Quick Notes: Jack Morris and Burleigh Grimes
We compare Hall of Fame pitchers Jack Morris and Burleigh Grimes.
July 1, 2022
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We compare Hall of Fame pitchers Jack Morris and Burleigh Grimes.
For the first time since 1999, the Baseball Hall of Fame will induct a starting pitcher this summer, but it won’t be Jack Morris. Morris, who won more games (by far) than any other pitcher in the 1980s, and who pitched one of the greatest games in baseball history in Game Seven of the 1991 World Series, is still waiting for his Cooperstown call. With Blyleven now off the ballot, Morris’s candidacy will take center stage over the next three years – his final three chances via the Baseball Writers.
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