Do you think Barry Zito is a future Hall of famer?

Not if he keeps pitching the way he is now - he's 4-5 with a 4.70 ERA, and his strikeout to walk ratio is way too low.

The link below gives a lot of stats, and includes various Hall of Fame indicators and player comparisons. He's not at the Hall level yet, but he's got good numbers, and he's comparing with some Hall of Fame pitchers for this point in his career. But if he can't get back to the sort of pitcher he was four or five years ago, he may fall short.

2007-05-30 15:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mark C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋

Not for a long, long time. If he gets in it will be due to the Veterans Committee. There are other active or recently retired players that should be in such as:

1. Barry Bonds
2. Roger Clemens
3. Randy Johnson
4. Alex Rodriguez
5. Greg Maddux
6. Ivan Rodriguez
7. Ken Griffey, Jr.
8. Mike Piazza
9. Derek Jeter
10. Roberto Alomar
11. Pedro Martinez
12. Sammy Sosa
13. Rickey Henderson
14. Manny Ramirez
15. Rafael Palmeiro
16. Mariano Rivera
17. Curt Schilling
18. Tom Glavine
19. Vladimir Guerrero
20. Todd Helton
21. Albert Pujols
22. Jeff Bagwell
23. Larry Walker
24. Craig Biggio
25. John Smoltz
26. Ichiro Suxuki
27. Gary Sheffield
28. Bernie Williams
29. Trevor Hoffman
30. Edgar Martinez
31. Chipper Jones
32. Jim Thome
33. John Franco
34. Juan Gonzalez
35. Nomar Garciaparra
36. Omar Vizquel
37. Barry Larkin
38. Jeff Kent
39. Andres Galarraga
40. Mike Mussina
41. David Cone
42. Jose Mesa
43. Andruw Jones
44. Carlos Delgado
45. Fred McGriff
46. Miguel Tejada
47. Andy Pettitte
48. Jason Giambi
49. Andy Pettitte
50. Kevin Brown
51. Benito Santiago
52. Kenny Lofton
53. Luis Gonzalez
54. Jim Edmonds
55. David Wells
56. Mo Vaughn
57. Billy Wagner
58. Troy Percival
59. Roberto Hernandez
60. Magglio Ordonez
61. Moises Alou
62. Jorge Posada
63. Armando Benitez
64. Lance Berkman
65. Steve Finley
66. Jason Kendall
67. Edgar Renteria
68. Bobby Abreu
69. Matt Williams
70. Alfonso Soriano
71. Vinna Castilla
72. David Ortiz
73. John Olerud
74. Mike Stanton
75. Javy Lopez
76. Kenny Rogers
77. Johnny Damon
78. Brad Ausmus
79. Todd Jones
80. Scott Rolen
81. Rod Beck
82. Jesse Orosco
83. Carlos Beltran
84. Michael Young
85. Bret Boone
86. Garret Anderson
87. Mark Grace
88. Juan Pierre
89. Julio Franco
90. Ruben Sierra
91. Bob Wickman
92. Shawn Green
93. Troy Glaus
94. Johan Santana
95. Bartolo Colon
96. Dan Plesac
97. Ugueth Urbina
98. Mike Jackson
99. Jason Isringhausen
100. Carlos Lee
101. Greg Vaughn
102. Ellis Burks
103. Mike Sweeney
104. Sandy Alomar
105. Brian Giles
106. Miguel Cabrera
107. Jose Vidro
108. Roy Halladay
109. Eric Gagne
110. Marquis Grissom
111. Carlos Baerga
112. Ray Durham
113. Roy Oswalt
114. Richie Sexson
115. Jermaine Dye
116. Mark Grudzielanek
117. Derrek Lee
118. Al Leiter
119. Jamie Moyer
120. Ron Gant
121. Tino Martinez
122. Jason Schmidt
123. Vernon Wells
124. Luis Castillo
125. Paul Konerko
126. Derek Lowe
127. Eddie Guardado
128. Francisco Rodriguez
129. Sean Casey
130. Keith Foulke
131. Ryan Howard
132. Chris Carpenter
133. Jeff Cirillo
134. Tom Gordon
135. Pat Hentgen
136. Jeff Nelson
137. Mike Timlin
138. Joe Nathan

He's got a lot of work to do to move up that list.

2007-05-31 00:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by schaidog 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋

Barry Zito is definitely a hall of famer when he retires. He averages 15 wins per year he eats up innings, he's not a strike out pitcher though but he can get a strike out when he needs one. He has the best curveball and he has never missed a start. So yes he could win a few more cy youngs and win more then 15 a year he'll definitely be hall bound.

2007-06-01 21:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

He better have some awesome seasons in San Francisco to get even close. I think in this era, 250 wins does it, but in Zito's case he needs 143- counting tonight's win- to get there and he'd need either 20 a year froms even years, or 15 a year for ten, with a guy who is 29 years old. Now, if he can hang around as long as the guy he beat tonight, Glavine, he might get there, barring a bad injury.

2007-05-30 22:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's really too soon to tell, but based on his inconsistency I'd have to say no. If he can pull it together and win a couple more Cy Youngs, or at least get himself back to being a dominant pitcher, then he's got a shot, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

2007-05-30 22:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Batman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

He is 29 ish
has 106 wins and
an ERA around 3.6
He is going to have to step up and win a lot more games and keep his ERA down

2007-05-30 22:31:42 · answer #6 · answered by sportgmr 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋

i think he will down the line. No first ballot but eventually yes hes an awesome left hander and any team would love to have him

2007-05-31 19:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by jc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No but he will be one of the best non hall of fame pitchers

2007-05-31 11:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by MwAtT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Not with the season he's having this year...his ERA is just sad for all the money he's making....but I still love him :).

2007-05-31 01:43:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Not yet, and not unless he starts stepping it up a level or two.

2007-05-30 22:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Do you think Barry Zito is a future Hall of famer?

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