Stieb received a measly 7 votes. Is Dave Stieb Hall of Fame worthy? Last night I was glancing at Dave Stieb's baseball reference page and noticed not only how good his peak was but how consistantly good he was. A total of 506 ballots were cast. Stieb won the 2nd mot games in the 80's and led all pitchers in WAR for the decade. DOES DAVE STIEB DESERVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE HALL OF FAME? According to Jonah Keri, that ranks as one of … * The sum for clear picking is about 70 WAR. With a 1.4% tally, Stieb was wiped away from future BBWAA ballots, having failed … Dave Stieb on Hall of Fame: 'I surely did not deserve to be just wiped off the map' mlb February 21, 2017 10:01am EST February 21, 2017 9:59am EST A case can be made with sabermetrics that Dave Stieb — not Jack Morris — was the best pitcher of the 1980s and would be a worthy addition to Cooperstown. Hall of Merit Inductee Next Ballot Dave Stieb is next eligible for the Hall of Fame via the Modern Baseball Era Committee in 2024. I contend that Stieb deserved a better look. Dave Stieb, Class: 1978 Induction: 1989 Sport(s): Baseball - In one season at SIU, Stieb led the team Dave Stieb (1989) - Saluki Hall of Fame - Southern Illinois University Athletics CLOSE David Andrew Stieb (/ ˈ s t iː b /; born July 22, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. Stieb appeared on one BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) ballot, in 2004. 1 talking about this. The Dave Stieb Era After the Tom Seaver era, in which the streets were full of Hall of Fame pitchers, there was an era in which everybody who looked like he was that good just somehow didn’t make it to the top. That productivity pushed many candidates with passionate supporters -- from Tim Raines to Edgar Martinez … The only guys who have been out of baseball long enough to get in the Hall, who have 70 WAR and are not in the Hall of Fame are Blyleven (87.6), Bill Dahlen (75.9), Pete Rose (75.3) and Bob Caruthers (71.4). The Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s voting body went on a tear recently, electing at least two candidates to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in an unprecedented seven consecutive years from 2014-20. A seven-time All-Star, he also won The Sporting News ' Pitcher of the Year Award in 1982. And Stieb is pretty darn short of Hall-worthiness. Dave Stieb got his first and only shot at immortality on the 2004 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, the writers gave him about the same amount of time as he gave them during his playing career, as he tallied a paltry seven votes, and he was cast away the following year. And all these years later, that may be what eats away at Stieb most of all despite a borderline Hall of Fame career. I guess that era started with Steve Busby, who looked like a Hall of Fame pitcher from his late-season … Stieb won 140 games in the 1980s, the second-highest total by a pitcher in that decade, … I think there is a case to be made that Stieb was the best starting pitcher in all of baseball in the 1980's. What makes Stieb's run of near no hitters all the more tragic is that we will never know what would have happened if he'd finished the deal each time. Visualizing the Hall of Fame’s Anti-Recency Bias • Feb 12, 2016 Roy Oswalt and the Incredibly Strict Hall of Fame Standard for Pitchers • … Legends in Canadian Sports ….. Dave Stieb Dave Stieb is seen by many as the best pitcher in baseball throughout much of the 1980’s. Dave Stieb received just seven Hall of Fame votes in his only year on the ballot. Peak 54% Longevity 46% Articles Mentioning Dave Stieb. Jays fans certainly know Stieb as the first real star and the cornerstone of a new franchise around whom the 1992 World Championship team was built.