The hundred or so career wins ;-) Any friendly neighborhood sabermatrician will easily process that. It dwarfs any slight advantages in fine print statistical measures.

I agree that Schilling's win total would definitely put him at the low end of career wins for starters. But as your acknowledged, there have been a few starters with similar win totals who are in the HOF. But the question is how much longevity plays a factor.

Schilling wasn't a starter until his fifth season, while Glavine was a starter much sooner - and Glavine had about 250 more career starts.

Had Schilling not reached 200 wins, I wouldn't be raising the issue.

But consider this...neither Tommy John nor Jim Kaat are in the HOF, and yet they have much closer to 300 wins. Their other numbers are not outstanding.

However, pitchers like Catfish Hunter and Jim Bunning are in the HOF, and each man only had 224 wins.

Schilling's numbers in all other categories (# of Ks, K/BB ratio, winning %, ERA, and certainly post-season counts), plus his 200+ wins, are compelling reasons for the HOF...or at least a much higher vote % than what he's received.