You mean “second and last so far,” right?

That’s 3-4 years of starting full time which would make him *gulp* 52 or 53 at the end. This assumes continued health, effectiveness, and the willingness of a team to sign him and keep sending him out there. Yeah, that’s a lot of ifs.

But really, it’s all moot. If Jamie Moyer somehow wins 33 more games, and HOF voters put him in, the Earth will implode from collective sabermetric outrage.

I wonder what it will take for him to be considered HoF-worthy. I realize his numbers aren’t there, but at SOME point, doesn’t longevity become worthy of recognition?

Perhaps if he pitches at 50 years old?

I wonder what it take for him to be considered HoF-worthy. I realize his numbers aren’t there, but at SOME point, doesn’t longevity become worthy of recognition?

Perhaps if he pitches at 50 years old?

                                                                                                               
Rk        Player     IP   W   L From   To   Age   G  GS CG SHO W-L%    H  ER  BB   SO  ERA ERA+              Tm
1    Phil Niekro 1977.0 121 103 1979 1987 40-48 300 294 62  11 .540 1950 843 789 1148 3.84  103 ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT
2    Jamie Moyer 1497.2 103  79 2003 2010 40-47 247 241  8   2 .566 1570 732 423  877 4.40   99     SEA-TOT-PHI

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool UsedGenerated 3/8/2012.

There are only 48 P in MLB history to have won 20 games or more after age of 40.

Just 24 have won at least 30 after 40.

Only 17 have won at least 40 after 40.

12 have won at least 50 after 40

and only 5 have won at least 75 Wins after 40.

But just two . . . with at least 100 Wins after age 40 . . .

Phil Niekro & Jamie ‘friggin’ Moyer

Moyer is playing in his FOURTH decade.

Moyer turned 40 . . . in 2002!

Moyer was drafted NINE years before the Rockies were a MLB team!

Moyer has a longer MLB career than FOUR organizations: the D-Backs, Rays, Marlins and Rockies.

Roberto Alomar and Barry Larkin, debuted as rookies, played stellar careers, retired, then qualified for and granted induction into the Hall of Fame since Jamie Moyer’s rookie debut.

Moyer’s first 20-win season came at age 38 and his second and last at age 40.

He’s accumulated 103 Wins since turning age 40.

Finally . . . and still one my favorite ex-Red Sox factoids: Boston had signed Jamie Moyer as a Free Agent in 1996, and despite a 7-1 record through 21 appearances, the Sox traded the then 33-year-old journeyman to Seattle for Darren Bragg. Moyer has won 201 games since. Meanwhile, Bragg would be sent out of Boston by 1998 and retired from a rather unremarkable career by 2004.

Wait 82?! Woo-hoo! It’s NOT too late after all!

Shit, I still got time to run off a nice 8-10 year career!