Five more pitchers who might merit the Hall of Fame

Here is a comparison between Jack Morris, soon-to-be Hall of Famer, and five other outstanding pitchers from the 1980s-90s who are not in the Hall. The pitchers are ranked top to bottom by their JAWS (Jaffe WAR, developed by sabermetrician Jay Jaffe) number, which is the average between their career WAR and peak WAR (their best seven seasons). They are also listed with their all-time JAWS rank among starting pitchers. You'll see that Morris is at the bottom of this group in JAWS. Some of his traditional stats, however, show why he made it to Cooperstown, N.Y.

Pitcher Career WARPeak WARJAWS (rank)YearsWLERAIPBBSO

David Cone62.443.552.9 (63)171941263.462898.211372668

Bret Saberhagen5943.351.1 (69)161671173.342562.24711715

Dave Stieb56.744.650.7 (71) 161761373.442895.110341669

Orel Hershiser56.340.148.2 (82)182041503.483130.110072014

Dennis Martinez4933.441.2 (137)232451933.703999.211652149