Does He Have Any Shot of Making the Hall of Fame?
Does Kenny (the Gambler) Rogers have any shot at making the Hall of Fame? Here is his record to date: Lifetime record of 207-139. Good for a winning percentage of .598. The 207 wins puts Rogers in a tie for 91st place all time with, Curt Schilling, Hal Newhouser, Carl Mays, and Bob Lemon. Newhouser and Lemon are in the Hall of Fame. His K rate is 5.4, while his BB rate is 3.2. That works out to a 1.7 K to BB ratio. As those who have seen him pitch already know, Rogers is not much of a strikeout pitcher, and he’s not even much of a control pitcher. Career ERA of 4.19, which is 91% of the League ERA over his career. That’s a fine number, but there are over 70 retired starters who have done better (200 or more starts). Other starters with the same percentage of the League ERA include Catfish Hunter, Fergie Jenkins, Phil Niekro, Herb Pennock, Vic Raschi, Lou Tiante, and Early Wynn. Hunter, Jenkins, Niekro, Pennock, and Wynn are in the Hall of Fame. Kenny Rogers has yet to win a Cy Young Aw
