By the numbers: HOF case for Mussina

Ken Rosenthal joins Hot Stove to debate whether Mike Mussina is worthy to be in the Hall of FameIn his first two turns on the ballot, Mussina received 20.3 and 24.6 percent of the vote, leaving him with a large hill to climb. Similar to Schilling, Mussina likely suffers from never winning a Cy Young Award, falling short of 300 wins and pitching in an offensively robust era, yet in the shadow of all-time greats such as Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez.

Mussina, a five-time American League All-Star and seven-time AL Gold Glove Award winner for the Orioles and Yankees (1991-2008), still put together a tremendously valuable career, just as Schilling did. The two went…