1
Blyleven would have won 350 games and been a first-ballot BHOF guy if he'd spent a good chunk of his career with the Yankees/Dodgers/Cardinals. It was a joke it took him 15 years to get in.