But anyone who watched the man pitch throughout the 80s knows he was a dominant competitor who could and did shut down the best in the game... And always when it counted most.
Well, except for this game
http://www.baseball-reference....N/MIN198710080.shtml
And these
http://www.baseball-reference....R/TOR199210070.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference....K/OAK199210110.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference....L/ATL199210170.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference....R/TOR199210220.shtml
Jack Morris was very good pitcher for some very good teams, but except for the shape of their careers and some post-season glory he wasn't a whole lot different in value to his teams than someone like Jamie Moyer or Frank Tanana.
For the "dominant pitcher of the era" stuff, BTW, try looking at an HOF pitcher's career, and see if anyone put up better numbers during that player's actual career. So, for Morris, look at only the years 1977-1994. Note that this should bias the numbers in favor of the guy you're looking at (since almost anyone in the neighborhood of that player should be having seasons cut out of their totals, since very few players' careers overlap completely).
By WAR, Morris is 12th in his career span, behind guys like Frank Viola, Bret Saberhagen, Mark Langston and Dave Stieb.
Blyleven is first in his career. Gaylord Perry is 2nd in his. Curt Schilling is 5th in his, Glavine 7th in his.