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Morris pitched worse against the teams he faced than Blyleven did, something the opposing SP would have no effect on.

Morris' teams scored more runs for him than Blyleven's did, which means either that your point about the opposing SP doesn't hold up, or that Morris' teams were even better offensively than we'd otherwise believe.

Bert Blyleven's opponents hit 248/301/367 against him, over the course of 1000 more innings than Morris pitched. Morris' hit 247/313/380. HOFers hit 256/306/408 off Blyleven, and 284/350/441 off Morris.

Bert Blyleven being criminally underrated during his career isn't a good argument for keeping him out of the HOF, just as Lonnie Smith being a terrible baserunner isn't a good argument for inducting Jack Morris.

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