[Highlander]

Carl Hubbell- Hubbell was drafted with the 11th overall pick in 1923 by Brooklyn. He never pitched for them, however, as he was traded to the St. Louis Browns in 1926 as part of a package deal for SP Dazzy Vance. He made his Browns debut in 1927 and stayed with them his whole career. He retired at age 37 in 1941.

Carl's numbers-

212-187 (T-84th in Wins), 4 Saves, 3589.1 IP (83rd), 3.85 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 1505 Ks, 3.8 K/9, 79.4 WAR (31st)

Carl led the league in wins three times, but also losses three times. He led the league in ERA once, but had many years with ERAs well over 4. He did very well in WAR, leading the league 5 times. His best season was 1932 when he went 18-13 with a 2.87 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 133 Ks and 7.6 WAR in 282 IP. He led in wins, ERA, WHIP and WAR.

He won two World Series, one Gold Glove, was a 6-time All-Star and 3-time Cy Young Award winner. Despite a pretty impressive resume with many awards and that 31st best WAR total, Hubbell was never able to get the number of votes he needed to be in the HOF. He stayed on the ballot 10 years and was always in the 43-55% range. So far, he's the most questionable omission I've seen.....that career WHIP is pretty high, but everything else says HOFer or at least pretty close.