Happy Birthday Curt Schilling!!!
Curt Schilling turns 46 years old today.
When you look at Schilling’s career numbers that span over 20 years, they are pretty impressive. Don’t forget that for the first 12 years of his career he played with the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and Philadelphia Phillies. None of these teams were doing much to support their pitchers while Curt was there.
With 216 career wins, 83 complete games, 3116 strikeouts and 3 20-win seasons under his belt, I wonder where he ranks against some of the other pitchers of his era. A 3-time runner up for the Cy Young award and a 6-time All-Star, Curt Schilling has accomplished what few pitchers have been able to do. Curt got better after his 30th birthday; much better! I know that a lot of this has to do with the fact that he pitched for Arizona and Boston, both of whom he won a World Series with, but his ERA and strikeouts improved as well and those are individual stats.
I am not certain if Schilling is a Hall of Fame worthy player or not, but having 2 World Series rings does not hurt his resume. Think of all of the 200+ winning pitchers with no championships and all of a sudden Schilling rises to the top.
Happy Birthday Mr. Schilling!!!
